Crew's First Bleed

It happened. Crew officially had his first bleed (that is what we call his bruises that require a shot). On Tuesday Crew had his 6 month doctors appointment and along with that came his vaccinations. This is normal stuff, it is the third time he has had vaccinations so no big deal, right? Nope. That night was a tough one. I thought he just wasn't feeling good from the shots. Reagan is always a little down after her shots, but this was worse. He would scream out in the night without ever opening his eyes, it was heartbreaking. The next day was more of the same. He woke up screaming and when I picked him up it got even worse. I could not console him. The only time he would settle down was if I layed him on the couch and let him be but that only lasted so long. We went to my mom's house to help her with some things and my mom was trying to help him and noticed that he was getting a large bump on his left thigh and his leg was really hot. Not that he would let us touch it for very long without losing it, but you could see that there was a problem. My mom is the one who really discovered the bleed. I don't know how long it would have taken me to realize it was a bleed because it was not black and blue like I expected. This was a deep muscle bleed.

Needless to say we all jumped in the car and headed to Primary Children's Hospital to get Crew his factor (shot). Steve met us there and we had a great experience considering it all. Steve even gave Crew his shot after they had the IV in his arm! Steve has become a real champ with all of this. I truly don't know how he does it. They left the IV in his hand in case he needed more factor today, luckily he didn't so my mom came over to help me take out the IV this morning. But that wasn't before Steve had to flush it one more time last night. I am telling you, the man is amazing! Crew must take after him because the only time he cried was when they put the IV in, he was a total trooper for everything else. Her are some pics of the club Crew had all day and last night...
The fun begins! What a fun disease!