So as I said in my last post...Ella came down with a cold...I told you about Monday/Tuesday...well Wednesday rolled around and Josh and I were both off...we kept our day pretty low -key as Ella was still under the weather. In the afternoon we decided to take a little trip to Sweet Frog (frozen yogurt place). So we get in the car and head over there...and Ella cried almost the whole way there :( She's not one for crying in the car...she loves to ride and almost always falls asleep. So we get there...and we don't want to take her in as she is coughing away, etc. So Josh goes in first and gets his...he sits in the back seat with Ella while I run in and get mine. Poor little thing was just so unhappy...her day did brighten up when Josh begged me to let her have the last little bite of his ice cream...I caved and said she could have the last little drop. So he gave that to her...and she got all happy...of course she wanted more (which didn't happen!) So then we were on our way home...we got stuck in traffic as there was a car accident and they completely shut down the road...as we tried to get out to find another way home...Ella was just wailing the entire time...so I said to Josh...do you think I should call the Doctor? I was a little concerned and Josh was going to be watching her all day on Thursday by himself...and I knew he would feel better knowing she had been. So it was 3pm....and I called to see if they had any openings (4:10) - we'll take it! So we both went and she got checked out by her pediatrician...and everything was ok...she did have a mild fever....and just a nasty cold! Since Ella was 2 days away from being 9 months...they also did her 9 month well visit appointment at the same time. Ella is still a little peanut! 15lbs and 13oz and 26 1/4 inches long. Her weight is in the 25th percentile (has been since birth), head circumference was in the 50th percentile...and her length only in the 5th percentile...so hopefully she will hit a little growth spurt before her 12 month check-up! So that was our Wednesday...we just have an unhappy baby who has a nasty cold!
I did notify our sitter that Ella would not be coming on Thursday...Josh was going to be home with her. So he watched her all day...said she did ok...pretty much was just kind of cranky...and had all the usual cold symptoms.
Friday I was home with Ella...Josh was working Friday, Saturday, and Sunday all day each day...so my mom offered to come stay with Ella so I could run some errands without having to take Ella with me...which was great...I did my errands and came back to the house...Ella had slept the whole time I was gone. She did ok Friday...I felt like her cough was getting a little worse...but I really wasn't sure...Josh ended up coming home just as I was putting her to bed so he did get to say goodnight to her. Friday night was not a fun night...Ella woke up around 2am just coughing and coughing and coughing....so I was up with her...and then around 4:30am...she started spitting up and it was just gross (I'll spare you the details!)....and I yelled for Josh as I needed help...and he came running up the stairs...and as I sat on the floor holding Ella who was crying...he looked at me and said...I think I'm going to take some sick time today and go with you to take her back to the Doctor. I said...well why don't you go in for a few hours (he had a lot of reports to finish up...he was due at 6am...and the Doctors office didn't even open until 9am)...so he said that was what he would do...so I called at 9....and they were able to get her in at 9:50. So I called Josh and I told him we would meet him at the Police Station (I was going to pick him up) and we would go to the Doctor's office. So he rolls out in full uniform (he didn't have time to change!) So we walk into the Doctors office and got a lot of looks (well he did!) We saw a different Doctor this time (we have seen him before at her 6 month check-up)...and I had thought maybe she was coming down with croup (an upper respiratory infection)....and sure enough...that is what he diagnosed her with....he wrote her an RX for a steroid (syrup) to take for 3 days. After the Doctor's office I dropped Josh back off at work...he had about 30 more minutes of stuff to do...and then he was going to come home. So our afternoon was a low-key afternoon...Ella was still a little miserable...I talked to her sitter and said she won't be there Monday as I wanted her to have all 3 days of taking the medicine in her before she went back around other kids.
Saturday night was still a rough night...as the coughing mainly hits at night time...so I was up with her off and on from about 11:30-3:00ish. Sunday came...and Josh went to work...I couldn't bring Ella to church...so again we watched church on the laptop at home! She was definitely starting to feel a little better...was a little perkier, etc. Sunday night...she still woke up and coughed some at night...I was actually up with her again at 2am and we were hanging out on our front porch (the cold air helps them be able to breathe a little better)... Oh..and in the midst of all this...I came down with another cold (imagine that!!)
So now it's Monday...Josh stayed home with her as he was off...I was working 8:30-7...with about 4 hours of sleep :( Josh reported that Ella was even a little happier than the day before. Really it was morning time that was the worst...the first 45 minutes after she got up...she would cough and cough. Then Monday night happened...she actually did well with not coughing...but at 11:30 she woke up screaming crying...and wouldn't stop! Josh stayed up with her and fed her a bottle, took her outside, ran a hot shower so they could sit in the steam...she just cried and cried...he told me to go back to bed as I had been up with her for 3 nights and was only getting about 4 hours of sleep each night, and I had a cold...and was just miserable....so I did go back downstairs....she stopped around 1am and finally fell asleep....I still stayed awake until about 3am as I was worried about Ella and really the only way I could sleep was if I was practically sitting up as I was so stuffy!
So needless to say...it's been a loooong 10 days!! I am happy to say that Ella went to the sitters yesterday and did great. She was very happy when we went there and was all smiles at seeing the other kids.
So that brings us to today...Ella is back to her old self...smiles and chatty and so much fun! Ella and I had a great day today...and actually Josh was home most of the day with us. I introduced Ella to some real bananas this morning as the Doctor suggested she start eating some "real food" now....well Ella was NOT all about that...
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| Her first experience at touching the bananas... |
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| This was as far as she made it...she hated the texture and refused to eat any of it! |
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| At lunch I tried again...this time with "puffs" (baby crackers that melt in their mouth)...this was as far as it got...She wouldn't put it in her mouth and kept spitting until it fell off! :) |
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