Hello, Steroids!

You ever seen a 5 year old on a major steroid high?

It is a sight to behold.

Ty's doctor thinks he has something called PFAPA, which causes him to have a fever for about 4 days every 3 weeks or so. When we were in for Ty's well visit a couple of weeks ago, Dr. P. said if that is what it is, we could give him a mega-dose of prednisone as soon as the fever started, and it would knock it out in 24 hours.

Fast forward to this past Friday....

We were having "one of those" mornings, so I didn't take Ty to preschool. He ended up at his nanny's house playing. Peggy called me and asked if I had any tylenol bc he was starting to run a fever. She came to get the tylenol, and I asked if she minded running and having the prednisone filled so we could try that. Now, we're talking a huge dose here; he had to take 2.5 tsp at once. We thought he wasn't going to get it all down without throwing up.

For the next 2 days, that child was WILD. He slept at night, but when he wad awake, he could not be still or quiet. He talked non-stop. He moved constantly. He looked around the room with a wild look on his face, breathing hard, trying to figure out what to do next. Which is so not Ty. (Heaven help us if Troy ever has to take it!) He was in fast forward all day, running on nervous energy.

But his fever went away.

I think things are pretty much back to normal again. Hoping this doesn't happen too many more times. I don't know how many rounds of mega-steroids we can stand!