Saturday Night Fever

When Daddy went to Blockbuster to get movies for Saturday night we did not expect that we'd be having our own version of the hit "Saturday Night Fever" in the Sklar family household! With a temperature of 103 we calmly called Jackson's pediatrician's office who promptly recommended that we take him to the emergency room to have him checked out. You know how people pay other people to hold their place in line for events? Well, the ER has adopted this strategy by offering an online check-in and a guarantee that you'll be seen within 10 minutes upon arrival. After paying $24.99 to hold our place for a 10:49pm arrival, we loaded up and headed to the hospital.

The doctor made a quick assessment and ordered labs, x-rays and IV fluids. The verdict is still out on who was most traumatized by the whole experience: Jackson, his parents, or his nurse, Mrs. Tracey!

Finding a vein on a dehydrated 3 1/2 month old is no small feat, but with five people holding him down he finally got some fluids and they were able to draw his blood and take chest x-rays to rule out all of the worst case scenarios of a fever with an unknown origin. With big crocodile tears and the most pitiful "rescue me" look on his face, we finally made it home around 1 a.m. with one overly tired, too many needle sticks to count, cranky, feverish little man! Fortunately, all of his lab work came back normal and he won't remember the experience. It was determined that he has a viral infection. As of today we are still fighting the germs but his fever is coming down and we got a couple of smiles this morning so that was a good sign! We're sure this won't be our last visit to the ER!