Life before Feb 11th of this year seems so simple, so sweet in retrospect. Since that date our little Kate has been sick with everything. It started with a cold, a cold that worsened over a few weeks. The cold eventually created an eye infection. The eye infection cleared from Kate and infected me. At the same time, both Cody and I came down with very bad colds that we were sure was actually Strep. The tests came back negative and as we started getting better Kate came down with the flu. Fevers, vomiting, coughing, sweats and chills - they completely knocked Kate out for 4 days last week. It was a very stressful few days for us and just when we expected that she would be coming through she started crying all the time, completely stopped eating or drinking and started grabbing her head and not being able to sleep. Yup, it was official as of yesterday - Kate now has an ear infection. And Cody, well he has Kate's flu.
How much more can a 19 pound little person take? How lasting are the effects of force-feeding your baby drugs 4 times a day?
I am happy to report that with the help of the banana-flavoured antibiotics and grape-flavoured Advil the pain seems to be under control and she did get some sleep last night.
We love you baby - sleep tight and get better soon.
You all deserve some peace ... I hope it comes soon ... she looks so beautiful. Little munchkin. Glad you got some meds to help! ... Now, how about a belly shot?
ReplyDeletexoxoxo thinking about you (all 4) lots and lots ... missing you just as much!