Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Sick Baby

Okay so remember my last post? The one where I said that Kellylynn had somehow managed to not get sick at all. Well, that did not last!
On Sunday night we had a family Christmas gathering at my Aunt Shelly's house. Bryce did not come because I put him on bedrest for the day so he could finally start feeling better. Anywa, while we were there I noticed that K started feeling a little warm...then a little warmer...and a a little warmer still over the couple hours we were there. She started acting a little cranky and very very tired too. So we came home. I gave her some baby advil and she went to bed...it was not a terrible night, but it wasn't a great night either.
In the morning she seemed a little better, but still running a little hot so we just layed low and did not do much. In the early afternoon I took her temp and she was at 102F. Yeah, that's a little hot for an 8 month old. More baby advil. A couple hours later, fever was back. More baby advil right before bed. She woke up a couple hours later with a fever again.
So, off to the hospital we went (just the two of us). She ran a fever of about 101F for the next few hours at the hospital. They gave her tylenol and we waited...and waited....and waited...talked to some other people in the ER...and waited. Kellylynn refused to go to sleep and I couldn't put her down on the waiting room floor (gross), so she nursed, cried, nursed, smiled at the other patients...cried.
Finally we got called in to the see the dr. after her fever had broken. The only reason I was still there was really to find out for sure why the inside of her mouth was white...Thrush...viral...nothing they can do...bull! Anyway, her fever stayed down until we were leaving the hospital. By the time we got home she was back up at 101F. Baby Advil, at 6:30am (yup that's when we got home).
So today, Bryce took Olivia to mom and dads to spend the day and then took K out for a few hours (they really just drove around...she wasn't out inthe cold) so I could rest. They came back and I fed her and put her back down to sleep. It was a day of rest since the night was not restful at all!

We'll see what happens tomorrow!

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

The Worst Build Up To Christmas EVER!

For the past two weeks Bryce has been fighting a cold. For the past week and a half, I have been fighting a cold and, for the past couple days Olivia has been fighting a cold. It's this nasty, coughing up gross stuff and dealing with a major headach all day long type of a cold. Where you can't sleep because you can't breathe properly when you lay down. You know the type I'm sure.

Add the "not sleeping because of a cold" to the fact that Olivia has been waking up and getting out of bed and Kellylynn has been sleeping restlessly for the past few nights and you have not one, but TWO very exahusted, annoyed parents!! So annoyed by everything that I actually yelled at Bryce today because he didn't know where the tape was!




Kellylynn checking up on me while I was sleeping on the couch. Sunday was a bad day!


Thankfully, Olivia did not get the same cold we got so she is really only dealing with a runny nose. And even more thankfully, Kellylynn has managed somehow to avoid getting sick at all!

Anyway, Bryce and I were talking today and we decided that this will be the christmas build up we will try to forget...but probably never will forget just because it is soooo bad! If people didn't keep reminding me that christmas was on saturday, I would probably forget. Maybe wrapping some presents will get me in the spirit.



This is how I got through the days without going crazy! Baths seem to be pretty well the only place i can put both girls and they will both be happy and safe for at least 30 minutes probably more!

On a good note though, we got the girls christmas pictures back yesterday and they are super cute! I don't have a scanner so I can't show you yet...hopefully I will remember to bring them to my moms house so I can scan them in tomorrow.