Dr. Visit....

All bundled in her sweater outfit to stay warm!

How cute is this?! We put her in her boppy for tummy time and she fell asleep holding onto her mirror, awww!

Well despite the -51 degree weather today we decided that we better get Danielle in to be seen by her Pediatrician.

She has been acting just fine, and battling this bit of a cold for the past week and a half or so. We wouldn't say it is getting a ton worse but we have noticed some retracting below her chin, more wheezing and we really can't identity if the nebulizer treatments are really working. And its hard to tell if the wheeze sound is coming from her mouth or her nose. The past 2 nights she has had a few Apnea alarms on her monitor during the night, which she never has, the alarm stops on its own so we don't know if it is a 'true' Apnea spell or not because she is breathing when we check on her. So better safe to have her checked out than to be uncomfortable.

Well good thing because this poor little girl has an ear infection again. Poor thing.....this is her 4th ear infection since she has been born 6 months ago :( So she is on a higher dose of Amoxicillin this time than last and an oral steroid to clear up the wheezing, the doctor did verify it was not coming from her nose but indeed her lungs. So little girl is being such a trooper. Daddy did great with taking Danielle in today and getting her all checked out and on the road to feeling 100% again.

Danielle is so amazing though because she has still been sleeping thru the night despite probably feeling icky, and, she is still eating decent, just smaller amounts every 2 hours versus 4. So it was hard to make the decision to take her in because we don't want to expose her to a germy doctor's office if its not necessary, but a mommy and daddy's instinct is always right. So she has gotten her RSV shot for the month with our wonderful in home nurse and is set to feel better soon, she has already started the antibiotics. Tomorrow we will take Dylan in also to be checked out because his cold and nasty cough has lingered for the past 2 1/2 weeks, and we don't want them passing something back and forth.

Unfortunately, with another ear infection, it is looking like Danielle will probably need tubes. Bummer deal..... We really wanted to potentially do Chiropractic treatments which is just as good as getting tubes placed, and most times even more effective and then the baby doesn't have to go thru the sedation etc and no tubes. But with Danielle having the shunt and with the shunt being so sensitive in her head this means the Chiropractic treatments will not be a possibility for her. So we will take her down to IC on the 29th to see the same Odo doctor that Dylan sees. He is wonderful and we will see what he says. He will also check her hearing this day as well.

So, Danielle is doing great, just getting her over this ear infection is our goal for this moment as well as helping her stay healthy and continuing to grow stronger and stronger every day. She is such a little Star, and a wonderful baby girl. Lord, please protect our children and keep them growing healthy and strong.~