Sick Little Monkey

Well, after a LONG, pretty awful night, my sick little monkey went to see the Doctor this morning at 10:00am. My mother in law, Patti, who came up to help me last night actually ended up staying the night and sleeping on the couch as Finley was so inconsolable last night. He cried and whimpered until 1:00am then finally cried himself to sleep in his crib. He would not get comfortable being on a lap or being held and walked around.
Well, the verdict is that he has a virus.... the Doctor called it a "summer" virus as he says he sees it every summer. Kids come pouring in with the same thing. Besides the high fever, Finley has canker-sore like blisters in the back of his throat. He said it lasts about 5 days, oh boy. Ok, I can now understand the discomfort that he was in and I am sure crying it out did not feel great either. His fever has dropped to 101.6 as of the Dr.'s office and this is without any tylenol in his system. Poor guy!!
I am supposed to switch him to Ibuprofen for his pain and fever and also push liquids as he is dehydrated. He did drink some water and pedialyte and has had 2 bottles today. He at a tiny bit for lunch but wasn't really interested.
After visiting the doctor I hated to do it to him but we had to make a quick Target run for the childrens Ibuprofen (Doc said use that NOT the infants??) and I also picked him up some sippy cups with straws to entice him to drink more. Finley is in love with straws. He also got some more of his new favorite treat, his yogurt melts as that is the only thing he is interested in eating now. The straw sippy seem to be a big hit and he sucked on his water for awhile which made me happy. I am glad for my quick thinking to get those...
I hope we are on the mend!! More later and maybe a picture!!