My sweet Sawyer is getting tubes put in her ears this coming Monday. Casey & I are both so ready for this to take place. Our poor child has had 10+ ear infections between the 2 ears. It is crazy and ridiculous to have that many at only 11 months old. Her first ear infection was a double ear infection at 3 months old. She has had about 1 ear infection every month since then (that was July 2011). She even had one last week when we went out of town for spring break. Poor baby! It made me so upset that she was sick again while we were in another state!!! I hated being that far away from her when she was not feeling well. She was vomiting, had diarrhea, fever, ear infection, and wouldn't eat! That's probably the 2nd sickest she's ever been and it was while we were away. I told Casey I'm not going skiing next year, and if I remember how I felt this time I probably won't! Ha. Luckily, it seems my memory is not too great post-pregnancy. I think God does that to you for a reason…so you don't remember all the awful sicknesses and feelings you felt when your baby was sick! It's just too much and then you'd never leave the house. :) So, anyway, she is getting tubes Monday morning at 7am at Rockwall Presby. It will only be about a 20 minute procedure and she will have anesthesia through gas. When I got tubes at age 4 they didn't do anesthesia and all I had was a serious amount of cough syrup!! I still remember waking up and it hurt! Not horribly, but it still did hurt. Poor baby inherited my small Eustachian tubes. My mom has bad ears, too. My grandma says it's a Rowan thing (my grandpa's side of the family). Apparently Sawyer inherited my waxy ears, too. Haha. The doctor and I talked about this today at her pre-op appointment. He said it probably was genetic. Funny. We have to clean her ears constantly and they are still waxy! Geez! Also today he said she still had fluid in her ear. He seemed even more certain that we were doing the right thing by getting the tubes. He thinks the infections clear up but that the fluid isn't ever going completely away. I'm glad we are taking care of this and that she'll be able to hear correctly afterward. I can't imagine only ever hearing as if you are under water. It's amazing she says as many words as she does with that happening. Smart girl. :)
In other news, I am just killing time right now before Casey & I leave to go see the midnight premiere of THE HUNGER GAMES! Sawyer is spending the night at my mom's and Casey is taking a pre-movie nap right now. Am I crazy for having to work tomorrow morning? I haven't announced this on the blog, but I keep twin 16 month-old boys 2 days a week and I am keeping them tomorrow!! It is like I have triplets on those days and tomorrow I'll have "triplets" after only 4 hours of sleep! Oh my!!! Then tomorrow night we have Casey's cousin's wedding to attend! No sleep for me! Maybe Casey will run get me Starbucks tomorrow ;)
Okay, I'm gonna go wake Casey up now and head to the theater! Woohoo! So excited and I know Casey is too because it's his first movie after reading the book and it's his first midnight premiere! Yay! :)
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Thursday, March 22, 2012
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Sick Baby :(
Sawyer is sick and I hate it! It's just awful to watch your poor little baby hurt and not even be able to verbalize it. She has gone to the doctor 3 times in 3 weeks. I hope we don't have to make it a 4th time.
Basically, 2 weeks ago we took Sawyer in for an extremely runny/stuffy nose, cough, and pulling at her ears. She was diagnosed with an ear infection in her left ear. She was given an RSV test that came back negative, but he still prescribed nasal sprays for her allergies as well as antibiotic for her ears.
She took the antibiotic for 10 days and we still give her the nasal spray daily.
She seemed to get well after a week and we took her back in for her 9 month check up. She was on the up and up and he seemed pleased with her progress at that visit.
6 days later she started coughing again, but it was worse. She has coughed all night long for 2 nights. The first night she coughed and cried. Last night she slept well, but still coughed all night. The runny nose started back up yesterday and her cough was a lot worse this morning. She had fever yesterday and today and I decided to stay home with her today. We went to the doctor at 3pm and left at 4:30. While we were there they gave her another RSV test that came back negative. He dug deep into her ears and got huge chunks of wax out of it - this is what started her crying. It was obvious that it hurt really really bad. I have never seen her scream like that in her 9 months! It took her about 10 minutes to calm down from that afterward and that is just not typical for her. I hated it. After that they gave her a breathing treatment because she was wheezing and coughing so much. She didn't mind that at first. She almost seemed amused with the mask on her face, but after a little while you could see her getting agitated again and she screamed and started trying to jump off the table and out of my lap, etc. trying to get the mask off of her face. I am so worried that she is going to start hating the doctor's office! Today was an awful visit. Her doctor is so nice, but he had to be stern with holding her down and stuff and so did I. Not fun. :( I told Casey that next time she is sick he gets to go because I couldn't hardly take it! When it was all over I got in the car and called him crying.
Poor Sawyer. She throws a fit every time we try to give her medicine now. 3 times a day is too much for a little baby. Not to mention an additional time with the nasal sprays. She is so tired of it all! I don't blame her. :( I hate being the one to hold her down or force her mouth open. I wish she was old enough to realize it is all for her own well-being.
Anyway, the doctor said she may have another ear infection and that she is probably going to have to get tubes since this is her 3rd or 4th one in 9 months. :( He also said she has bronchial…something. I can't remember the term. If she doesn't get better soon we are supposed to take her back to the doctor. He said she is at risk of getting pneumonia and that we should also watch for vomiting or high fever. Also, I am supposed to pay attention to the cough and make sure she doesn't get short of breath. Her wheezing hasn't been that bad, but if it gets worse I am supposed to do the breathing treatments multiple times in an hour.
I just hope she gets better quickly!! And that the weather stops changing so much! Everytime there's a drastic change she gets sick. I don't care if it's hot or cold as long as it's consistent!
Please pray for my sweet Sawyer Grace. I just want her to be healthy and happy.
Basically, 2 weeks ago we took Sawyer in for an extremely runny/stuffy nose, cough, and pulling at her ears. She was diagnosed with an ear infection in her left ear. She was given an RSV test that came back negative, but he still prescribed nasal sprays for her allergies as well as antibiotic for her ears.
She took the antibiotic for 10 days and we still give her the nasal spray daily.
She seemed to get well after a week and we took her back in for her 9 month check up. She was on the up and up and he seemed pleased with her progress at that visit.
6 days later she started coughing again, but it was worse. She has coughed all night long for 2 nights. The first night she coughed and cried. Last night she slept well, but still coughed all night. The runny nose started back up yesterday and her cough was a lot worse this morning. She had fever yesterday and today and I decided to stay home with her today. We went to the doctor at 3pm and left at 4:30. While we were there they gave her another RSV test that came back negative. He dug deep into her ears and got huge chunks of wax out of it - this is what started her crying. It was obvious that it hurt really really bad. I have never seen her scream like that in her 9 months! It took her about 10 minutes to calm down from that afterward and that is just not typical for her. I hated it. After that they gave her a breathing treatment because she was wheezing and coughing so much. She didn't mind that at first. She almost seemed amused with the mask on her face, but after a little while you could see her getting agitated again and she screamed and started trying to jump off the table and out of my lap, etc. trying to get the mask off of her face. I am so worried that she is going to start hating the doctor's office! Today was an awful visit. Her doctor is so nice, but he had to be stern with holding her down and stuff and so did I. Not fun. :( I told Casey that next time she is sick he gets to go because I couldn't hardly take it! When it was all over I got in the car and called him crying.
Poor Sawyer. She throws a fit every time we try to give her medicine now. 3 times a day is too much for a little baby. Not to mention an additional time with the nasal sprays. She is so tired of it all! I don't blame her. :( I hate being the one to hold her down or force her mouth open. I wish she was old enough to realize it is all for her own well-being.
Anyway, the doctor said she may have another ear infection and that she is probably going to have to get tubes since this is her 3rd or 4th one in 9 months. :( He also said she has bronchial…something. I can't remember the term. If she doesn't get better soon we are supposed to take her back to the doctor. He said she is at risk of getting pneumonia and that we should also watch for vomiting or high fever. Also, I am supposed to pay attention to the cough and make sure she doesn't get short of breath. Her wheezing hasn't been that bad, but if it gets worse I am supposed to do the breathing treatments multiple times in an hour.
I just hope she gets better quickly!! And that the weather stops changing so much! Everytime there's a drastic change she gets sick. I don't care if it's hot or cold as long as it's consistent!
Please pray for my sweet Sawyer Grace. I just want her to be healthy and happy.
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