Ryan and I were remembering how scary it was a year ago today that Paige was admitted to the hospital for a mystery illness. We knew when the doctor sent us to the hospital for her blood work and told us to wait until she called us before she left, that it couldn't be good; not that her 105.3 fever didn't freak us out enough. Those 3 days she was in the hospital have been the 3 most challenging days of motherhood so far. No one knew what was wrong and my poor baby was just lying there sick in the awful baby cage that they put kids in. We both felt extremely helpless. Luckily though time and lots of antibiotics, she got better. They eventually diagnosed her with having 5 different viruses at once that she just couldn't shake. She has pneumonia, RSV, sinusitis, brochiolitis, and a urinary tract infection. We are so thankful to that she is healthy and it was nothing more serious. I have never seen a child get poked so many times and not fight it. I can still hear her saying "All done Mommy, all done." in her sad little voice and they looking over at the doctor or nurse and saying "thank you" after they just poked and prodded her like crazy. She was our rock in that whole process and we both learned a lot from her. I can't say that I don't panic a little every time she gets sick, but I would rather be cautious than igore it. We love our little girl and we can't wait to enjoy our Valentines Day together as a family this year outside of the hospital.
Paige ready to be put in the CAT scan machine. We had a very little window in which we could do this since they had to sedate her. She coughed right as they were taking her out of the scan. Thank God they were done because I didn't want her to have to go through the sedation again. She fought the medicine for hours before it finally worked.
Paige with her new doctor toys that she got from Auntie Mimi when she returned home.
Ryan and I were remembering how scary it was a year ago today that Paige was admitted to the hospital for a mystery illness. We knew when the doctor sent us to the hospital for her blood work and told us to wait until she called us before she left, that it couldn't be good; not that her 105.3 fever didn't freak us out enough. Those 3 days she was in the hospital have been the 3 most challenging days of motherhood so far. No one knew what was wrong and my poor baby was just lying there sick in the awful baby cage that they put kids in. We both felt extremely helpless. Luckily though time and lots of antibiotics, she got better. They eventually diagnosed her with having 5 different viruses at once that she just couldn't shake. She has pneumonia, RSV, sinusitis, brochiolitis, and a urinary tract infection. We are so thankful to that she is healthy and it was nothing more serious. I have never seen a child get poked so many times and not fight it. I can still hear her saying "All done Mommy, all done." in her sad little voice and they looking over at the doctor or nurse and saying "thank you" after they just poked and prodded her like crazy. She was our rock in that whole process and we both learned a lot from her. I can't say that I don't panic a little every time she gets sick, but I would rather be cautious than igore it. We love our little girl and we can't wait to enjoy our Valentines Day together as a family this year outside of the hospital.
Paige ready to be put in the CAT scan machine. We had a very little window in which we could do this since they had to sedate her. She coughed right as they were taking her out of the scan. Thank God they were done because I didn't want her to have to go through the sedation again. She fought the medicine for hours before it finally worked.
Paige with her new doctor toys that she got from Auntie Mimi when she returned home.
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She is such a sweetheart! I'm sure she'll get tons of love this Valentine's Day. :0)
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