We have an answer!!!

I got a call from one of the residents at St. Joseph's this afternoon. Something actually showed up positive on Mason's labs - adenovirus. Basically, he had an upper respiratory infection from this virus which caused his fevers, diarrhea and croupy type cough! We actually found out what he had!!!

What is weird about the whole thing is that Mason started with seizures and then proceeded to follow with fever. I'm sure he already had the infection starting when the seizures started but the fevers caused the seizures to keep coming. I really want to get through the rest of this flu season with a healthy son so we will take extra precautions to keep him safe....wash his bedding more often, be careful where we set down his food/silverware, etc.

Mason has been so happy to be home today. He's been very playful but you can tell he's still lagging a bit because he gets tired out pretty quickly.

A story I don't think I shared with many yet...

This morning, Mason and I were sitting by the fish tank outside of his hospital room. Down the hall came a Child Life Specialist with a big bag full of toys. She wanted to make sure that Mason got a toy from Santa before he left the hospital. So she pulled out a big duck blanket, then a toy that he ripped open, then a teddy bear, and then another toy. I was in complete shock. I couldn't believe that she kept giving Mason toys! There were still 4 unopened gifts in his bag. She left the bag with us and said that we could take them home to open. I couldn't believe the generosity!!! Chris and I haven't had time to shop for Mason so we hadn't purchased anything for Christmas!!! We are leaving the unopened gifts for Christmas day, because it will truly be a surprise for Mason and us. After the holidays, we really need to do an audit of Mason's toys and we plan to donate many of them to kids that have none.

It was so great to see a smile on his face as he opened the gifts...which gets me very excited for Christmas day!!!