RSV...

February is just not our month! Last year Jeff got the flu and then I caught it (while pregnant with Lydia) and the Jeff got it AGAIN! All during the blasted month of February. Well this year during the horrible, no good, terrible, month of February we have had croup, 2 sinus infections, lasik surgery and one other minor surgical procedure...I'll give you a hint...we are done having children...For Real! I am so ready for us all to be well and stay well!

Lydia gave us quite the scare yesterday. It started with a minor cold on Tuesday. By Wednesday morning she was running 102 fevers and I took her to the Doctor. They checked her ears and her chest and everything was clear. They told us to come back on Friday if she was still feverish. Well Friday morning she was still running high fevers even with Motrin and Tylenol. So off we went again to see our Dr. Except this time the weather was CRAZY! There were tornado warnings everywhere, and the rain was coming down so hard! Not fun conditions to get a sick baby out of the house.

They checked her ears and chest again. They diagnosed her with RSV. She had also developed an ear infection and her breathing was rapid and labored so they gave us an antibiotic shot in her leg and sent us to DCH to have her blood drawn and get chest x-rays to check for pneumonia or secondary infections. At this point we knew if she had Pneumonia we would be admitted to the hospital. I was so scared for her. The tears were certainly flowing. The thought of my barely 7 month old baby in the hospital was more than I could take! Jeff met me at DCH and he had to hold her down for the blood work. They took two vials and she was pitiful. This is a child that NEVER cries, so even the tiniest little tear on her cheek nearly sends Jeff and I over the edge! People think I am kidding when I say she never cries. Seriously- in 7 months she has cried less than 4 times. I don't mean getting fussy or complete melt down fits....literally she has only shed a tear 4 times! So needless to say, I can't stand to see her cry. Then we both held her down for x-rays and were sent home to wait out the results. Jeff took her in his car and I was going to go grab some lunch for all of us and pick up Anderson from school...

Then my day went from bad to worse. I am already soaking wet, have taken my daughter to a Dr. office, outpatient lab, and then radiology...I'm worried sick and then as I am leaving Newk's (in the 3rd torrential downpour of the day) I back out of an uphill parking space and my wheels slide and boom....now I am hanging over the side of a retaining wall...thankfully I missed the fountain. Awesome. So I called Jeff who was almost home with Lydia to come back and get me. My car would not budge as the two front wheels weren't touching the ground! We get the manager of Newk's to pull us out using his 4 WD truck and some rope. Finally I got to go get Anderson and get home.

They called back at 4:00 (the longest 4 hours of my life I think!) and told us she was all clear! Thank you Jesus! He asked that we bring her back to the office for a breathing treatment and to get a nebulizer so we can do treatments at home (3-4 times a day). She pinked up and had MUCH better color after just the first one and the antibiotic shot from earlier in the day had finally broken her fever.

Last night she only woke up once about 1:00 am in a coughing fit. Bless her heart, she coughs so hard she literally turns blue. Jeff and I both got up and gave her a treatment and she felt better instantly. I am so thankful that all of the medications are doing their jobs. She is a different child today. We will continue the treatments for at least the next week and will have to have a re-check with our Dr. at some point to make sure her chest is still clear.