7 months and huge nightmare :'(

He turned 7 months on Wednesday. He had a terrific day until the evening. We were all three playing in his bedroom after work and I was trying to get a great 7 month photo. Jaxson was all over the place crawling, climbing, laughing, etc. and I could not keep him still, he was so happy. Then all of a sudden he got really fussy like he was tired and started vomitting uncontrollably. It was horrible. I ran to call the doctor while Jason was caring for him and I left a message with the after-hour operator who was going to call the nurse. In the next couple minutes we took his temperature which was normal and then all of a sudden Jaxson turned completely white and fell limp. He would not respond to anything. He was just completely lifeless. So extremely scary. The nurse called during this same time and I just told her we were going to the emergency room. Jason drove 110 through Wichita weaving in and out of cars to the ER. I sat with Jaxson in the back and tried to get his attention and I couldn't wake him up. He would get a startled shake when I would blow in his face but that was it, couldn't focus with his eyes. They hooked him up to IV fluids, checked blood pressure, ran blood tests, and did a chest x-ray. During this time he continued to vomit but became more and more alert. After a couple hours he was back to his happy self. Dr. was sure based on the blood test that it was all caused by a virus and not a seizure but was concerned that it came so sudden and that we didn't have any warnings that he was going to be sick. I took him in yesterday for a follow-up with his pediatrician and she said she thinks he had a bad viral attack and his blood pressure dropped really low (had a technical name but can't remember what it was!) which combined with the shock from the vomitting made his body shut down to conserve energy (or something like that). We may never know for sure what it was but odds are it will never happen again. We pray it doesn't, it was a nightmare. ='( Felt so helpless seeing him like that, horrible. Here are a couple photos during the day prior to all of this happening. He weighs exactly 18 pounds and is almost 27 inches.

He has been sticking his tongue out like this a lot lately. Looks so funny, pants like the dogs and gets a huge grin.

Chewing on my cell phone case, cannot get him to chew on his toys just wants the things he is not supposed to have. Black boring remotes and telephones not colorful ones with flashy lights.

When he woke up Wednesday morning, major bed head, ha ha. Playing on our bed while I am attempting to get ready, yah right! I'm glad I can go to work with my hair pulled up and don't have to fix it every day because I cannot (what I really mean is "do not want to!") do anything else but play with this little guy in the mornings.

Jaxson is such a little climber! He loves to crawl under and over things. Sometime this weekend I will get the pictures of him under his exersaucer and a video of him climbing on his diaper box downloaded and put them on here. Won't be much longer before he is walking. He already pulls himself up and then lets go and holds with one hand or pulls himself along an object.

Here are a few more photos from the past couple weeks.

Jason will ONLY read The House that Biff Built when it is his turn to read a bedtime story. So cute and funny! It was his favorite book when he was little and he loves to tell Jaxson all about concrete, trusses, wooden somethings (the vocabulary is way above my reading level, ha ha!). Jaxson has the only north window in the house and it gets very chilly so we have it covered with a heavy comforter on really cold nights.

This one kind of shows his "wrinkled nose grin" that I love so much. It also shows his mouth full of teeth!

Still likes to do the Bear Crawl every once in awhile. :)

He is definitely going to be a reader like his mom!

One of his favorite places to explore is under his crib.
He's getting harder and harder to confine, hard to believe in about a month and a half he went from a 6X6 blanket, to a larger blanket, to a room, and now is bound and determined to explore the rest of the house and gets upset when you close doors so he can't! He's figured out that when we shut his door it doesn't always latch and he can pull it open from the bottom.


He loves his Mr. Bear.