The last week...

So, this week has been interesting to say the least. Kendall got very sick with an ear infection which caused a fever and lots of puking. Yuck! She stayed home 2 1/2 days from school. Thank you, Mama Gail! She went to the doctor and got some medicine. She seems to be doing A LOT better, Thank God! It was a pretty difficult week because of how bad she felt. She would just sit in our laps and put her head on our chests. Poor miserable baby. She was also waking up several times a night, I think this may have been harder than when she was first born. ugh... She's upstairs playing with her house right now. "Light on, Light off" So, I'm thinking she's feeling better for sure. ;-)

Oscar has an ear infection too, I guess this is ear infection season or something. Eeww... He seems to be doing better too, Tony took him back to the vet this week to get his ear re-packed with medicine. He has to go back next week too to make sure it is all gone.

Yesterday we went to the mall, I got a few shirts. Thank goodness 'cause I tend to wear the same 5 shirts everyday! Boring!!! Then I made lasagna for our friends Ken, Kristen and Austen. If I may say so myself, this was probably the best batch I've ever made and I've been making it for a long time.

Today we were going to go to the movies, but we decided we just needed to rest at home, this last week was very long and tiring.

Next Saturday is a girls day with my sister and other mom. We are going to facials, massages and lunch. Tony and I may go to that Luminaria thing downtown in the evening. It's supposed to be really cool. Let us know if you're interested also.

Well, that's probably enough for now. I don't really have much else to say, this was just a post with a run down of our ear infection week. ha ha...

Have a wonderful week!

Original post from www.tlwhitefamily.blogspot.com

When it rains it pours...

Have you ever noticed that when you have "bad" things happen to you, they happen in 3's? Well, I'm waiting on my third one now.

On top of Stranger being SO sick, Kendall decided to throw up all over herself and her car seat this morning on the way to daycare. Tony had taken her and he left her there while he came back and I helped him clean everything up and get clean clothes for her. It was really gross and a mess. Yuck! We thought that maybe she was car sick since we had just fed her breakfast before she left and she is now riding front facing in her seat. Well, while at school she had a diaper blowout... Double Yuck, I'm glad I didn't have to change it. Then on the way home she puked all over herself and her seat again in her daddy's truck. Triple Yuck! Poor Tony had to roll the windows down so he wouldn't get sick because of the smell. Eeewwww! Then she got home, I dunked her in the bathtub and she wanted to whine and eat. I let her have some step 2 fruit (I wasn't about to brave the solids) and a piece of bread and some water (Milk, NO WAY!). We let her have some puffs and a few goldfish and promptly sent her to bed. I'm just hoping she sleeps through the whole night considering she didn't really have a filling dinner. Hopefully the piece of wheat bread she ate will have given her enough fiber to keep her filled up.

So, those are 2 "bad" things that have happened this week and I'm waiting on the third. But, maybe we've already gotten it with the vet bill we had to pay on Thursday for Stranger and Oscar with his grooming, shots and ear infection, ugh... Hopefully we're at the end of our bad luck streak and will be headed up. But, I think tomorrow will prove to be a difficult day.

Poor Baby Girl

Last Sunday afternoon, after her nap, Kendall's eyes were pretty much glued shut from eye boogers, poor baby. We thought this would be a quick passing thing and that she would be fine the next day. Well, when she woke up on Monday morning, we had to really work hard to get the crusties off so she could open her eyes. Poor baby girl! We took her to daycare thinking that surely this would pass. Ummm... No! By the time Tony picked her up from school that afternoon you could tell that Kendall just really wasn't feeling well. To add to all of this, she has had a runny nose and congestion for about 4 months now. We've been to the doctor several times where they have told us that it is just because she is in daycare and she just has a cold that needs to run its course. Well, obviously it had not run its course and the humidifier that we run in her room on high every night was not working. On Tuesday morning when we all woke up, Kendall's eyes were crusted over again and really red and puffy. I had looked this up the night before on the internet and found that it was most likely the result of allergies. But, I called the nurse at the hospital, which is where the doctor's office routes its medical questions when they aren't open yet, to ask them if I should take her in. They told me that she is probably fine, but that the doctor would want to check her to make sure it is not pink eye. So, Kendall and I got ready and she ate some breakfast and I took her in to the doctor. I could tell she wasn't feeling well because while we were waiting for the doctor to see us she just sat in my lap with her head laying on me. The doctor listened to her lungs, checked her oxygen intake and looked in her ears. After hearing how long she has had the congestion, the doctor finally gave her an antihistamine/decongestant. She also said that she has pink eye, but it's not like she ran any tests, I really still think it is allergies that caused the eye crusties, but I'm giving her the eye drops just in case. Because Kendall has been coughing for so long, the doctor ordered a chest x-ray even though she reassured me that her lungs sounded clear. She just wanted to check her. So, I bundled K up and took her straight to the imaging center after the doctor's appointment. It only took about 5 minutes to take the x-rays and Kendall cried the whole time. Awww... But, good news, the doctor's office called later and said that she doesn't have RSV (forgot to tell you that they checked her for that AGAIN) and her lungs are clear. So, I'm supposed to give her the eye drops for a week and I'm giving her the sample medicine for her cough, if it works I'm supposed to get the prescription filled. It's been 4 days of using the cough medicine and the only thing that I'm noticing is that it makes her sleepy. If she still has the cough in another week and a half, I'm supposed to take her back to the doctor so they can try something else I guess. I'm glad they are finally giving me something for her, I was getting really fed up with the "Oh, she's in daycare" line. I can totally understand that logic, but it seems like she would have had periods of time when she was well also. Oh well, maybe now we can figure out what is going on. I have a feeling that she has allergies (they are supposedly genetic) and that she will need to be put on some allergy medicine if she wants to have any type of time without congestion and runny nose.

Anyway, I guess that's enough for now. Tonight we are going out to dinner with our friends Ken and Kristen for our first annual Double Holi-date. We decided that instead of buying gifts for each other we would go out to a nice dinner. I'm excited! K is staying with my mom and spending the night with her tonight. I'm hoping I'll be able to sleep past 6:20 tomorrow morning, that's the time that i woke up this morning. Yuck!

I hope everyone has a great weekend, maybe I'll write more tomorrow.

Lots of Love,
Lisa

YUCK!!!!

Well, I had to stay home from work today. I woke up soooo sick. I am hoping it is just the 24 hour stomach bug that I've been hearing about. I'm finally feeling a little better thanks to the Sprite my lovely husband brought home for me. Unfortunately I had to forego the Celine Dion concert I was going to attend with my friend and sister.. ;-( Luckily Kendall was going to be kept by my mom while I was at the concert, so we just kept those plans and Tony will pick her up after bowling tonight.

Speaking of bowling... wish T-Dub luck using the new bowling ball for the first time that I gave him for Christmas. This was the first week back to league and he was pretty excited to throw the ball. He threw a couple of practice games last week after he got the ball drilled and threw a 190 and 200. Not too bad for a brand new ball that you still need to get used to.

Watch out, here comes another segue. :-)

Speaking of getting used to... (okay, that transition wasn't as good) Kendall has started trying out the regular lunch menu at daycare. I think she seems to like it. Hopefully we'll be baby food free pretty soon. I guess next on the list is teaching her to use a spoon. That should be interesting.

Okay, well I need to get back to resting and trying to get rid of this stomach bug. Wish me luck, I haven't felt like this since I had food poisoning the Christmas before I got pregnant. (Stay away from that Chicken Bacon Ranch sandwich from Mickey D's.)

Leave a comment, let me know you were here. Talk to you soon! -Lisa