She's Sick...

I know this is long, but it is meant more for my record. But please, feel free to read if you'd like.

On Monday I noticed that Olivia was getting a little cough. As cute as that little cough was, I really worried me because we had spent all weekend with Wendi who ended up in the ER on Sunday morning because she was having trouble breathing; turns out she had an upper-respiratory infection (yes, she is feeling much better now).

I watched Olivia carefully all day Monday but it didn't get any worse. But, Tuesday afternoon she came down with a fever, about 101 degrees. UGH. Although she wasn't too bad yet, the fact that Wendi was so sick made me nervous. We called our pediatrician's after-hours number, and they said to watch her and if it got worse to bring her in. A little Tylenol broke the fever and she seemed to be doing a little better. Wednesday she slept a lot, and just wanted to be left alone! I put her in her crib thinking she would take a nap. Well, she stayed in there for about 45 minutes without making a peep, but she never went to sleep. She just didn't want to be bothered. Well, all day yesterday she seemed to be doing much better so I didn't worry too much.

However, she started tugging at her ears today. I wondered if she had an ear ache, but she wasn't fussy so I didn't do anything. Well, she wasn't eating very well today, either. And when I thought about it, she hadn't been eating very well for a few days. She would eat, but only for a few minutes. And she was hungry every 2 hours, even during the night! When I realized that she wasn't eating well and she was still tugging on her ears, I decided it was time to call the doctor again.

We headed to their office at 9:00 tonight. Sure enough, she has an ear infection. Part of me feels relieved, knowing that we can give her some medicine to make her feel better, but another part of me was hoping nothing was wrong because now I feel bad that I didn't take her in sooner. I didn't want to be the paranoid mother that goes into the doctor for every little thing, but lesson learned-- I should trust my instincts!!

While we were driving around trying to find a Pharmacy she was SCREAMING. She was crying so hard she was choking herself. So, we pulled over so I could feed her (yes, she was hungry since she's been eating every 2 hours). She was so upset she could hardly even eat! She kept gaging and choking. To make me more frustrated, Walgreen's, which was a 24 hour pharmacy, now closes at 10:00pm. Yes, that is right. We pulled into their parking lot at 10:09 and they were already closed. ARGH! We tried to find another 24 hour pharmacy around here, but it looks like we have to wait until tomorrow morning to get her prescription filled.

After filling up her tummy, and a diaper, we gave her some Tylenol (luckily I had stashed some in the diaper bag during one of my "be-prepared" moments) and she was as happy as a peach the whole way home; she talked to herself most of the way, despite the fact that it was nearly 11:00pm and way past her bedtime!

Hopefully she can get over this soon, and get back on schedule. I was thoroughly enjoying 8+ hours of sleep at night, and I promise that if I get it back I will never take it for granted.

Well, I'd better go to bed since I'll probably be up in 2 hours to feed my sick little baby. Poor thing...