First a little more on the baby situation that happened last Saturday night. Sam had not been feeling good all week so I told her that I would watch the baby on Saturday night so that she could get some more sleep. So she put him to bed and then she went to her house to sleep. All was going fine until about 11:00pm and then he woke up. He started out just fussing a bit, I thought that his arm might have fallen asleep on him so I repositioned him and tried to get him to stop crying. That didn't work and his fussing turned into full out crying so I picked him up and walked him around to no avail. Next up was checking his diaper which was clean, then on to trying to give him his bottle which he didn't want any part of. Now his crying elevated into full out screaming so I had to go get Sam. I felt bad because it was supposed to be her one night of sleeping in but I really had no other choice. He calmed down as soon as he heard her voice, "..what is going on.." We took him back to his crib and took his temperature he had a high fever and the medicine that we had was not strong enough. We called Gina who went to the pharmacy to go get some medicine that was a little stronger. Meanwhile he fell back asleep on top of my chest with a wet rag on his head. Gina got there we gave him the medicine and his fever went down in about 30 minutes. Gina opted to stay with the baby the rest of the night, he woke up about 4 more times but was fine the next day and took such a good nap it made me jealous.
We recently had some volunteers here at Hogar de Esperanza that were from London. So we had a great time talking in each other's accents and eating crepes. They left Tuesday.
Yesterday I got to start off my day by getting woken up at 4:00 am in the morning to drive a little kid to the hospital that was having a nasty coughing fit. The hospital is about 10 minutes away so much closer than I'm used to. I slept outside in the car for 2 hours while I waited for them. They gave her some medicine and put her on oxygen for about 30 minutes and then everything was fine. So I came back slept for another 20 minutes, ate some oatmeal and then was off to drive the other kids to school.
Tomorrow the head guy for the operations and maintenance is going on vacation for 10 days so I am filling in for him. Right now I think we are getting ready to get everything organized and ready for his absence. I'm still headed to Pacasmayo tomorrow so I'll post another update on Monday.
4 comments:
Take it easy Captain America. I am worried you are going to burn yourself out. Have you ever seen the poster in the gateway office "If you chase two rabbits, both will escape."
Did you see the new Third Day video? I am not excited to admit ... it made me cry... you might like it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6jO7xhU_Pw&feature=player_embedded
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Hey Kevin!
Lots going on for you!! Glad the baby is ok but man, what a night for you guys! I also hope Sam is feeling better! Anyway, thanks for the update! Have a great weekend with the kids in Pacasmayo!
wow! babies are a whole different thing aren't they especially when they're sick.. I guess i was blessed that he was feeling fine when I had my night as house mom! hope everything goes well with operations while your're in charge! enjoy your weekend . hope you get some rest!
Kev you got to always remembered that when little boys are sick they want their moms (house moms). Awesome effort!!
I bet it was fun talking with the group from London. that accent cracks me up. What are crepes?
Talk to your Mom and Dad about Benjamin. I am debating on having a family meeting since your Dad sent me a picture of Benjamin playing dress up with jewelry. We have get that boy on four wheelers quick before he thinks shopping is more fun than golf.
Also, we got the Mission Farms west village job. Thought you would like to know since you did three take-offs on it. Also since then we have done 4 more take-offs.
Vanessa and I move this week to our new house. We are so excited!! Especially Vanessa.
We miss you..
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