I'm doing a Sunday night brain dump.
These last few weeks have been full of nothing but sickness in our house. Josh was sick, Kyra had a cough and then Teagan ran a fever of 105 and we found out she had the flu. None of that was fun.
I found out that I can function on 6 hours of sleep over a span of 3 days with little caffeine.
The Lord wrapped me in a "Super Mom" cape over the last few weeks and he truly was my strength through the exhaustion and frustration.
Kyra is officially her Daddy made over. She is in the 75th percentile height wise and 25th height wise. We've decided we each have a child.
Teagan is saying 7-8 word sentences and we are continuing to try and challenge her daily. It is a blessing and sometimes a frustration all at once because sometimes we forget that she is still just 2.
Kyra is officially a bottle fed-formula fed baby. I am trying to adjust to this the best I can. More on that later.
I sold my pump, not the parts because I know you're not supposed to do that. It was pretty emotional and I cried about it. It made it all so final.
Some big and kinda scary things are happening for our family of four right now but we are trusting in the Lord's provision and we're all kind of excited to see where this road leads us.
Hopefully there will be a real blog post soon. You know, the kind where I tell you stuff and show you pictures?
In the mean time there is still a giveaway going on. The Woodcarver movie.
Showing posts with label sick toddler. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sick toddler. Show all posts
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Sickness be GONE.
Typically we are a healthy bunch in our house. Occasionally some sort of sickness darkens our doorstep. Actually, when it comes it usually sweeps through our house like a tornado.
Currently, Teagan has Strep Throat. We had no idea but thankfully we caught it really early and she's on meds now, which is another story.
On Sunday, she was just not herself. She cried when I dropped her off in her classroom at church and she was super clingy all day. That afternoon she threw up twice and was burning up to the point I could have fried an egg anywhere on her body. The stomach bug has been going around pretty bad around school and church and WalMart and Target and well, you get the picture. I figured we were dealing with the stomach bug. I made a doctor appointment anyway and we were seen the next morning.
Teagan woke up with "eye boogies" and I put all thoughts of the stomach bug out of my head. We were dealing with another ear infection. I just knew it. WRONG. Come to find out Teagan has Strep throat. We almost didn't find that out because it was in the very beginning stages and took forever to show up as positive on the Strep Test. Thankfully, her doc waited the extra five minutes just in case. WHO KNEW that throwing up was actually a symptom of Strep for some people?!? Not I!
Teagan in now on penicillin but I was worried about it for the first 24 hrs. I'm not sure if it was the meds or if it was her fever and her body trying to fight off the strep but she was just all out of sorts. Within a 24 hour period she went into an inconsolable fit twice. She seemed to be completely out of it. She didn't know what she wanted. She didn't want to be held but she did. Anything I did, or anybody else did was wrong even if that is what she asked for. At one point she wanted me to play and that involved just pushing a toy to and from the kitchen while she stood there whining/wailing. It was bizarre.
Honestly, I got scared during those two fits. I was also in tears. I've heard more and more instances of toddlers I know or know of having a crazy high fever that resulted in febrile seizures. I didn't sleep a whole lot because I was scared she would have one and I wouldn't hear it or know it. Thankfully we the Tylenol/Motrin combo (alternating them appropriately) knocked her fever down to just warm and not steaming hot so we didn't have to experience that.
This bout of sickness has been especially hard with Kyra in the equation. Bless her heart she hasn't gotten a lot of attention from me the last few days because Teagan has been so sick and wanting me. Thankfully we've had support from family who loves Kyra almost as much as we do and could care for her. Basically I tended to Teagan and when Kyra got hungry I would pass Teagan off for 20 minutes and then switch with whoever had Teagan.
Hopefully the rest of us won't get it and sweet Teagan will be well enough for her birthday party on Saturday. She woke up in good spirits this morning and had a good day today. Tomorrow she's heading back to school and hopefully continues to be on the up and up!
Currently, Teagan has Strep Throat. We had no idea but thankfully we caught it really early and she's on meds now, which is another story.
On Sunday, she was just not herself. She cried when I dropped her off in her classroom at church and she was super clingy all day. That afternoon she threw up twice and was burning up to the point I could have fried an egg anywhere on her body. The stomach bug has been going around pretty bad around school and church and WalMart and Target and well, you get the picture. I figured we were dealing with the stomach bug. I made a doctor appointment anyway and we were seen the next morning.
Teagan woke up with "eye boogies" and I put all thoughts of the stomach bug out of my head. We were dealing with another ear infection. I just knew it. WRONG. Come to find out Teagan has Strep throat. We almost didn't find that out because it was in the very beginning stages and took forever to show up as positive on the Strep Test. Thankfully, her doc waited the extra five minutes just in case. WHO KNEW that throwing up was actually a symptom of Strep for some people?!? Not I!
Teagan in now on penicillin but I was worried about it for the first 24 hrs. I'm not sure if it was the meds or if it was her fever and her body trying to fight off the strep but she was just all out of sorts. Within a 24 hour period she went into an inconsolable fit twice. She seemed to be completely out of it. She didn't know what she wanted. She didn't want to be held but she did. Anything I did, or anybody else did was wrong even if that is what she asked for. At one point she wanted me to play and that involved just pushing a toy to and from the kitchen while she stood there whining/wailing. It was bizarre.
Honestly, I got scared during those two fits. I was also in tears. I've heard more and more instances of toddlers I know or know of having a crazy high fever that resulted in febrile seizures. I didn't sleep a whole lot because I was scared she would have one and I wouldn't hear it or know it. Thankfully we the Tylenol/Motrin combo (alternating them appropriately) knocked her fever down to just warm and not steaming hot so we didn't have to experience that.
This bout of sickness has been especially hard with Kyra in the equation. Bless her heart she hasn't gotten a lot of attention from me the last few days because Teagan has been so sick and wanting me. Thankfully we've had support from family who loves Kyra almost as much as we do and could care for her. Basically I tended to Teagan and when Kyra got hungry I would pass Teagan off for 20 minutes and then switch with whoever had Teagan.
Hopefully the rest of us won't get it and sweet Teagan will be well enough for her birthday party on Saturday. She woke up in good spirits this morning and had a good day today. Tomorrow she's heading back to school and hopefully continues to be on the up and up!
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Back to normal? We sure hope so!
To say last weekend was a nightmare would be an understatement. Poor sweet Teagan was sick for about 5 days. All day. Every day. And night. She developed the croup out of nowhere on Friday and we struggled with it until Tuesday. I have never seen Teagan that miserable. I don't know that I have been that miserable.
Friday morning when she woke up her breathing was off and she was hoarse but acted like her normal self. She started running a fever at daycare and then after lunch it went down hill from there. We headed to the doctor that afternoon and the doctor, who we LOVE, barely had to look at Teagan before she concluded it was the croup. I just looked at her completely dumbfouned. The croup? In June? What was I supposed to do to fix it? I have always had the idea that if Teagan ever got the croup it would be winter. We would sit in the bathroom and run a steam shower for 10 minutes then run outside in the cold where she would take a deep breath of coolness and feel better. Did I mention it was June? In NC? Yeah, cold is nowhere to be found at anytime during June. The doc gave Teagan a 3 day steroid treatment (not a fan, it made her throw up some so we gave her 1/2 the dose) to help her breathing and I gave her tylenol to keep the fever at bay and help her feel at least a little more comfortable. The combo worked half of the time. The other half my sweet girl didn't want to be put down in any way. I couldn't even sit down while holding her and occasionally even the walking didn't work. Let me remind you that I am 24 weeks pregnant. Walking around for almost 8 hrs with a 26lbs toddler while pregnant is not a cake walk. We spent most of the weekend both crying. She would act like she would feel better and then all of a sudden she was miserable again. I still can't stress to you how miserable she was. It was like nothing we'd ever experienced with her.
Thankfully it all seems to be back to normal. She went back to school on Tuesday and we are back in our routine. I just pray we don't have to deal with the croup again.
Friday morning when she woke up her breathing was off and she was hoarse but acted like her normal self. She started running a fever at daycare and then after lunch it went down hill from there. We headed to the doctor that afternoon and the doctor, who we LOVE, barely had to look at Teagan before she concluded it was the croup. I just looked at her completely dumbfouned. The croup? In June? What was I supposed to do to fix it? I have always had the idea that if Teagan ever got the croup it would be winter. We would sit in the bathroom and run a steam shower for 10 minutes then run outside in the cold where she would take a deep breath of coolness and feel better. Did I mention it was June? In NC? Yeah, cold is nowhere to be found at anytime during June. The doc gave Teagan a 3 day steroid treatment (not a fan, it made her throw up some so we gave her 1/2 the dose) to help her breathing and I gave her tylenol to keep the fever at bay and help her feel at least a little more comfortable. The combo worked half of the time. The other half my sweet girl didn't want to be put down in any way. I couldn't even sit down while holding her and occasionally even the walking didn't work. Let me remind you that I am 24 weeks pregnant. Walking around for almost 8 hrs with a 26lbs toddler while pregnant is not a cake walk. We spent most of the weekend both crying. She would act like she would feel better and then all of a sudden she was miserable again. I still can't stress to you how miserable she was. It was like nothing we'd ever experienced with her.
Thankfully it all seems to be back to normal. She went back to school on Tuesday and we are back in our routine. I just pray we don't have to deal with the croup again.
Monday, June 27, 2011
The Croup
Dear Croup,
Go AWAY. You have made my poor sweet girl miserable. More miserable then I have ever seen her in her life. There were a lot of tears this weekend because of you. My tears almost equalled hers. There were times when she was inconsolable and all I could do was walk and hold her and tell her I was there for her and wouldn't let her go. I felt as if I had a colicky infant in a toddler body. There was NOTHING I could do that made it better. Do you know how bad that makes a mommy feel? It made me feel terrible. Not being able to make her feel better was quite possibly the worst feeling in the world.
So, now that you have come and made your presence known can you please go away? I would really like my little girl to feel better and not be miserable. I could use some sleep too.
Thanks,
Rici
Go AWAY. You have made my poor sweet girl miserable. More miserable then I have ever seen her in her life. There were a lot of tears this weekend because of you. My tears almost equalled hers. There were times when she was inconsolable and all I could do was walk and hold her and tell her I was there for her and wouldn't let her go. I felt as if I had a colicky infant in a toddler body. There was NOTHING I could do that made it better. Do you know how bad that makes a mommy feel? It made me feel terrible. Not being able to make her feel better was quite possibly the worst feeling in the world.
So, now that you have come and made your presence known can you please go away? I would really like my little girl to feel better and not be miserable. I could use some sleep too.
Thanks,
Rici
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