Poor big brudder.

He spent Saturday miserable with a 102 fever.

He spent Sunday morning and afternoon on the couch after throwing up (but just the one time, thank goodness) Though a bit clingy and quiet, he was well enough to go to his uncle's birthday dinner in the evening.

Then, last night, after we put him to bed, he woke up screaming. Turns out his left eye was completely swollen shut. We don't know why. Though he was outside earlier, it was MUCH earlier and he had since had a bath... so whatever it was had to have been in his room/bed. NO CLUE. We put him in our bed to keep an eye on it (heh. no pun intended... really) He was up on and off all night screaming... and then at one point, when Tom had gotten up to get a drink, he rolled off the bed and hit his head on the corner of the nightstand. Really, the child is NOT having a good few days...

Benedryl didn't really bring the swelling down any and it's still pretty badly swollen this morning, though he isn't rubbing it or complaining about it as much. When I called the pediatrician last night, (while I was having an internal struggle as to whether or not we needed to take him, baby brudder and all the baby accoutrements to the emergency room) she said if it was still swollen in the morning, to call. (sigh) So I guess we are going BACK to the doctor today... and then again on Wednesday for Simon's 2-week appointment. I'm going to have to take out a home equity loan just to cover the copays if this keeps up.

During all this last night, I told Simon it was his turn next. What will he come up with to top big brudder? A full-body rash? Projectile vomiting? Crazy high fever? With my luck, probably all three.