Past Due

Sorry for not posting last week-- there is a good reason, I promise. Wednesday we got a call from Aidan's daycare saying he woke up from his nap cold, clammy, and shaking slightly. That, in a nutshell, scared the ever-loving CRAP out of me. My first thought was "Oh no, he's diabetic like me." Because those are all things that can and do happen when my blood sugar gets low. That is somethign I wouldn't wish on anyone, let alone my little boy...it's hard for me to imagine sticking him with needles every day, and harder yet to imagine him having to go through life without knowing the pleasure of absolutely gorging himself on candyat Christmas or Halloween as a child. Hmmm...come to think of it, maybe I shouldn't have gorged myself so much. But I digress.

My wife got him to the doctor right away, and by the time I got there they were still waiting for him to pee so they could check his urine for signs of diabetis. Apparently, my son loves me so much it makes him tinkle, because as soon as I got there he did, and they got thier sample.... thankfully, no ketones or sugar there. So they scheduled him for bloodwork the next day, and we sweated out the night.

It's indescribable how scary having a sick baby is, because they can't really say "Hey Dad, I'm feeling kinda bad, and my stomach is upset. Don't worry, it's definitly not anything serious, but it's not fun either." So you're stuck with your poor child, angry that there aren't swarms of Ivy League certified doctors checking your angel's every heartbeat, until you can get to the halls of medicine for an answer. The next morning we took him to get his blood drawn, and the lab techs weren't able to find a good vein. I don't blame them at all, as they had 3 different people look and didn't stick him needlessly. But at the same time, I was disappointed because I wanted an answer. Sooooo....we took him back home and called to get further instructions from the doc.

Long story short, we ended up taking him to a children's hospital to have the tests run by very kind and wonderful lab techs, and all the really icky evil things it could have been seem to be ruled out. Even better, by Friday morning he seemed back to normal. We're still waiting for a few stragler tests to come back but we're hoping it was just a strange part of a growth spurt. So that's why I didn't write....sorry for the seriuous post, but as I said, it scared the crap out of me.