Sick little man :(

I guess I was pushing my luck with Aiden going so long without an ear infection! He hasn't had one since December, which was a wonderful break for him since he had 6 in 7 months before that! I do think it's funny how smart he is, he has always told me that he had problems long before a doctor can detect it! This time, he told me that he was hearing water in his ear. Previously, he had imitated the popping sounds that his eardrums were making!
Yesterday, Aiden was acting funny. He refused lunch, didn't want a snack, and then skipped his nap, which is pretty much the norm lately. For dinner, I made him rice/soy sauce and spam... one of his all time favorite meals! He didn't eat a bite, instead, he fell asleep in his highchair. I woke him up and asked him if he wanted to go to bed early since he had skipped naptime, and he said that he did. I pulled him out of his highchair and laid him down to get him changed. Brandon got him undressed, and realized he was burning up! He took his temp, and it was 103.5 :( That one came out of nowhere! Brandon slept in his room because I get nervous with high fevers, he has had febrile seizures in the past, and it is scary! After a long night of motrin and popsicles, he got down to 99 in the morning, so I figured I would wait and see if he got better on his own. Around 12, he got very lethargic and I checked his temp, back up to 103.6, so he got more motrin and I called the doctor. I finally spoke to a nurse and she had me bring him in to see if they could squeeze him in. When we finally saw the doc, she said his ear didn't look bad enough to call an ear infection yet, so no antibiotics even though she said she suspected it would become one pretty quick! I think she wasn't too worried because his temp was 98.6 using the armpit method, which has never worked for Aiden! I get him home after grabbing fast food... he hadn't eaten in 36 hours, so even fries would have made me happy! I walk in the door, lay him on the couch, and he curls up into a ball and starts violently shivering! I checked, and he was 104.8!!! We went straight to the urgent care center, where they of course got an armpit reading of 98.7. At least I think I finally realize why that never works... they always check under his right arm, and with his hemiparesis he has such high tone in his arm that it doesn't actually touch his body! He was loopy and hallucinating, so it was pretty obvious to the doc that he definately had a fever. She looked in his ear and saw right away that he has an ear infection! We now have him on antibiotics, which he would have gotten from her anyways, because she said once you pass 104, it generally means you have some sort of bacterial infection. Now I just have to figure out how to get liquids in him, he only had 2 barely wet diapers today, but won't take liquids! He has eaten 2 popsicles (more like 3/4 of each), but other than that, wants nothing anywhere near his mouth. I even got him orange sherbert, which is normally a rare special treat, but after 2 tiny bites, he said he was all done! I hope I have a good update tomorrow after those antibiotics have kicked in a little!