Our Christmas started as expected.
We went to a candlelight Christmas Eve service at our church.
I always enjoy these services.
We then went back home, ordered Chinese food for dinner, and watched Christmas movies. My wife gave everyone their annual Christmas pajamas, which we promptly changed into.
Christmas morning, the kids and grandkids came over; we opened presents and watched American Football.
The kids took the grandkids home for naptime. They were supposed to come back at around 4 pm for dinner.
All was well, and then...
Around 3pm my daughter called me and told me that our new grandbaby (9 days old)
had a fever.
This changed the tone of the day quickly.
With 20-plus years in Emergency Medicine, I knew what she needed to do.
I had her take him to the Pediatric ER, where they did a fever workup, which included lab work, a catheter urine sample, and a spinal tap.
This is to rule out sepsis and meningitis.
(An infant does not have a well-developed immune system, and they have little physical reserve to fight infection. They can subcumb to illness rapidly)
It was discovered that he had a coronavirus, (not COVID), and with all other tests being negative, the fever was attributed to the coronavirus.
He still spent the night in the hospital, but they discharged him on the 26th.
It was an intense time, but thank God, all was well.
I have two daughters; one lives close by with her family, and the other lives in Ohio with her family, about 8 hours away.
The Ohio clan arrived on December 27th so we had yet another Christmas day with them followed by yet another on the 28th when I had ALL of the grandkids here at the same time.
This is not something we have frequently, so it was great to have them all here.
It has been utter chaos this week but we would not want it any other way.
Tomorrow morning the Ohio clan leaves and the house will be utterly quite.
I am off until January 6th, so I will be able to get things caught up.
I know that not everyone has had Christmas yet, but if you did, how did it go for you?
Please share your day in the comments.
Until next time,
John Novak
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