See you in the Spring!!

Well....after another long overnight stay in the hospital this past weekend, we've once again decided never to let Audrey leave the house. This time we mean it. What starts as a little cold that the average toddler would get over after a few days turns into pneumonia/respiratory problems/dehydration...There really is nothing we can do to prevent this from happening again. Last October is when Audrey was first hospitalized for pneumonia, then two months later had some respiratory issues combined with ear infection combined with stubbornness to eat & drink thus making her once again totally dehydrating & needing an IV.....Well it's October folks, which means here we are again at the start of the cold sick season....

Let's look on the bright side, shall we?

At least it was only one night instead of two or three like the last visits...

At least Aaron was in town & was able to stay with me, switching off girls with whoever needed care/feeding...

At least Ellie was able to sleep in between feedings, thus giving us more time to care for Audrey...

At least Aaron isn't sick (all of us girls are now...)

At least it wasn't swine flu (they checked her for it..although that may have been easier to treat than getting pneumonia..)

At least she only needed to have 8 IV pokes attempting to get it in her tiny dehydrated veins this time (15 the first visit, 9 the second visit)

At least having worked in the ER gives you some benefits, like getting seen right away..having prompt care..having Ellie's congested nose checked out with out being checked-in (shhh...)

At least we've almost met our max limit for out of pocket expenses with hospital costs...

At least we're home now..

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Audrey is doing much better, so we are very thankful for that. But we're getting awfully tired of going through these same motions. We continue to pray that her body will grow stronger and eventually be able to recover from simple colds on her own. We are thankful for modern medicine and the ability to heal her through antibiotics, and also for wonderful neighbors who care enough to, once home, bring us food each time we've had to go through this.

Aaron has since banned me from taking the girls to library "story time"...although her Doctor and I both think she got sick playing with all the toys in the waiting room of the doctor's office at Ellie's last visit--the day before she got sick. If the Dr is willing to admit she probably caught the cold there, you know those things never get washed. Eww.

So, we'll see you in the Spring when we shall remove the bubble from around Audrey we're about to put her in!!