Back again!!

OK, so I missed last week - but I have good reason...

Probably the worst week, health wise, EVER in the history of our kids...

Maddie started with a nasty high fever - 105.1 - yup, scary stuff... so took her to the pediatrician and they checked her out: not breathing super well, ear infection, and RSV positive... all yuk. They are great though, because right away they had to draw blood, so why not put her on an IV to get the antibiotics for the ear in quicker, and some saline, which will just keep her hydrated and help her along. All that went down without a hitch, then we went upstairs for a chest x-ray... but the radiologist was gone (it was 8:00pm by now..) so wait until Wednesday to get the results. Wednesday: head back to find out she has lower left lobe pneumonia...yuk again, and so they give her some more antibiotic (two shots, one in each leg...) and start her on nebulizer treatments for the pneumonia - breathing still not excellent. Thursday: Maddie is covered in hives....head back down to the peds!!! Determine she's probably allergic to the antibiotic, but could also be the neb treatments, so switch to another antibiotic, and stop the neb. Friday: status quo.... Saturday: Maddie is pretty much out of it, just lying around, in and out of sleep all morning... finaly decide around 2:00pm to take her back (thank goodness they are open weekends!) and they check her saturation (oxygen in blood) - very scary she's at 84% - known as hypoxic. They administer a neb treatment that brings her back up to 91% but as soon as she's done, starts to drop again.... this is when the Dr tells me that she has to call the ambulance to take Maddie to Norwalk hospital... so Maddie and I get to ride in the "bus" (that's what them in the business call it...!!) and at the hospital, one more x-ray (now has full blown pneumonia) and more oxygen, including steroids for her reactive airway, IV put in and admitted up to the pediatric unit. Basically, stayed there until Tuesday and it took her all that time to perk up and feel better... YUK, YUK, YUK....but want to impress upon everyone how totally AWESOME our doctors are at The Center for Advanced Pediatrics - and how amazing everyone was at Norwalk Hospital, Doctors, nurses, PAs, everyone!!! But glad it's over now!!! Lingering results are that now we know that Maddie has an allergy to Cephalosporin antibiotics, and has reactive airway (asthma)....

Anyway, we are back to the regular routine now, and only some mild sniffles and coughs are still lingering!!

We are going to take it easy this weekend and hopefully be back to our crazy antics by next weekend!!

xoxoxoxox Us (The Petits!!)