What a Week...

So for the first time since Kenna was born, she got very sick this past week with a severe ear infection in BOTH ears & Croup :(

We took her into urgent care Saturday evening and were sent home 10 min later telling us all was clear. We knew all wasn't clear as she wasn't her smiley, happy self, wasn't eating and sleep was almost non-existent! With my little brother Rob getting croup several times as a baby, I thankfully remembered that going in the bathroom with the door closed and turning the shower on as hot as it could go to steam her, then let her breath the cold air outside for a couple seconds, was a great way to open her chest and lungs; so we did this a couple times on Sunday to try and help her little cough and breathing, which was becoming more and more difficult. For the time being, it helped as much as it could...

When Monday morning rolled around her temp was 101.7 and we knew we had to get her in right away. When Nate arrived at the doc (I couldn't leave work unfortunately) she was in bad shape, even had a heat rash (poor baby)!!! Dr. Jones diagnosed the ears and croup right away and wanted to test her for strep and the flu; thankfully those were negative. He got her on Prednizone and Amoxicillin and sent them on their way to let us nurse her back to good health.

We're happy to report that today, almost a week later, she is almost back to normal and the best part is that our happy, perma-smile baby girl is BACK and in full effect! And we might be a little happy that her sleep routine is back too ;)

As you can see in the pics, the first one was at her worst, second is me and her sleeping as this was one of the only ways she'd sleep for the first couple days and the last one is the other day when we knew she was feeling MUCH BETTER!

On a different note, she hit a milestone on Monday - SITTING TO STANDING by pulling herself up! Mommy has yet to see it, but she is working hard with Daddy each day. She first did this on Monday while at the doctor. Nate was crouching down getting something out of the diaper bag and pretty soon, she had made her way up and managed to find his shoulder to lay her head down (we weren't sure to smile or cry) she was just that miserable, she knew she had to find a way to get to that shoulder!!!! She's also using her baby stroller/walker and greeted me home from work the other day walking with Daddy down the hallway, it was precious! We'll try and get a video soon to post!

That's all for now...til next time!