Sitting here thinking...

Mr. Cold that has infected my children for the past month---

PLEASE GO AWAY!  

We are tired of not being able to sleep through the night

And tired of the runny noses

And tired of the coughs that wake them up

 And I feel so sad that I don't know what else to do to help them.

So, if you would just leave, I would really appreciate it!

Thanks!

No friday funny...

The video wouldn't upload both times I tried Friday and Saturday...so I'll have to try again later.

But our house is germ-infested right now... Kamryn has been sick all week...but has been doing better each day. However, now I have it really bad (stuffy nose, awful cough, can't sleep, etc) and Ryan I think is coming down with it! Rough night last night for all 3 of us! What a houseful of sickies!

Post again when I get the chance... :)

Went to the Doctors...and...

Well, we survived yesterday.  Kamryn managed to sleep most of the afternoon yesterday---off and on---with coughs waking her up every 15 minutes or so.  But she was soooo exhausted that she managed to calm down each time fairly quickly.  I went in around 4:15 to wake her up so we could get ready to go to the doctor.  I hate waking her up...especially when she is so so sick!  I rubbed her back and asked if she wanted to get up--her response was "no..." (little whimpering voice and small shake of head) :) I left the room for a minute to put something away and then Kamryn screamed!  It was like, "I don't want to get up...but I want you here!!" Funny girl.  We got her up, bathed her and then left for the doctor.

On our way to the doctors---we weren't in the car more than 5 minutes and I looked back and saw her just struggling and struggling to keep her eyes open... poor thing!

It just breaks your heart, doesn't it?!

We got to the Doctor and ended up waiting in the waiting room for 40 minutes!! Ahhh....she's hacking up a lung every 5 minutes and they can't get us back faster?!?  I was a little annnoyed...but oh well.  Kamryn practically fell asleep on my lap while we were waiting! (note*LOVE our Pediatrician...but he is always always sooo busy and behind!)

Went in and it was probably the best appointment we've ever had...partly because she had no energy to scream and fight with.  (oh and btw she has gained 2 lbs in the past month! lol) He diagnosed her with a possible croup virus and a secondary ear infection.  So we gave her the croup shot and she is now on antibiotics for her ear.  Poor thing!  I'm glad we got meds though.  Hopefully this will all go away faster now!

Last night was a little better than the night before...but she had a harder time actually going to bed in the first place.  Couldn't convince her to sleep till about 11...when WE were going to bed!  BUT her fever broke last night!  I was so relieved to not feel her burning hot anymore! (At the Dr. office she was up to 103 degree temp.) Thank goodness that is gone! 

I think Ryan got up with her a few times through the night...what a good daddy! 

This morning I had my 32 week Dr. Appointment around 10:30.  Kamryn was so so miserable this morning.  She cried and cried and cried when I had to give her to Ryan so I could get ready to go!  She didn't want to watch anything, eat anything or play with anything...just wanted her Mommy!  Then when she saw I was actually trying to GO somewhere, she totally flipped!  It was so hard to resist just staying home and being with her---to hold and cuddle and comfort---with those puffy droopy eyes...but I quickly left her with Daddy and went to my appointment.  (Appointment went well...baby is healthy and getting bigger...only 8 weeks left! Can't believe it!) :)  While at the Dr., Ryan called me and said that Kamryn wanted to call me.  (she had picked up his phone and started trying to talk on it.  Ryan asked her if she wanted to call mommy and she said "yes") She didn't really talk on the phone, but I'm glad she liked it!  I thought it was cute!
When I got home, she was so excited to see me...but still SO miserable.  blotchy face and puffy eyes and she could barely walk!  We sat down in the chair to snuggle, ate some lunch and then Daddy left for work. (Who she happily waved and said "bye bye" to... :)  poor Daddy!) :) 

After a difficult morning...she is finally down for a nap now...and hopefully she will be able to sleep.  I think she's having a rougher time this afternoon than she did yesterday---even with the fever gone!

Thanks for all your support and comments.  We really are doing okay...it's tiring, but I feel worse for her!  It's never fun to see your child miserable and there isn't much you can do!  I'm so grateful for current medicine and technology though...because if I had to do this 100 years ago, it'd be SO much worse! :)

Poor Little Girl!

Kamryn is making good use of our new recliner today... 

Wouldn't you like to spend YOUR day in a BIG chair like this?! *(With computer and TV and mom and dad at your beck and call!) :)*

HOWEVER, it comes at a price.  Develop a cough and a 102 degree fever in less than 12 hours...and you'll get pampered!

Up all night last night...coughing is so bad that it wakes her up...loves the chair with and without mom/dad.  We were watching Winnie the Pooh this morning.  I was on the bed and she was on the chair.  I looked over at her, totally zoning but watching the movie.  Then turned away.  When I looked back again, this is what I saw:

Poor thing!  Laid her head down and was out cold in about 5 seconds!

(BUT...it only lasted 5 minutes, unfortunately, because of that awful cough!) 

Needless to say, we're paying a visit to our pediatrician later this afternoon.  Hopefully she'll get something to make her feel better and help her sleep!

No Disneyland yet...

Because Kamryn's sick... :(

Yesterday morning she woke up at like 6 with a fever. Then throughout the day, I noticed her coughing kinda yucky...especially when she was sleeping and it would wake her up. She was so miserable. I called the doctor and they wanted to see her. So we hurried over there before they closed. The doctor said her throat was sore and nose was sore. He did a strep test and a flu test, but both came back negative. So at this point there is nothing to do but lots of fluids and motrin to help with the pain and fever.

But today has just been yucky! She's so miserable, the poor thing! Her eyes are just red and puffy, nose is runny (but clear thank goodness!), and her cough is worse than yesterday. She coughs and then just cries and looks at me because coughing hurts her throat so bad. She wants to sleep and is constantly rubbing her eyes, but can't because her whole body feels yucky. She finally fell asleep on my bed next to me, and I decided to carry her to her bed. She stayed asleep but then as soon as she woke up and I wasn't there, she was so upset! So I snuggled with her again and she fell right back asleep again. The poor thing!

When she woke up, she was so hot and just so sad...we went outside where the wind was blowing and went for a walk. That helped. When we got back she still felt so hot so I bathed her. She's always LOVED bathtime--and even when she's sick, apparently! :) She loved it! Not one tear! And she feels much cooler now.

Anyway, she's wanting attention again...but just wanted to post and let y'all know that Disneyland posts ARE COMING! :) (Sometime!) :) haha

Breadsticks and Soup

Last night was a ... well ... let's just say it was not something I really want to repeat!

I haven't been feeling very good since Saturday night. As some of you know, I have had stomach and back pains (GI track problems) for the past few years. Right before Ryan and I got married, I had a colonoscopy done (while I still had good insurance) but they didn't really find anything. Good--but I was still in pain. They told me maybe it was IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) and that I should just be cautious and careful with what I eat and how stressed I get. And that was that.
For the last 2 years I have had dull achy pains that sometimes flare up more and make eating not fun or moving at all not really a good thing. This hasn't happened for a while-- but this past month I've been having more trouble with it. A few episodes of greater pain here and there, but I just can't track what is causing it. Then this last weekend, almost every time I ate, my whole abdomen would just throb. Everything makes me nauseous and my appetite has somewhat diminished, but then I hurt when I'm hungry as well! (A very vicious cycle of the human body!) Anyway, long story short, I finally went to see the doctor today (after ignoring it ... well not ignoring but just dealing with it... for the last 2 years) and he was a little overwhelmed I think! He decided to get some blood work done and an ultrasound to just generally look at everything and then hopefully we will get a lead in a direction somewhere. But, for the first time, I felt like I was speaking to a doctor that was genuinely concerned, even though all my descriptions of my symptoms were somewhat vague. (Last few times I complained to a doctor, they just kind of gave up on me). I'll be updating on what results we get from all the tests. I'm determined to find some answer this time around!

Well, as if that wasn't enough for our household to deal with...
Yesterday Ryan worked about a 12 hour day. Some of it was at home yesterday morning but he was at work from 11:00 to about 7:00. I wasn't feeling very good all day yesterday so he came home knowing I might need a little more help. He helped me finish bathing the baby and warmed up dinner for himself, and then went out to deliver flyers to our residents here at our apartment complex that I couldn't do earlier that day. When he got back, we decided to get ready for bed and start a movie. (He let me choose a chick flick!) We were watching the movie in our bed and suddenly he RAN/DARTED to the bathroom. He had lost his dinner. (Luckily in the toilet and not on me!) But I felt so bad for him! I HATE throwing up! I always cry when it happens to me...but Ryan was so good about it. He was there in the bathroom for about 20 minutes, then he jumped in the shower and we got the bathroom all cleaned up. We decided to go to sleep at that point.
BUT that didn't last long---I was up feeling nauseous most of the night and Ryan spent the night running to the bathroom. I'm just SO SO SO glad Kamryn has her own room and SLEEPS through the night!
But unfortunately, she doesn't sleep past 8.

Anyway, not a night we want to repeat. This afternoon, after the doctor appointment, Ryan and I both were still feeling somewhat queezy but didn't want to try to find anything in our apartment to eat, so we decided to go out to eat. (something light on our poor tummies).

Olive Garden Breadsticks and Zupas Soup and Salad
seemed just the thing to make our day better!
(and it did!)

Super Dad!

Ryan had his hands full this past weekend. We went up to my parents and his parents houses last Friday night to visit and while we were there I suddenly got the chills and ended up with a fever. I was sick to my stomach and had migrane-like headaches and a fever. Needless to say I didn't sleep well that night...and I was very very paranoid about how close I was to Kamryn because I didn't want her to get whatever I had. I knew that it could potentially be infection from giving birth 3 weeks ago, but there was still the possibility that it could be a virus and that scared me. So, Ryan took care of me--shivering in bed, crying because I didn't know what else to do-- and took care of Kamryn when she got up in the middle of the night. I had luckily been able to pump a bottle of milk the day before so he fed her Friday night so I wouldn't have to be near her when I had a fever of 102.6. It was a long night, but we survived.

Saturday morning we called the on-call doctor and he said maybe I should go get looked at at an instacare. I was so miserable so we went. And sure enough they found out I had a breast infection (like many women get who are breastfeeding) and he prescribed pain killers and antibiotics. By that night I felt MUCH better! And I was very relieved that Kamryn wasn't at risk to get a fever or a virus!


Otherwise, we're doing fine here. We are trying to take full advantage of the last few weeks of summer. And we're taking pictures galore of our little one. Here's some of the latest!

Helping mommy and daddy work at the office of our apartment complex!



Looking cute! (Very good at holding her pacifier in AND flipping it out with her hands!!)