Well the week before last was not fun. This past week was for catching up so I didn't have time for a post. Lets see 1 week after Paige's 6 month appointment she started to have a little cough and I thought should I take her to the doctor??? Well I gave it another day...she wasn't running a fever so we weren't too concerned and then decided, why not, better safe than sorry. By the time we got to the doctor (this was a Tuesday afternoon) I could feel her chest rattling with every breath she took. She was diagnosed with a double ear infection and RSV (respiratory syncytial virus). They gave her an albuteral breathing treatment which helped clear her airways and we were to buy a machine and continue these treatments 3 times a day....so sad. The doc said she was highly contagious and that RSV can be very dangerous so she would not be returning to daycare and I would be home from work the rest of the week. Tuesday night I came down with the flu so Brian had to stay home and take care of both of us on Wednesday and then my mom came over on Thursday and Friday. Brian took Paige back to the doc on Wednesday as we were directed where Paige was said to be much worse and Brian instructed to take her to the ER of her breathing got any faster or if she continued to refuse to eat. Wednesday night she got worse and on top of the breathing issues she spewed everywhere so we decided it was time to take her in. It's amazing how quickly you get taken care of in the ER with a sick baby! Of course, she seemed to be doing 10 times better by the time we decided we should take her and got there so the trip probably wasn't necessary. The poor girl was soooo sick she wasn't herself at all, she could barely stay awake and we were forcing her to eat. This girl normally refuses to sleep and loves to eat. We were so worried but luckily by the time we went back to the doc in a snow storm on Thursday afternoon she had turned the corner. She lost her voice from all of the coughing for a few days which made her sound extra sick but she started to regain her personality on Friday. Brian decided to get sick after Paige and I so we've had a long couple of weeks. Paige is almost back in to her routine with the one exception of waking up in the middle of the night starving, I guess she's making up for the week she was sick and refusing to eat. We also took 2 steps back with her going to sleep on her own so we are starting the "sleep training" over...we couldn't let her cry and cough and cough and cough and cry when she was feeling bad. We are down to 1 breathing treatment a day with tonight being our last so that's exciting :)
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She loves her doggy and can almost sit up unsupervised.
