Doctor Appointment

Yesterday morning little Paul woke up saying his ear hurt and he didn't eat much at all for breakfast. He also said he wanted to lay by me (this never happens so I knew he wasn't feeling well!). I gave him some advil and in a short period of time, he was up and playing. After about a half hour of that, he continued saying his ear hurt and he laid down all by himself and fell asleep for about an hour! Wow, this is not normal for him. He woke up and I picked him up and he felt hot, looked very weak, and was shaking! I called the doctor and while I was on the phone with them to get him an appointment, I took his temperature, which was 103.5!!!! I freaked out and the doctor said to come right now. I gave him some tylenol and ran around the house like a mad woman to rush to get 3 kids and myself to the doctor as fast as I could! Meanwhile, Paul came up to me and said his belly hurt and proceeded to throw up the tylenol I had just given him all over my pants and himself. I called Paul and he left work to meet me at the doctor's office. While we were there, we figured we'd get the other 2 boys checked out because usually when one gets something, we all do, except big Paul!
Good thing we did, Peyton was the only one who checked out fine. Paul and Preston both have strep throat again, apparently Paul had some sort of stomach virus, and his right ear was very red and had a lot of fluid in it. He was so weak, he fell asleep on the table waiting for the doctor to come back in. They gave him motrin and on the way out, he threw that up at the check out window! My poor baby! We got home and Paul pretty much laid down all evening. We got both kids antibiotics and Paul is able to eat and hasn't thrown up anything else. He was able to eat a little bit last night and today he acts like nothing is wrong; I guess he just had a little belly bug for a day, but he couldn't go to school today because of the strep throat...he missed PJs and Pillows Day, which I feel so bad for, but at least he's doing better!!!!