Sick a loo my darling

Well the time arrived...you got sick for the very first time. Daddy and I were hoping this day would never come. Last Thursday night you started to sound congested and had trouble breathing through your nose. So mommy sat up from 1:30 a.m. til morning with you so you could sleep upright (easier for you to breathe). Then on Friday I got done with work early so I could pick you up. When I brought you home, same thing, congestion. You were a phglemy mess. We propped ourselves up in bed and you slept all afternoon. YaYa brought over some essentials for our sick baby girl... the Nose Frida (it has a little tube and I suck boogies out of your nose...you hate it!), nasal saline solution, probiotics, a vaporizer, and dinner. You DID NOT like anything going in your nose. But poor darling you couldn't breathe! Every time you tried to eat, you had to stop and breathe out of your mouth. So Yaya helped me pin you down so I could get the saline in your nose to loosen up all that yucky stuff and then I would suck it out. Boy are you strong! You are one determined little girl. You fought us, but mommy knows best, I finally got the boogies out of your nose. We had to sleep sitting up in a chair for the next few nights so you could breathe better. Mommy was exhausted but had to take care of my girl! You are getting better but still stopped up. We ended up taking you to the pediatrician on Saturday morning, just to make sure you didn't have an infection. Luckily, the doctor said you are all clear, just have a cold. So we snuggled and took care of you all weekend long.

Just when we thought you were in the clear you started to act sick again. Your eye boogies and nose boogies turned green... so mommy was afraid there was an infection. :( The following Thursday night you didn't seem right. Early Friday morning, you were burning up. I just knew you had a fever, I took your temperature and it read 100.3. So I decided to call in sick to work and schedule an appointment with your pediatrician. I took you with me to my school at 6:30 am to get my sub plans together and then I stopped at Starbucks to get coffee and oatmeal to help keep me awake since we were up most of the night.

 Luckily, we got in with our doctor, Dr. Moore. At first the nurse took you temperature via temporal and it read 98.6, my mom-tuition just told me that was wrong. So I requested a rectal temperature be taken. And sure enough it was 100.7. Sweet baby girl. Dr. Moore found that you had an ear infection in your left ear and an eye infection. She prescribed you antibiotics and told me to give you Tylenol to keep you comfortable. I gave you a dosage of Tylenol right away because I knew you didn't feel well. Then I finally got some antibiotics in you. We went home and you slept on mommy and on mommy and daddy's bed all day. At one point I went to give you some more Tylenol, I gave you half the dosage and all of a sudden you started throwing up, everywhere. All over mommy and yourself. I had never seen you throw up before and I wasn't sure what to do. I just stood there, in the kitchen to let you finish. Then you seemed much better. We spent several more nights sleeping upright, and you had to take your antibiotics twice a day for 10 days. We just took your last dose last night. You did not like taking medicine. We hope you aren't sick again!

Any time mommy does something and you don't like it, just remember I am doing it because I know it's best for you. I would never ever hurt you and neither would daddy. We love you so much and always want you to be happy, healthy and enjoying your life.

xoxoxoxo Mommy & Daddy