Addie had to sleep upright until her wheezing stopped. You can imagine how well that worked....
Addie and I had a very bad evening and night Monday. She kept making that awful sound every time she'd breathe that sounded like her windpipe was almost shut and she coughed nonstop. Her fever though went away on its own, and I gave her a dose of steroids before we went to bed. She was so tired, but every time she'd fall asleep she wake up coughing and crying within two minutes or so. This went on nonstop until about 3 AM and then it slowed down to where she'd get about 20 minutes of sleep before she'd start coughing. That's the way it went the rest of the night.
Tuesday was pretty bad too, with a coughing fit Tuesday night that lasted close to an hour. The good news is, her fever is still gone today and the strider gasping sound is gone. Her voice came back, but some little devil child replaced my sweet daughter yesterday! Addie has been a perfect child thus far in my opinion, and even when she has been sick, she's able to muster a smile and some sweetness. I've never seen tantrums to the extent that she threw yesterday. She kicked, bawled, threw herself down, bit, whined, flailed and was completely out of control. I know the steroids the doctor prescribed her to help open her up had to have made her crazy, and she was seriously sleep deprived. After a HORRIBLE day, last night right before bed, I decided not to give her the final dose of steroids since all wheezing was gone and it had turned her into a monster, and the remaining medicine wore off and my sweet baby started to return.
She was needy last night, but this morning she seems to feel better and a little more caught up on sleep. She has a fountain of snot and the cough is persisting, but no tantrums so far, whew! Hopefully she'll continue to improve throughout the day. I've gotten a mild cold which I'm sure is the works of Addie crawling up in my face to cough. Got to love how babies like to share! Based on the incubation period of RSV, Addie caught it at church Wednesday night. For the first time, I let all of my girls hold Addie, because we were baking and I was trying to put and pull hot cookie sheets out of the oven, and it was obviously a mistake. The ONE time I let my guard down, it bit me in the behind.
So that catches me up on Addie... and speaking of behinds.... I found some cutie nudie bootie pictures of Addie from before she got sick that I'll try to post later, I must say my child has a freaking adorable bummy!
Addie and I had a very bad evening and night Monday. She kept making that awful sound every time she'd breathe that sounded like her windpipe was almost shut and she coughed nonstop. Her fever though went away on its own, and I gave her a dose of steroids before we went to bed. She was so tired, but every time she'd fall asleep she wake up coughing and crying within two minutes or so. This went on nonstop until about 3 AM and then it slowed down to where she'd get about 20 minutes of sleep before she'd start coughing. That's the way it went the rest of the night.
Tuesday was pretty bad too, with a coughing fit Tuesday night that lasted close to an hour. The good news is, her fever is still gone today and the strider gasping sound is gone. Her voice came back, but some little devil child replaced my sweet daughter yesterday! Addie has been a perfect child thus far in my opinion, and even when she has been sick, she's able to muster a smile and some sweetness. I've never seen tantrums to the extent that she threw yesterday. She kicked, bawled, threw herself down, bit, whined, flailed and was completely out of control. I know the steroids the doctor prescribed her to help open her up had to have made her crazy, and she was seriously sleep deprived. After a HORRIBLE day, last night right before bed, I decided not to give her the final dose of steroids since all wheezing was gone and it had turned her into a monster, and the remaining medicine wore off and my sweet baby started to return.
She was needy last night, but this morning she seems to feel better and a little more caught up on sleep. She has a fountain of snot and the cough is persisting, but no tantrums so far, whew! Hopefully she'll continue to improve throughout the day. I've gotten a mild cold which I'm sure is the works of Addie crawling up in my face to cough. Got to love how babies like to share! Based on the incubation period of RSV, Addie caught it at church Wednesday night. For the first time, I let all of my girls hold Addie, because we were baking and I was trying to put and pull hot cookie sheets out of the oven, and it was obviously a mistake. The ONE time I let my guard down, it bit me in the behind.
So that catches me up on Addie... and speaking of behinds.... I found some cutie nudie bootie pictures of Addie from before she got sick that I'll try to post later, I must say my child has a freaking adorable bummy!
3 comments:
im so glad Addie is feeling better, i was so worried about her!!
Bless her heart, she has been through it. I must say though, she was really sweet Tuesday when she woke up from her nap. :)
I'm glad Addie is feeling much better. I know you must be exhausted. That picture is so pitiful of her...bless her heart. I hate it when the babies are sick!
She just naturally has a sweet disposition, that sweetie pie.
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