So if I have ever questioned why most of the heart moms I know do not work, this week would have been all the answers I need! After a long weekend of family time Tuesday rolled around just in time for chaos.
Since Thursday Coop had been spiking a fever off and on. It did not slow him down and had it not been for the headache he would get when the fever got up there (103.5) we would not have even known anything was wrong. Coop has so many temperature control issues that we thought it might be he was just getting over heated. However, Monday night he mentioned his throat hurt which lead me to think maybe it was more than just temperature issues. Raelynn and Coop were to spend Tuesday and Wednesday with Steph and considering Haddie is just a month old I decided to get him checked out before taking them over. So Tuesday morning I take the kids in to Dr. Kelley. He ran a strep test and it came back negative and said he looked fine. There were no concerns and he even looked at Raelynn too. So we headed to Steph's house and they spent the night. This morning about 9am I receive a call from Steph that Coop was complaining of chest pain and having a hard time breathing. We have dealt with the chest pain from time to time but after she put Coop on the phone, I knew this was different. He would hardly speak and was crying. I could hear him breathing heavy, so I headed to Meriden to get him. Of course within minutes of being on the road I am stopped for speeding. The officer asked me if I was in a hurry which of course I explained I was. He ran my license and came back and asked me if my son was Cooper. It made me chuckle that he knew. He let me go on my way with a promise I would slow down and make it there safe. Within10 miles of that a car in front of me had a tire blow out. I stopped to see that he was ok and had a phone to call for help and that the tire that flew up and hit me didn't cause any damage. I was back on the road. It took FOREVER to get there! I finally made and actually expected Coop to be doing better but he was not. His heart was beating so strongly it was frightening. His heart always beats hard and you can always feel it but this was crazy. I got on the phone to Dr. Kelley who advised to call cardiology. Of course his cardiologist was out of town until Monday so I was left to talk to a nurse who said if he wasn't blue and his SAT level was ok, it wasn't a cardiac issue. Well he wasn't blue and SAT level was fine. I guess the intense chest pain, shortness of breath, insane heart beat and now vomiting wasn't a cardiac issue. So Coop and I loaded up to head back to Lawrence why I tried to figure out what to do. Coop was in much more pain than I had ever seen him and he was throwing up every 15 minutes like clock work. We got home and I carried him inside and sat down with him. i got back on the phone with cardiology and why I was talking with him Coop stiffened, grabbed his chest, cringed and then just froze. He looked at me completely confused and then his body relaxed and he said, "Mommy it doesn't hurt any more." I asked him what he meant and he said it just went away. And just like that he was fine. It was like a light switch and he was back to normal. After 3 hours of pain, shortness of breath, intensely strong heart beat and vomiting, he was now fine. I monitored his temperate, heart rate and SAT level the rest of the day but it was like nothing happened. I do not understand his body and it causes me to question every logical symptom and explanation but what I do know is what happened this morning is not normal and something was wrong. If it happens again I will push until someone sees him. I am so tired of the unexplained all though I know it is probably always going to occur with him and I just pray that I don't decide to ignore it the one time it can't be ignored. But for now, I am just happy I have my sweet energetic boy back!
Coop was super disappointed though because their day with Steph was to include a trip to the zoo. Raelynn, Hadley, Steph and Karli still went and had a great time. Coop stayed home with me and continued to beg for us to do something fun since I would not take him back to Steph's.
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| Raelynn petting the snake at the zoo! |
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| Coop's face as I was showing him the pictures of his Sissy at the zoo. |
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| Raelynn, Aunt Steph and Happy Haddie! |
So before all of this nonsense, we celebrated Memorial Day with a trip to Nanny's grave. It is always nice to visit and remember how wonderful she was and hear Raelynn tell Cooper stories of her Nanny!
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