Monday, July 7, 2008

...so...sorry...






I first want to apologize for taking so long updating. I haven't been able to sit long enough without inturruption to blog. Let alone do anything these days. I'll update quick so you people aren't here all day...


Kara is getting huge weighing in at 14lbs 3 oz. To update from the last, we have the best babysitter in the world. I still love my job, and Tim is getting full time within the next couple weeks!!!! The wedding plans are coming great and things are starting to tie together...That's really all there is to update from the last blog.


4th of July weekend was spent in Croghan with all my family. Tim, Kara and I went up Thursday night (Brandon is with his mom for a whole week for summer visitation) Kara, as always, was the life of the party, but Thursday night didn't sleep well and I just figured since we haven't stayed there for a while she wasn't used to it and I changed her paci to wash the other one, so I just thought it was that! Well, Friday she didn't take long naps, but was still her funny ol' self, smiling at everyone and talking...talk...boy does she babble. Friday night she felt a little warm, but thought it was because of the sun and hot outside. We all went to bed and had a cranky Kara all night Friday night. Saturday she was warm when she got up so we gave her Tylenol all day, we did our thing and had fun, still not a lot of naps, she just wanted to be cuddled. Well it wasn't going away and finally after most fesitivies had ended on Sat. night she was really cranky and warm so I called great-grannie and she brought up a thermometer for Kara. We took her temp rectally (which I hate) and BAM 103.2. Tim immediately called the pediatrician and he said to keep watching her, strip her down, give her a cold bath and just keep doing what we are doing and if she is not better by tomorrow (Sunday) we would should call the office. Our peds office is open 7 days a week for sick kids! Well we didn't make it until Sunday, well technically, but...2:30 a.m. Kara woke up cranky I went to pick her up and just felt her burning up...I mean burning We took her temp and after Tylenol 103.5...yeah, I packed my shit and we headed to Watertown, from Croghan to the ER. I called the Pediatrician on the way and he met us there. Of course everyone knows Watertown and its finest on a Saturday night and on top of it 4th of July weekend. Bunch of drunk scum bags in the ER waiting to get seen...Theres a whole other story to this that if you want to know ask...I'll be happy to tell you. When we finally get called back they came right in a checked on her the docotor ordered a urine test to see if that showed any thing, so of course they came over with a catheter and I freaked out. I think I cried just as hard as her if not harder. The damn nurse couldn't find her little pee hole and I just finally said...please go get someone to help you....please. After a little bit they got it, it showed nothing we left around 730 with the diagnosis of just viral infection. We were told to alternate motrin and tylenol and called the dr. by Tuesday if nothing was better. We came back home to Watertown around 5 last night and I just cuddled her. We all slept downstairs where it was cooler because of the AC and she was up all night. I got up for good around 530 and did my shower thing and I was about ready to dry my hair when she got up. Tim was in the shower getting ready for work and all I did was pick her up and you would have thought I was murdering her. She screamed like you wouldn't believe...I finally calmed her down and took her upstairs. Tim felt her and just gave me that look. He got the thermometer and I started to dry my hair, when I saw the look he gave me I stoped my hair and knew that it was bad. 104.6. I grabbed clothes for him and me and we took off...called the dr. on the way and she said to come to the office she was already there (700). We saw her at the office where she ordered blood work and a chest xray. We ran to the hospital for that and by the time we left the hospital and got back to the dr office the results were already in (Yippe for SMC) Kara has ATYPICAL PNEUMONIA...wtf...how did my baby get pneumonia, no one smokes, no one has been sick, wtf. I said, are you sure, what are you going to do, is she going to be admitted, I started to cry with my 101 questions. Dr. Crane just said, we will give her a high dose of zithromax and that should kill whatever it is, either a pneumonia, which I am pretty sure, or a viral infection, but keep giving her tylenol and motrin.


So here we are 3:00p.m. on Monday and she just woke up from a 2 hour nap and she's 103.6...motrin down, cuddling with daddy. I just couldn't go to work today, I had to be here with my baby girl. I sat and watched her sleep for the longest time, then I just needed to get out and get fresh air. So hopefully this will work and she will be ok. Let me just say that the blood work and xray were horrible and I cried and cried...my poor baby girl...please say a prayer for her...

2 comments:

Kristi said...

Wow...what a couple days for you guys. I hope Kara is feeling better today. It is so yukky when your kiddos are sick...you just want to take all of it away for them!!! Just keep cuddling...that's the best medicine!

Anonymous said...

I agree with Kristi....TLC is THE best medicine! And, thats not hard to do with my KaraBear!! She is such a trooper....sick, but always smiling.........
This is just the beginning of bumps, bruises, and illness....its tough, but everyone goes thru it...its just not any fun!
Hugs and kisses to my baby(ies)...