Wednesday we spent half the day at the dr with Addy. Thursday she wasn't much better. Friday the croup turned into a persistent cough - all day & all night. At 2am Saturday morning I was up giving her medicine. Then at 4am we gave a breathing treatment. Twenty minutes later I called the nurse practitioner that was on-call for the pedi. She called right back & suggested I do back to back Xopenex treatments 15 minutes apart, wait 30 minutes & see how that works. Well, it didn't do much for Addy, so we went to the ER around 6:30am. She was SO good the whole time! From getting her temp taken to getting an x-ray!
Turns out the little birthday girl has pneumonia! UGH! The dr said it's viral not bacterial, so there isn't much we can do for her other than continue the breathing treatments. While at the ER we noticed a little rash coming up, but the dr didn't seem to think it was anything to worry about. He prescribed a narcotic cough syrup to help Addy get some rest & sent us on our way.
Saturday was spent napping off & on instead of throwing a birthday party for Addison. As the evening rolled around the rash that we had noticed that morning was getting worse. I called the ER & spoke to the nurse & she told us to come back for a re-evaluation. Here we go again! Everyone seems to think it's an allergic reaction to the Augmentin Addy had taken for her ear infection. She took it for 10 days then on the 10th day she started the Millipred (steroid) & it may have suppressed the allergic reaction (we didn't give it to her Saturday morning as we had been since so much other stuff was going on at that time). So, they prescribed Benadyl & more Millipred then sent us on our way once again! The rash is MUCH better today & she isn't itching at all.
Here is a pic of the rash AFTER the Benadryl & steroid. It was much worse & ALL OVER her body (except her back)!
Last night we cut into the cake since that was the only thing Addy wanted to eat!
This morning we celebrated Addy's birthday before Grams left complete with balloons & presents. Well, I should mention that Blake said it was like the 12 Day of Christmas around here because Grams gave Addy a present almost every day she was here! LOL
Stay tuned for an update after tomorrow's appointment!
2 comments:
Poor, poor Addy AND poor, poor you (and Blake!) omg I can't believe she is so sick! And can I say that you are SUPERMOM for still putting on a party! The cake, decorations, shirt and her outfit are so cute. Looking forward to a May repeat in Strop city ;) Sooo hope she feels better soon and you catch up on some rest!
Pneumonia!! Wow...Poor baby! I cannot imagine :( Cute Elmo party...That's what we did for Emily's 2nd Birthday. And yall are so cute in your elmo shirts and your baby bump!!
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