Danielle had a busy week last week. We had 2 trips to the doctor's office. Dylan has had a nasty cold for about 3 weeks that turned in to Pneumonia and we were very concerned about Danielle catching something also. Even though Dylan is at daycare during the day and we wash our hands like crazy....you still never know. Danielle has had a dry cough since before she came home from the hospital. Well Tuesday we woke up and Brad went to get her out of her bassinet to feed her and she barely moved. We could pick up her arms and legs and move them and she would not even blink an eye, where as usually she would fight back a bit. She was very, very pale and we couldn't get her to wake up, eat or anything. So I got her into see the doctor and they also had us turn up her oxygen to .75 before the appt to ensure she was getting enough oxygen. She had a pretty buggery nose but upon suctioning I was not getting many secretions, even with saline, but she sounded so buggery. So the doctor examined her and tested her sats. Her sats were fine on .75, she just was diagnosed with upper respiratory crud basically as her lungs were very clear. I also needed to make sure the doctor ok'd her to get her RSV shot on Thursday, so it was good we went in. So I kept her on .75 for 1 1/2 more days to ensure she was oxygenating. Well over that 1 1/2 days her cough got progressively worse. She was back to acting like herself but starting coughing up a lot of phlegm after feedings. So I had a gut feeling like I just thought I better get her back into the pediatrician. I also had the in home nurse check her out on Thursday because she came to give Danielle her RSV shot. She said her lungs were clear but best to get her checked out again. So Friday off we went and good thing because Danielle has......double ear infection. Poor little girl, I felt horrible for her, one of her ear drums was bulging, the same one as had ruptured when she was in the NICU. So this bought her 10 days of antibiotic. Good thing is that despite the nasty cough, it is all upper respiratory as her lungs still sounded clear. We are starting to do breathing treatments with her though to help keep the cough loose and anything from settling into her lungs. Today she spit up only 1 time, phlegm, and is eating much better, pretty much back to normal. We are still hesitant to feed her the whole 4 ounces at one sitting because we don't want her to spit up but today she wasn't having it, she wanted her food when she wanted it, which is great!
So tomorrow Danielle has another eye exam in Iowa City. We are praying for a great report. Danielle weighed 10 pounds 11 ounces on Friday. With her not eating much last week, the middle part of the week this slowed down her weight gain, but we are praying that now it starts creeping back up again!
Here is a pic of Danielle's precious face without any oxygen on! I had to take a pic before I put on her new canula after her bath today. Her face is just too precious to not get a picture without anything on.
We pray for a great, healthy week!~
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