Well - It's been a long two days. It started EARLY Friday morning around 2:30am when Taylor woke us up in a screaming fit. Now - there have been many a night that she will wake up and talk to herself, blow raspberries, clap a few times and then go back to sleep. This was completely different. The scream itself was one that we hadn't really heard before and we could tell she was far from happy. I went in and took her temp (101) and gave her some Tylenol. Ben went in from there to try to calm her down and after a while in the room, some time spent on the couch and a little bottle - she finally went back to sleep. The next morning when we all woke up again, Taylor had a horrific cough. Not just your normal cold cough but a deep one. Between that and the fact that my little hungry hungry hippo wouldn't eat - a trip to the doctors was in order. Luckily - on Friday in the middle of winter - I was able to get an appt for that morning. After a complete check up - it was determined that Taylor had RSV. The doctor explained that this is a Virus that medication cannot help. We did try breathing treatment with a Nebulizer and that helped clear her up a little so we got a prescription to rent a machine and for the medicine to go with it. We were also told that with this virus - she would get worse before she gets better, she would lose her appetite and that we would have to make sure we kept plenty of fluids in her to avoid dehydration.
The rest of the morning and afternoon were pretty rough. Once we got home I took her temp again and it was 103 - I gave her some Motrin and made a bottle. She ate the bottle with no problems....that was until she was done. It wasn't more than 2 minutes later that it all came back up. Sorry - I didn't have any warning so you don't either. :0) I tried and tried throughout the day to take a bottle, try some water, Pedialyte - anything to get fluids in her. No luck.
Around 6pm she woke up from a nap and was burning up. Temp check - 104.7 = Kristen in full blown panic mode. I put in a call to the doctor while I packed up a few things to get ready to go to the ER. Doc confirmed that's what we needed to do and I actually felt pretty ok with it. We didn't' have to wait too long before getting taken back to get checked in. Normal stats were taken - temp was still high but it had gone down, BP was fine and her Oxygen levels were "perfect". Once we saw the doctor he explained that RSV does not cause as high of a temperature that she had so she had a strep test, flu test and they checked her ears. DING! Another ear infection! We also had a chest xray done and everything came back clear. So about 4 hours and few more tests/treatments later - we were on our way back home. She had a pretty good night and slept more than we thought she would. Today was long but there was progress. She definitely acted more like herself attitude wise but she still doesn't want anything to do with food/formula/water/juice - not even popsicles! So a little force was needed :0( but it got done. We're keeping our fingers crossed that tomorrow is a little easier but are also prepared for her to still get worse before better.....although I won't be upset if the doctor was wrong about that one.
Amiayah update - she had her MRI on Thrusday night and everything came back A-OK! She is still having a few problems taking to the bottle but it will come in time. As of now - still no time frame for a homecoming but the important thing is she is doing so well!!!
Hope you all are having a great weekend!
K
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