On Friday Kate's eyes had green nasty mucus all over and I was worried she might have pink eye. I called the doctor and they wanted to examine her. Turns out my poor baby had a sinus infection. She started antibiotics Friday night and seemed more like herself, but still slow moving and cuddly, by Saturday. Monday morning she woke up bright eyed and bushy tailed though, talking and playing just like normal.
Hannah's sickness began on Saturday and seemed to get worse by the evening. At 11:30pm her coughing woke me up. I went to put another pillow under her head to prop her up and turn the humidifier on when I heard her breathing hard. I went back to bed, but worried a lot, so I checked on her again and she felt warm but told me she was cold. I called the after hours nurse hotline and told the nurse that Hannah was shivering, felt warm, coughing and having a hard time breathing. The nurse said, "I am not a medical doctor so I can not make a diagnosis but I recommend that you hang up
immediately and call 9-1-1."
I was totally shocked because I was hoping to hear, "Give her some Tylenol and if her fever is not better in the morning take her to the ER" or in the worse case scenario I imagined she would say, "Bring her to the ER so we can check her out." I never thought she would say call 9-1-1.
I woke up Jeff panicked and he said, "Well, then call." I did and they dispatched an emergency medical team that was in our house within minutes. Hannah was still shivering and seemed to be struggling to breath. They took her temp: 103.8 and listened to her chest. There was no congestion in the chest so they said she was probably struggling to breath because of the high temp and the extreme shivering. They recommended taking her to the ER, either in the ambulance or we could drive her ourselves.
So, off I went to the ER with Hannah at midnight (I knew I would be too worried to sleep so I took her while Jeff tried to go back to sleep). Hannah had a chest X-ray which was clear, and after an extra strong dose of Motrin, Hannah's temp came down. We were then sent home at 2:30 am (with the time change though it was 3:30 am) with the recommendation to call our pediatrician on Monday.
Sunday she did not seem better. In fact, at 11:30 am (10:30 am with the time change) she said, "I have an idea. Let's take a nap." She then went to her bed and napped for 5 hours. She was definitely sick.
I called the pediatrician on Monday hoping they would say, "Keep giving her the medicine until her fever breaks" but instead they said, "Bring her in." If any of you are counting, this is my third doctor's visit in 4 days.
The doctor looked at her and said it sounded like Fifths disease. She checked her ears and both ears had an infection. She asked if the ER looked in Hannah's ears because she clearly had the infection for a while, but no, the ER listened to her chest, took X-rays, gave her some medicine and sent us home.
We started Hannah's round of antibiotics on Monday evening. So between 4 hour intervals of Tylenol, 8 hour intervals of Motrin, and 12 hour intervals of Amoxicillin Hannah seems to be getting better. Her fever broke yesterday and this morning while eating breakfast she said, "Mommy what we gonna do today? We can go to a friend's house or a park. You choose." Although her bossiness is something we are working on, it was so good to hear her sound more like herself again.
we got an added bonus of a jumper to use for Hannah's party this Saturday!! We set it up today and Hannah and Jeff had a great time...Kate preferred to watch, but by Saturday she may want to join in the fun.
I'm pretty sure Hannah thought today was her birthday. I know she will have a blast on Saturday when you add a few friends and grandparents to the mix.
Kate is feeling better so we went to the park for some fresh air and to get some energy out of Hannah. This kid has energy!!!
The girls switched shoes
Hannah couldn't walk in Kate's shoes because the wood chips hurt her feet and Kate kept falling in Hannah's new shoes. It really brought meaning to the phrase "walk a mile in my shoes" since they could only walk in their shoes. It made me think about grateful for the "shoes" God has given me, with all the ups and downs. No one could walk a mile in my shoes, and I could not walk a mile in anyone elses. Here are the ups in my life:
And here is a down (Kate is going kill me for this picture when she is older!):
My poor sick baby girl. She followed me around all day say, "Up mama" and who could say no to this face? I'm so thankful she's healthy again!
After (happy to get a chocolate chip as a reward)
In other news, Kate is sick again, poor baby. It is the beginning of spring, which means new viruses and bacteria. I am thankful for the few healthy days that we had between sicknesses and I hope this one passes quickly.
Kate slept about 4 hours in the afternoon. She was so happy to sleep on daddy for some of that naptime.
We decorated eggs using plastic eggs and sticker with our playgroup and had a fun time! Kate mostly just opened up the eggs and tried to put them back together, but Hannah really got into it.
And here's another picture just because she is too cute to not show off:
Future kite flyer (not my sister but the baby growing inside her):
This girl rides her bike everywhere...her endurance is amazing!!!
My girls had different ideas of how to enjoy the sprinklers...Hannah ran in and out of the water and Kate caught the water in a cup. Both were happy and giggly the entire time!
Hannah, Kate, Jeff and I planted strawberries, tomatoes, cucumbers, watermelon, and peas. We have plans to also start a herb garden area, but I need to take out another dead plant before I can get there, and herbs don't need to be planted until May sometime so I have a little more time to prep that area.
Cool mornings...
...warm afternoons.
These girls L-O-V-E their daddy!
I deleted some old web albums and viola...free space! It may be temporary, so I will also work on turning my blog into a book, which looks like a huge project if I want to done like an album. Until then, I can't wait to blog again!!
