I mean I’m glad he’s breathing and all. That croup he gets too often scares me to death. But I will admit I check a complete Apgar score before dosing him up on this medicine. Medicine that must be the basis for the story of Jekyl and Hyde.
He’s always been little Adolph difficult. But it’s the third day of prednisone and I don’t know who’s twitching more, me or him? No one has He hasn’t slept in three days. Just when I think he’s down for the count he comes running down the hall like a screaming banshee, sweated down, eyes popping and foaming at the mouth.
“I hungry!” He shouts. “I can’t want to eat that,” he sobs as I place a toddler’s buffet of yummy crap before him!
He “can’t want” to do anything! But he “want to do humfen” (something)!
“NOOO!” He “not sweepy!”
He wants an apple, but “not pee-wel it!” I don’t peel it. “I can’t eat this apple! Waaaagggghhhh!!!”
Hubs and I returned him to his bed no less than three times last night. Where he stayed just long enough for us to slink back down the hall, slither under the covers and drift back off…….only to barely pinch off pissing in the bed when a door SLAMMED! And a rabid troll he was back setting off Hub’s alarm clock as he played Morse code with the buttons. I grabbed him up, flipped him onto my pillow, and held him in my best UFC submission hold until he passed out for good. In our bed. For the rest of my sleepless night.
Despite it all Hubs was actually early to work today. Early by the one hour the Prednisoned Perpetrator set the clock forward.
A minor setback for his day. I made 6 different lunches today (3 for the same little person), faced a thunderstorm to get to an ice cream shop, watched disgusting rats twirl on a wheel and searched for Nemo in every tank at a pet store, read 37 kids books, rocked and sang myself no one to sleep and still got my ass chewed out by a 2 year old at least 7 times!
I’d start one of those commercials asking for…. “victims of Prednisone, please call the number on your screen. You could be owed compensation for your suffering due to the crippling effects unleashed upon you by those it is prescribed. If you or a loved one have suffered the savage torment of a child on Prednisone CALL NOW!
1-800-Prednisone-Patsies!
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Poor mommy! Hope he starts to feel better
First time commenting here and I have to thank you for the laugh!
My oldest son who is now 8 had to be on that wicked medicine for croup when he was only 9 months old and I thought they seriously made an evil clone of him!
Hang on…it will pass. Promise! But probably not before you get a few more good stories out of it!
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What a nightmare, right? Thanks for commenting and letting me know it’s not just my little angel who turns devil!
oh man. Prednisone is the worst. I had to take some with a sinus infection several months back and I would be wide awake until 6 or 7am almost every night. it didn’t matter if i woke up at 9am. I still was up later that night.
I did get a lot done though.
I hope your little guy feels better soon.
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He is doing better today and we finished the poison….I mean medicine…yesterday. Attitude is improving a bit! And he is sounding MUCH better. So maybe I shouldn’t complain to much. Maybe. LOL
I am sorry you are going through this but THANK GOD its not me.
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HAHAHA! Good one! I would feel exactly the same way if it were you
“do not drink and read this blog” I have to get a new keyboard now. OMG, you are freaking hilarious! I snorted from laughing so hard (NOT a very feminine thing to do, but couldn’t be helped).
I hope he feels better soon and you get some sleep!
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Sounds like I need a disclaimer on my blog. “I am not responsible for whatever you do to your keyboard while reading my blog. Read and snort at your own risk.”
Glad it made ya laugh, though. He’s much better today and his attitude is improving since he finished the med yesterday.
I’m so sorry you are going through this! I hope he starts feeling better soon!
Thanks for the sympathy. I just popped two tylenol myself. I ordered him one of his favorites for dinner: fried rice from Pei Wei. I do hope he eats it. He asks for everything, but eats nothing. ggrrrrr….. He is sounding better bronchi-ally speaking
My daughter used to take prednisone for her asthma when she was younger. I know exactly what you’re going through. It sucks, but at least he’s breathing, right?
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Yes, thank God for that! I spent Friday night pacing the bathroom with the shower going full blast on hot to get the steam going. (I now have acne) He couldn’t even cry due to the stridor and I was just about to make hubs take him up to the ER (at the hospital where he works) and he finally got a productive cough out and started to calm down. SO SCARY, isn’t it?
Doc, has never said asthma, but he has had this croup like syndrome just about every 3-6 months since he was 2 months old. I’m suspecting…..
My sister is on a prednisone taper and I am here to attest that it doesn’t just play jekyl-and-hyde with the wee ones. Grown folk get crazy, too!
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HAHA! And I bet that is even less tolerable?! Of course, you can always send her packing when she starts yelling at the house plants. Or just dot her eye and turn and run!
Thanks, I feel better now!
Wow! What a rough time! I hope he gets better soon and you get rest.
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HILARIOUS!!! I love your writing!
I’m sorry your baby’s ill though, poor little guy, get well soon, hon.
HAHA! I can laugh now too. Sort of. He’s much improved : )