On Sunday Vincent was starting to get a small rash above his little PeePee, i started putting diaper rash ointment on it and changing his diaper more often. It didn't seem like a big deal.








I had to work Monday and he went to his Nano's house when i came to pick him up that late afternoon, the Nano said he had been sleeping alot that day- no biggy. I brought him home, and after a while when i changed his diaper and i noticed he had like a small bug bite looking thing next to/on his rash, it looked like it kinda hurt, and when i touched it it was hard underneath, hmmm, maybe he got bit by something... i gave him a bath and let him play around with no diaper on afterwards... hoping it would help clear up this minor diaper rash.









The next day (Tuesday) he woke up in the morning and i was going through the normal routine of changing his diaper, when i took his diaper off i noticed that the little "bug bite looking thing" was bigger and more red and a little hot when i touched it, plus Vincent acted like it hurt when i went anywhere near it. We made him an appointment to see his doctor the next morning at 8:00.












Later that evening, i thought he might be getting a small fever...nah. Hes OK, and he went to bed like normal that night, but then he woke up at about 2:30 that morning (which is so not the norm.) I went and got him out of bed and he was burning up... he definitely has a fever, and he started crying really hard when i picked him up. i took him in the living room to change his diaper thinking he just didn't feel well, when i took his diaper off....... that "bug bite" was huge and really red, and the "hard part" underneath it was moving up toward his belly/side area. when i touched it he cried hard, i was just assuming it hurt (obviously). In fact just moving him hurt. I took his temperature and it was 101.4. i told joey and we both decided that he need to see a doctor now, i mean this "bug bite" has tripled in size in the past half day... and now he has a fever, we don't want to wait until morning in fear of what damage it might cause. We go to the emergency room.












Now I'm not going to get into detail about how dumb the emergency room staff is, so use your imagination. Turns out the "bug bite" is an abscess, and it is so bad they decide it need to be drained... mostly because of the area it is at. They said there is nothing we did to cause it, its just one of those things that happen. They give the little man stuff to make him sleepy, but not to make him pass out. After about 20 minutes following taking the medicine (that makes him sleepy) Vincent was a happy baby. He was acting drunk and talking and gargling and pointing at Joey and saying "dad dad Dada" over and over. Joey has a video on his cell phone, its so funny. They finally come in and decide to do the procedure. It was really painful for Vincent and painful for me ... because there was nothing i could do about it, it had to be done. I felt like i was letting him down because he was just staring at me while screaming and crying... all the time with this look like 'please pick me up mommy, make them stop'. And there was nothing i could do. They cut the spot and drained it and put some packing stuff in the wound to keep it open to let the infection drain. 5 hours later we leave the hospital with Vincent fast asleep in my arms. He seems to be doing good now, he still really tired. Hes my baby and i love him.












Today is Joeys Birthday. Happy Birthday Baby!!!! i am making him a cake right now as i am typing this, its in the oven. I hope it turns out great. When its all done we will wake up Vincent so he can see the candles and at least have a small piece of cake. After all, i think he deserves it. He is our trooper.

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