I’m still around.. Sort of.. Been nursing a sick little peanut all week…
Sunday started with a bad runny nose. I chalked it up to teething and we went about our day. By Sunday night it was getting worse and all Sunday night she coughed in her sleep. Monday was a TERRIBLE day for the both of us. She got worse and worse throughout the day and I cried all day because my poor baby was so miserable. Gene came home sick with a vertigo attack. We took her to urgent care around 8 PM and she had to get a breathing treatment because her oxygen levels were so low. The doctor at urgent care sent us home with a prescription for an anti-biotic so I filled it on the way home but didn’t give it to her because there was NO explanation of why she actually needed it.
Tuesday morning we went in to see the pediatrician (ours was out of the office so we saw the other one, which she was amazing!) and she tested Zoey for RSV. Thankfully that was negative so she gave us a steroid and an inhaler for Zoey’s lungs. She said not to give her the anti-biotic unless she started playing with her ears and spiked a fever because there was fluid in her ears but it wasn’t infected… yet! We filled those and had a pretty rough day. Wednesday and Thursday her runny nose had almost completely dried up and she seemed to be doing a lot better and on the mend.
Friday morning we went to our 22wk OB check up and my Mom watched Zoey for us and we came home to a snotty, congested little girl. It was like taking two steps forward and eight steps back. So frustrating!! Friday night she started pulling at her ears and had a low fever, so we started giving her the anti-biotic. This evening she spiked a fever of 102.5 so I spoke with the on call nurse to get some information and amazingly enough, she has been acting better this evening since she spiked a fever than she has in the last 6 days!! This morning I thought we were all going to go crazy and nuts after listening to the non-stop crying and whining and fussiness.
I guess we can say Zoey has had her first cold. I wish I could say it was the LAST.
So that’s a quick update on where I’ve been. Our OB appointment went great. Baby bean is doing fine. Going for my glucose test in 4 weeks, fun fun. I’m ready for a break from this madness. I’m ready to get OUT of the house. I think we’re all getting a bad case of cabin fever!
