New teenager, a weird kid, and our week

Yep, today was RJ's 13th birthday. It seemed kind of fitting that I had to work today. When I walked onto the 2nd floor of the hospital, I was reminded of what I was doing 13 years ago at that time. I was up walking the halls of the birthing center that is now our new Pediatrics unit. It's kind of funny the way things come full circle :)

Robert gave me quite a scare this week. He complained Wednesday night of a sore throat. Then Thursday, he woke up with such a bad headache and sore neck that he was in tears. An hour after the ibuprofen, he still hurt so bad that he couldn't lay flat. So after I took my first test, I took him to the doctor. Basically the doctor wanted him to take ibuprofen every 6 hours around the clock, give him a Benadryl to get him to relax, and monitor him to see if he developed any other symptoms (IE: high fever, nausea, vomiting, etc). In 24 hours he only developed a low grade fever and was extra tired, but he still had some pain in his neck but not quite as bad. Last night he slept for 12 hours and woke up almost pain free and could actually move his neck without having to move his entire body. So we have come to the conclusion that he's going to get the same weird pains in the neck that Randy gets from time to time for no reason at all. And he's just going to have to deal with them for a couple days. In other words, he gets his weirdness from his father!!

On the school front, I ended up with a 96% on my med/surg test and an 88% on my pharm test... plus I got a 98% on my first care plan! Hopefully that helps to offset the lab and clinical that I missed due to me being sick and Robert being weird. LOL