Another hospital visit

This kid just doesn't want to stay away from the hospitals, whether he is inside me or not. As hard as we tried to keep Aiden healthy he ended up getting sick. On Monday the 24th my mother in law took the kids for me so I could rest. Aiden had been stuffed up for a few days and the night before I was up with him almost all night since he couldn't breathe. Mike woke up early and got the 2 older kids ready and took them to his moms house for me so I was able to sleep for a few more hours while Aiden slept. I got up around 10 (totaling 4 hours of sleep that night) and fed him and cuddled and just loved spending time with him. I was keeping a close eye on his temperature just in case he spiked a fever. At about noon I noticed it was starting to go up. The hospital told us that if it got to 100.4 that we should come in and at 2 PM I took his temp again and it read 101.9. So I called Mike freaking out and he left work right away since he had the car. He got home and 2:20 and we went to the ER (which is where my doctor office told us to go) They checked him and he did have a fever so they had to follow protocol.
In babies 28 days or younger if they have a fever they have to run a bunch of tests. Some for meningitis and a bunch of other bacterial diseases. I was certain it was just a cold since we had all had a cold the week before but they had to run the tests anyway just in case. They had to start an IV and draw a bunch of blood and suction out his snot for a viral test and then they had to do a Lumbar Puncture and draw out some of his spinal fluid. That part was the hardest for me. My poor little baby was poked and prodded and hurt and bothered and all he wanted was to be held. I sat in the chair bawling the whole time. I am so lucky Mike was there. He helped hold Aiden and was able to comfort him a bit and was a great support to me as I was having an emotional break down. The finished all of the poking and then had to do a chest x-ray.
After all that they admitted us for a 48 hour observation while they waited for all the test results to come back. Mikes mom was kind enough to take Evy and Ethan over night for us so Mike could stay with me in the hospital that night. The next morning gammie brought the kids to Mike at home and then he was able to take them to Chelsea's house where she was great enough to watch them all day for us while Mike worked. I stayed at the hospital with Aiden for the next day and a half while they pumped him full of antibiotics. Mike brought the kids to visit before bed and we got dinner at the little cafe they have there. Pretty good food for a hospital. His fever broke that night too but sadly they had to redo his IV since his other one kept clotting up. On Wednesday morning we were released and Mike came and got us at 10 that morning. Aiden did just have a cold so all the antibiotics were pointless but oh well. We did what we had to do to make sure he was healthy. On a positive note, at least Aiden didn't have to have surgery like Ethan did at that age. I am just glad that we are all home together and that we are all finally healthy.

Poor kid was covered in wires. Hear rate monitor, O2 monitor, breaths per minute monitor, and IVs :(

All cuddled up. This is how I spent the majority of my time in the hospital. In the rocking chair holding Aiden.