Okay.. I have a few prayer requests, so please bare with me.
Taylor started running a fever yesterday at school, so I picked her up and took her to the doctor. At school, she was only running in the low 100's. By the time we got to the doctor, she was already up to 102.1. She has this awful cough that we have been trying to get rid of for about two weeks, and none of the medicine was working. The flu is going around really bad in south MS ( and everywhere else I'm sure). A few kids at Taylor's daycare and one of the teachers caught it. Needless to say, we went ahead and got her swabbed for the flu at the doctor yesterday. The test came back positive. SHE HAS THE FLU!!! With Taylor being only 5 months old.. they can't give her any prescription meds for it... just tylenol and motrin. It has to run its course. She slept ALL day yesterday.. and that is not like Taylor. She woke up a few times and just whimpered a little. It is so sad to see her so drained. We have been rotating between the motrin and tylenol every 4 hours to keep her fever down. Around 11:30 last night, we all woke up and Taylor felt like she was on fire. We checked her temp ( for about the 20th time that day.. I check every hour to see if it is going up or down) and she was running 104.7. That is pretty high for a baby!! We called the hospital and they said there was no magical treatment they had to get it down.. and told us to dab her with a warm rag over and over to get it down. We finally got it down to about 103. VERY SCARY. She is running around 101 and 102 today so that is much better!! Needless to say.. please say a little prayer that she will get well soon. I hate to see her feel so bad. We also have to give her breathing treatments 4 times a day because the congestion in her lungs is so bad!! She really doesn't like them. The company tries to make the breathing machine not so scary.. so it's a little penguin that fits into an igloo for a case. If I were a child, I wouldn't be scared of it!!
On another note...
A few weeks back, we had to see an ophthamologist because our pediatrition was concerned about Taylor's eyes watering and matting up so much. We have tried different eye medicines to help clear the mucus, but nothing seemed to work. The eye doctor told us that Taylor has nasolacrimal duct obstruction.... big word for such a small thing. That means that a membrane in the nose failed to open up before she was born. The tears do not drain properly from her nose and they come out of her eyes, which causes them to matt up and have mucus. Long story short, the ophthamologist thinks that she needs surgery to open up the passage way. It is a very simple procedure where they would just go in and pop it open, with no cutting at all.... the only thing is they want to put her to sleep to do it and we aren't ready for that!! We have talked to a couple of family friends who are doctors and they all seem to think that we should wait. There is a chance that it could open up on its on when Taylor gets a little bigger and starts to crawl and move around more. We are going to get a second opinion no matter what...but please pray that this will all work itself out and open up on its own. I know every mom out there understands not wanting to put their child to SLEEP under anesthesia. I know that God is taking care of all of us.. and he will make sure that little Taylor is okay!!
HAVE A VERY BLESSED DAY!!!!!!!!!
5 comments:
I am so sorry that Taylor has the flu.. I will definitely be thinking about you guys! I know it's going to be tough but she will be better before you know it. Hunter had pneumonia at 7 months and that was awful so I know how you feel.
Hoping for a speedy recovery!
Samantha Smith
We will keep y'all in our prayers.
Sara Nowell
Paige, alternate the tylenol and motrin every 2 hours not 4 that will help with keeping it down, also make sure you are actually using motrin and tylenol, don't use the off brands.
On the eye thing, massage the corner of her eye with a warm wash cloth several times a day, that usually opens it up instead of the surgery mckenzie had the same thing. If it hasnt cleared up by the time she is a year then I would consider the surgery but IN MY OPINION I wouldnt before then!
Take all this as friendly advice from another mom! :)
I was going to tell you the same thing about alternating the tylenol and motrin every 2 hours. The ER doc told us to do this as well as all my other "mom friends". The ER gave us a dosage sheet for tylenol and motrin - it uses the baby's weight instead of the age. Let me know if you want a copy. I'll give it to you at the shower or mail it to you now.
I hope she is feeling better!
Thanks for all your advice.. we had no idea that tylenol and motrin are 2 different things. But, we rotated every 4 hours and we could have been doing it a different way.. oh well. I will know for next time, even though I hope there is no next time!!
On the eye thing, we have decided to get a 2nd opinion and wait on the surgery. Carmon, so many people have told us NOT to do it..and just massage and pray!! I think i like that advice a lot better!!
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