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Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Emily Update

We visited the doctor yesterday since Emily contracted a runny nose, cough, and slight fever over the weekend. The doctor came in the room and immediately started sniffing the air. I began to get a bit worried and thought back to my morning routine and remembered adding my deodorant as well as a splash of Bath and Body Works' scented body mist. He walked to Emily and began to sniff her and said that he smelled something. He then proceeds to look in her ears, nose, and mouth. He then removes her diaper and looks there. By this time, I'm a bit perplexed. This is normal when he does a routine physical, but she was there for flu like symptoms. I was just hoping it wasn't a repeat of the RSV she suffered from last winter.

He then asks me she has vomited as of late. I thought back to last Thursday when she threw up on my blackberry (don't worry, the blackberry is okay). Yes, I told him she had and in fact she was eating some snacks when she did so, I believe. Yes, Friday was when she started to feel bad.

The doctor then proceeds to tell me that she has an unmistakable "foreign body" smell. I am sure that the puzzled look on my face only added to the oddness of this situation because I hadn't the slightest clue as to what he was talking about. She smelled normal to me. But, he proceeded to explain that sometimes, especially children her age, learning to pick up small objects, as well as self feeding will "get something stuck in a hole". He might as well have told me she swallowed a barcode scanner

No, this is NOT a JOKE and I am not kidding. The diagnosis that our pediatrician gave us was that she has a "foreign body" infection. In fact, the nurse came and and confirmed that indeed she smelled "the smell" as she checked her temperature. She's on a routine antibiotic. What we hope is that the antibiotic will cause the inflammation to subside thus releasing the "foreign body". What he suspects is that she threw up and possibly a piece of food is lodged in her sinus cavity. My concern is that I do not smell this "smell" that she is omitting so how am I to know if she is well?!

Fast forward to yesterday afternoon as we're waiting to pick up her sister from school, Emily becomes very fussy and almost inconsolable. She is NEVER this way, so I knew something must be wrong. Suddenly she projectile vomits all in the (new) van! I clean her up and as I am doing so I find a piece of grass/hay in the vomit. I got a bit excited because I hoped this might be the answer to our problem. I get her all cleaned up, she plays for a bit and becomes inconsolable again. Repeat...more vomit. This vomit doesn't include any "foreign bodies" only the remnants of the mashed potatoes and chocolate pie she had for lunch. *GAG*

So, now I am concerned that maybe this antibiotic might be upsetting her stomach. She cries again for about 30 minutes and just as the kids are walking out of the building to meet us at the van, she falls asleep. Whew!
So, we made it home with her and she was fine the rest of the night. She still has a runny nose and cough. But, I really believe that this is probably contributed to her big brother sharing a virus that he had last week.

As far as the "foreign body" is concerned, if it's still there when we visit the doctor for her one year check up, then we'll take invasive measures to try to find it. Fingers crossed that it was the grass that was in her vomit. We'll see.

In the meantime, has anyone else ever heard of such a crazy diagnosis, or is is just my CrAzY family that this has happened to?!?!

Wednesday, March 04, 2009

Hey, where's my hair?!?!

Emily Grace had her 6 month check up today. She's growing and developing normally. She's developed what the doctor called "stranger anxiety" only most of the time this sort of anxiety occurs more often than not with family because they are usually fascinated with strangers. She cried when the nurse weighed her and then again when the doctor began his examination. She is normally overjoyed and full of smiles for them. The doctor was proud of this accomplishment. My sister in law does not share his pride for she is Emily's latest cause of anxiety.

As you can tell in the picture she's still searching for her hair. She weighs in at a whopping 16lbs 12oz. She's in the 75th percentile for her height but right in the middle on her weight. Her lungs are finally clear after a run in with RSV followed by bronchitis. So, we can put away the dehumidifier (hopefully until next winter). She got three immunization shots today and she handled it very well. She cried when the injections were going in and then gave the nurse the sad puppy dog face afterward, but otherwise she did very well.

My little peanut 3.0 is growing so quickly. It seems like yesterday we were bringing her home from the hospital!

***My FIL got the phone lines fixed at my house (THANK YOU, RAY!!!!) tonight by re-wiring the house. So, I'm back online now. Whew!!!***

Saturday, January 24, 2009

RSV, MIL, & S.L.E.E.P!!!

Sleep came last night in the form of my Mother-in-law! She is my savior, add it to the Christian books that she is the greatest woman alive. I will owe her my deepest gratitude for the remainder of my years. She has spent the last two days at my house watching Emily during the day while I went to the office and ran some errands I needed to take care of. Last night, she spent the night on my couch taking care of baby girl while I got reacquainted with the back of my eye lids.

We had to take Emily back to the doctor yesterday. He said that her cough and wheezing was definitely worse, but that it was to be expected. He did change her inhailer to one with less of the "jittery" side effects the other one seemed to have on her. He also ordered a breathing treatment. I was the lucky one to hold her down and keep the mast on her face while this occured. She was so angry and upset about it that her whole body was as stiff as a board and she turned purple from screaming so much. After what must have only been minutes, but seemed like hours he said that it helped and she was wheezing a bit less. He said that she still had about 5 more days before she would be close to well but that it could take weeks for her to be completely over it.

I broke down. It's been such a long week, I've had no sleep, my temper was short with Brien yesterday morning and I felt horrible all day about it. He could see it in my eyes before I ever began to cry. He asked me if I was okay. That opened the flood gates. I was NOT okay. He told me that I would be fine and Emily would be fine and that I was doing a great job. He comforted me and that made me feel good. Our pediatrician is a wonderful man and I am so glad that he's been a part of our lives from the first minutes of Shelby's life until now. He told me everything to expect and said that unfortunately, Emily's chances of developing asthma are very great now, especially if we have a history of it my family. My mother uses the same breathing machine that Emily used yesterday and my brother also has asthmatic tendancies. He had breathing problems at birth being that he was the smallest twin. So, unfortunately our road might just be begining with this one. He said for the next 12 months we will just watch her closely. For now, the main concern is getting her back to normal where she and I both can sleep in a horizontal position.

Wednesday, November 05, 2008

Emily's Check Up

The doctor said Emily was doing fine and growing like she should. He actually called her "perfect, just like the other two". I just love it when he says this. I had a hard time leaving the office, though because my head was so swollen it would barely fit through the door. She got three shots and she handled them well. She was not too fussy yesterday afternoon or last night. Hopefully today she'll do fine also. She weighed in at a whopping 10lbs 14ounces. Her big personality is really shining through now. She loves her big brother and sister. They also love her. She's even befriended Oscar the wiener dog. I have a feeling that she's going to be quite the talker. She loves to have attention and she enjoys conversing, although it's unclear what she's trying to say just yet but still enjoyable nonetheless.

Thursday, August 21, 2008

Doctors, Hiccups, and the Remote Control

I went to the doctor today. I did get one piece of good news. I've lost 4 lbs since my last visit. He asked what was going on and I told him that I didn't know why and I assured him that I was still eating well. For instance, last night right before bed I couldn't decide on cookies and milk or pudding and milk so I had all three. Today after the visit I also had some of Sonic's new fried ice cream. It wasn't bad but not nearly as good as I had craved it to be either. I'm sure by the time I made it to the bottom I found that extra four pounds, don't ya think?! Maybe I should get some deep fried pickles tomorrow just to be sure.

I have not made any more progress toward delivery. I am still the same as I was last week when I visited so we're scheduled for another office visit next Thursday which just so happens to be her "due date". My doctor informed me today that I should remember that her due date is not a deadline just a projected time frame that is subject to change. *LOL* Thanks, Doc but remember this is #3 for me so my hopes are NOT up, but if the weather gets back up in the 100+ temps next week we'll be talking about inducing this little "projected time frame". :)

Tonight as I was blog hopping the baby girl got the hiccups and I tried to get good video of it by putting the remote control on my belly. I thought I would post it here and let you see for yourself that fetuses really do get them. It is the strangest feeling when she has them and obviously it makes her very uncomfortable as well. Take a look: (there is some sound, hubby was watching television)

I had a hard time getting a good angle on the remote from my view so Brien grabbed the camera and began to film. By this time her hiccups had subsided and now she was angry that this strange object had invaded her space. She kicked the remote control off my belly right before he began to film. Take a watch at what happens next:

Friday, March 21, 2008

Sick Kid Update

I got the kiddos to the doctor this morning. The good news is that both of them had clear ears. So, no infection! The bad news is that if they are complaining that their ears are hurting then there must be pressure in there somewhere. Apparently they are suffering from seasonal allergies. We got samples from the doctor (Whoo hoo...no prescription costs!) of a nasal spray that will hopefully help clear up their heads. Now, I just think I need to look into espresso machines so that I can keep going. Between sick kids and pregnancy, the lack of sleep is getting to me. *sigh*

Friday, December 14, 2007

My Day

This day started out very grand. My five year old daughter, Shelby woke up screaming at the top of her lungs that her "gummies" (gums) were hurting. Then she went on to be more specific that her jaw was hurting and her ear. As the morning progressed, I was getting ready for work and she was still crying that her ear was hurting. I took her earrings out thinking that maybe that's what was causing her grief. Finally I deduced that she must have an ear infection even though she was not running fever. Brien took Tyler to day care and I called the doctor to make an appointment for Shelby to see her pediatrician. No sooner than I had hung up the phone, Tyler could not have been at school longer than an hour, the daycare called and Tyler had vomited and was crying. He wanted to be held and was holding his right ear saying that it was hurting. I finished getting Shelby ready. We went by the day care and picked Tyler up and headed to the doctor's office. When we got there I told them to pull his chart as well. Turns out that both of my kids had non-contagious ear infections in their right ear! How coincidental is that?! I have an amazing pediatrician who is so good with my kids. I tell ya what, that sure means a lot to a mom having someone that you can trust to care for your kids. I also have awesome in-laws. I know, you don't hear that very often but seriously I do!!! They met me at the doctor's office and took my sick, whiney, infected children to their house so that I could go in to work! I got in a little more than a half a day of work. Since I also have an amazing boss, I got paid for a whole day. So, in spite of it all...I am a lucky girl.

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