Last week he had pink eye. My poor little dude. I called the pediatrician, and it just happened to be the week they were moving...so I was told to go to Urgent Care. I had to take him in the middle of my work day, which is stressful because I'm at a new school and I don't want to look like I'm missing too much work.
The waiting room was empty thank goodness because Jace was EVERYWHERE. He was into the phone, the cords, anything he could open.....it's like he knew I couldn't really put him in timeout. Fast forward to the nurse intake room, and he literally screamed the ENTIRE time. We were ushered into the doctor's office, and he proceeded to open the cupboards, trash can, hazard material....I ended up putting him into timeout on my lap and he screamed during that until the doctor came in.
The doctor kept trying to establish rapport, but Jace just screamed louder. Oh this kid. I can't tell you how stressful it is sometimes. I told the doctor I appreciated what he was trying to do, but to just move on because it wasn't going to happen. The dr. prescribed some ointment for his eye and an antibiotic for a "maybe" ear infection. (It was hard to tell when the child is screaming).
We gave him the ointment, but the next morning he woke up worse!! He wasn't getting better, so I called the pediatrician. She prescribed an eye drop and oral antibiotic that she said would work. It did in one day, praise Jesus. My poor baby.
Pink eye was passed onto Ashlynn, and then Jace looked like he was getting it again!! My mom called me about an article she read that said a boy died in New Jersey in his sleep from the enterovirus, but his only symptom was pink eye! It was later reported the pink eye was unrelated, but I ended up taking Jace to Children's Hospital emergency room just to make sure he was okay. Cody was mad at me for overreacting, so I called my mom and she came for support.
Once again, Jace screamed through the entire nursing exam. No diversion would work. "Look at the TV" or even the nurse leaving the room! It's like he knew we were trying to fool him!
Back in the room, it wasn't five minutes and he had already pushed the call button on the remote while I was filling out paperwork, and then the next minute he had climbed up on a chair and pushed the code button, causing 5 people to come running in the room.
Sigh
Next up was ramming the roll stool into the wall until he was corrected, and then pushing all the buttons on the hospital bed.
God help me. He went into "timeout" five different times for touching the buttons on the hospital bed, but he just would not leave it alone.
And now....I am up every night in the middle of the night, scared he will run out of the house because he can now hop out of his bed.
Oh Jace is a force of nature. I only hope as his mother I can channel his energy into positive things so that he is a lover of Christ, a helper of humanity, and remains the little boy who has my heart.
