I was just thinking as I read about how everyone has been so sick lately "Addie has been healthy for several weeks now, maybe we've escaped this one!" WRONG! Despite my avoidance of everyone who even mentions the word sick, Addie has caught some crud.
Yesterday she started having a congested cough while she was asleep and by the time I got her up to get ready for church, she had a fever. Tylenol doesn't work very well for Addie so I always give her a dose and a half and it seems to help. So I did that, and a few hours later she seemed fine, but after her nap that afternoon, things just went downhill. She started coughing more, her fever spiked, she became lethargic, and she was wheezing. I gave her a full dropper of Motrin, and within an hour or so, she seemed a little better and ate some grapes and pineapple. But less than four hours after her Motrin, her fever was at 103.5F and I started to panic. It was now 1 AM, so we called Jarom's mom (so sorry!) and she told us to alternate Tylenol and Motrin every two hours. Addie was waking up every few minutes anyways with her coughing, but I set my alarm just in case for every two hours to keep her fever down. It has brought it down to 99.8F but won't quite break. She is miserable. I can tell her throat hurts and she is having so much trouble just to breathe normally. The first available at her pediatrician's office is at 2:30 this afternoon, so hopefully they can give her a shot or some serious medicine to knock this thing out.
I almost had Addie weaned, it had been 3 or 4 days since she had nursed at all, but this has knocked that out for sure as she wants to nurse for comfort. We'll have to start all over again once she's better. She is so pitiful when she is awake because she just lays on my chest and wimpers and coughs and cries. The funny thing is, she wants to be outside, and if I put her down to walk, she goes straight to the back door and starts crying and won't calm down until I walk around outside with her. She is definitely like me and not her dad with that, so I can't wait until she feels good enough to play outside more.
Lets hope the doctor can help her and that its not just something she'll have to tough out!
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Poor Addie!! With that high fever her symptoms sound like what Noah just had, Roseola. If she gets a nasty rash as her next symptom, you should call Cari and get some info. When I am sick, I crave sunlight too. I laid in our front yard on Saturday trying to feel better, it didn't help me long-term but it sure felt wonderful at the time. Hope Addie is well again REAL soon.
There is just nothing worse than a sick kid, especially if there is nothing a mommy can do to make it better.
It does sound just like what Noah had going on. Unfortunately it was one of those "tough it out" kinda things. Miserable!
I hope, for both of your sakes, that Addie is felling well soon.
I'm so sorry! Let me now what it is and what I can do to help.
Poor little baby! I hope she starts feeling better soon!
Oh, Sweetie, I hate that. Poor little girl and Mommy. I hope you were able to get something that helped at the Doc's today. So many babies sick lately. Hope little Addie feels much better very soon!
Ya'll take care!
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