I have been swamped!! Marion has had chicken pox for the last week and a half... it seems as if they are never going away at this point. I naively volunteered to be room mom for Grace's class. I thought that meant organizing their parties... yep, it meant that, along with organizing field day, and, oh yeah, our class's game at the big Seafood Jamboree this weekend! Anyway, I've been super busy, and I'm sorry for not keeping up more.
Jeremy has started a blog! He plans to document the progress of his shop and woodworking projects. He titled it Slices of the Honey Do, but I propose a new title... Why the Honey Do Goes Unfinished!! He's just getting started, check it out!
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Thursday, September 23, 2010
Friday, October 9, 2009
oh the week...
It's been quite a week. I'll start with last Friday, one week ago. Grace went to school in the morning and to a birthday party that evening. It was a fun day and she was feeling great! Saturday morning she woke up with a little cough. I wasn't too worried- seriously, Grace gets little coughs all the time. We headed out to the movie theater to see a cheap screening of Madagascar. The cough turned into gasping and labored breathing that got worse and worse.
The swine flu is rampant in the little city we live in, and our best friends had just had it the previous week, so I was quite certain... she had swine flu! We loaded up and headed to the immediate care office since it was Saturday. I was expecting a flu diagnosis and a script for Tamiflu- in and out! We never made it to immediate care. On the way there, Grace's breathing became much worse and we decided that the emergency room was in order. Her stomach and throat were collapsing terribly with every breath. It was so so scary. We arrived at the ER and I explained that she must have the swine flu. We were outcast to the end of a long and lonely hallway to wait. Thirty minutes passed and Grace became very sleepy and unresponsive. I marched back up to the desk and explained that she needed to be seen NOW! The receptionist explained that there were many patients ahead of us, but after I made it clear that I wasn't sitting back down, she came to see what bad shape my little Grace was in. She agreed, went to the back to talk to a nurse, returned and told us we would be next.
First, they took her temp - it was 99, not really too bad. Next, the flu swab... ughh... it went so far up her little nose, we had to hold her down while they did it... poor baby. They immediately started steroids and breathing treatments and then sent her for a chest x-ray. The breathing treatments helped immediately and the steroids were right behind. Her temp dropped back down to normal and she never had a fever again. Her flu test was negative and her x-rays were clear. Her breathing was still very short and strained. And then, we waited... a long time. After the medicine had time to really be effective, the ER doc returned to reevaluate her. He thought that her breathing had not improved much and admitted her into the hospital. The diagnosis was bronchitis and an underlying restrictive airway disease (asthma!).
Night 1 at the hospital
Grace really felt much better on Day 2, but we couldn't go home until she made it through the night with out needing oxygen. She really kinda liked her stay though. There were hours and hours of coloring...
and even a new light bright...
Grace with her new friend, Zippy
Night two went much better than the first and she was cleared to go home on Monday. We are all so happy to be home and to have Grace feeling better. I think she would go back to the hospital tomorrow given chance... she loved the visitors, get-well gifts and even the hopital food!)... but she has been sad about missing school and dance. We are ready for next week!
Grace returned to the doctor this morning for her check up visit. Doctor M said she sounded good and we're going to continue breathing treatments as needed and try out Singulair to fight off allergies.
***Are you wondering where little May May was during all of this?? Our friends adopted her for the weekend, so she was well taken care of. Thank YOU so much!!!! :)
The swine flu is rampant in the little city we live in, and our best friends had just had it the previous week, so I was quite certain... she had swine flu! We loaded up and headed to the immediate care office since it was Saturday. I was expecting a flu diagnosis and a script for Tamiflu- in and out! We never made it to immediate care. On the way there, Grace's breathing became much worse and we decided that the emergency room was in order. Her stomach and throat were collapsing terribly with every breath. It was so so scary. We arrived at the ER and I explained that she must have the swine flu. We were outcast to the end of a long and lonely hallway to wait. Thirty minutes passed and Grace became very sleepy and unresponsive. I marched back up to the desk and explained that she needed to be seen NOW! The receptionist explained that there were many patients ahead of us, but after I made it clear that I wasn't sitting back down, she came to see what bad shape my little Grace was in. She agreed, went to the back to talk to a nurse, returned and told us we would be next.
First, they took her temp - it was 99, not really too bad. Next, the flu swab... ughh... it went so far up her little nose, we had to hold her down while they did it... poor baby. They immediately started steroids and breathing treatments and then sent her for a chest x-ray. The breathing treatments helped immediately and the steroids were right behind. Her temp dropped back down to normal and she never had a fever again. Her flu test was negative and her x-rays were clear. Her breathing was still very short and strained. And then, we waited... a long time. After the medicine had time to really be effective, the ER doc returned to reevaluate her. He thought that her breathing had not improved much and admitted her into the hospital. The diagnosis was bronchitis and an underlying restrictive airway disease (asthma!).
Night 1 at the hospitalAlthough her breathing wasn't great, she felt fairly decent with the steroids and breathing treatments and wasn't upset to be in the hospital. Night 1 was rough once she went to sleep... lots of moaning and waking up crying... oh, and waking up for breathing treatments all night. When the nurse checked her at 1 a.m., her oxygen level was low, so she had to have tubes put in her nose for some extra air. Oh, she hated that! I had to literally hold her down for 20 minutes until she gave up trying to rip it out. We made it through the night and the next day was better. Her best little friend, Meredith came to visit the next day which was very exciting for Grace!
Grace really felt much better on Day 2, but we couldn't go home until she made it through the night with out needing oxygen. She really kinda liked her stay though. There were hours and hours of coloring...
and even a new light bright...
Grace with her new friend, ZippyNight two went much better than the first and she was cleared to go home on Monday. We are all so happy to be home and to have Grace feeling better. I think she would go back to the hospital tomorrow given chance... she loved the visitors, get-well gifts and even the hopital food!)... but she has been sad about missing school and dance. We are ready for next week!
***Are you wondering where little May May was during all of this?? Our friends adopted her for the weekend, so she was well taken care of. Thank YOU so much!!!! :)
Saturday, February 21, 2009
feeling germy
We had big plans for today... a trip to Chuck E Cheese in Slidell for my niece's birthday party. Yes, I was going to take Baby Marion to Chuck E Cheese (gasp!). Some family that hadn't met her yet was going to be there and I thought it would be a good chance to get together.
Please don't worry about us picking up germs at The Cheese, we've already got them! After my much needed night out last night with a friend, Jeremy told me Grace had been a little cranky while I was away. This morning, she came into our room crying and burning up... at 100.5 degrees to be exact. We canceled our plans and are hanging out around the house today.
Grace is feeling a little better with a healthy dose of Tylenol and has yet to give up on The Cheese...
I've promised to take her one day this week when she's feeling better. My poor baby!
As for me, after a few days of the nursing going great again, would you believe I'm feeling bad again?! I think it may be candida, which is common after a course of antibiotics. Really, the only thing keeping me going now is my stubborness! I'm trying some home remedies this weekend and if they don't work I'll be back at the doctor on Monday!
Please don't worry about us picking up germs at The Cheese, we've already got them! After my much needed night out last night with a friend, Jeremy told me Grace had been a little cranky while I was away. This morning, she came into our room crying and burning up... at 100.5 degrees to be exact. We canceled our plans and are hanging out around the house today.
Grace is feeling a little better with a healthy dose of Tylenol and has yet to give up on The Cheese...
"Mommy, I got my furby out!!! I can go to Isabelle's birthday party!"
"Mommy, I got my fever and my germs out. I just got my coughs out, I washed them all out, and that's what I did, because I'm ready to go to Chuck E Cheese!"
"I feel better! I feel better! Pleaseeeee, can I go to Chuck E Cheese??"
"I feel better! I feel better! Pleaseeeee, can I go to Chuck E Cheese??"
I've promised to take her one day this week when she's feeling better. My poor baby!
As for me, after a few days of the nursing going great again, would you believe I'm feeling bad again?! I think it may be candida, which is common after a course of antibiotics. Really, the only thing keeping me going now is my stubborness! I'm trying some home remedies this weekend and if they don't work I'll be back at the doctor on Monday!
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