Saturday, 16 May 2009

• Let's take a look at what the last seven days have held for Abby (and us).
  
  

  • vaccinations
  • fever of 103.9
  • middle of the night call to doctor when fever would not break.
  • 2 visits to Dr. N.
  • urine Sample Collection (not going to bother explaining how this is done with a 6 month old, but let's just say it's not exactly fun--no catheter involved, though.)
  • bladder infection suspected and confirmed.
  • antibiotic Shot
  • antibiotics prescribed and filled.
  • bloody nose
  • vomiting and diarrhea from the antibiotics (told it was a normal reaction the first couple of days, to call if it becomes persistent)
    
  • persistent diarrhea and vomiting from the antibiotics.  She's clearly uncomfortable much of the time, arching her back and crying out in her sleep.
    
  • new prescription for antibiotics filled.
  • and sleep?  well, last night was about as good as it's been for the past week and it looked like this:  down at 7, up at 8, at 9 at 2 and then every 30/40 minutes til 5:20 when she was up (in pain) for the day.  She's had three dirty diapers in the past 50 minutes, too.  (even though we're on the new antibiotics)
    

  The funny (wonderfully funny) thing about Abby is this. . .Here she is yesterday afternoon after little sleep for a week and, well, that whole list of horrible stuff.
  
  

  
  

  
  

  How cute is she?!  She is just as happy as can be most of the time...except when she's writing in pain and crying out in her sleep at night.  Poor thing.  And we've got 5 more days of antibiotics to go.  waaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.  (that is me crying, of course, not Abby.)
  
  

  And just one more today because I took it yesterday and think it's cute.  Here are my two babies together.  We think they look pretty different.  What do you think?
  

  
  

  
  

  
  
  

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