Ok, ok, ok! I realize it's been over a year since my last blog and I am a major failure. I've accepted that, and you should too :-)
But here I am sitting at the computer with my baby girl in my lap and she is not struggling or trying to grab everything or push all the buttons or poke the screen so I can actually sit here and type! It's a miracle in and of itself!
Of course the only reason she is so calm is because she is a major sicko right now :-( Poor little pumpkin has pneumonia and has been miserable since last night. We were so incredibly blessed with good health for her since birth, I guess I really shouldn't be upset about it. Poor kid's gotta catch a sickness one of these times. Her brother of course has been sick, and sick, and deathly sick, more times than I ever want to count.
With Elijah, his asthma is part of life, it is something we deal with, something we are constantly watching for. The last thing I want is for Zoe to fall into that category as well. And last night when I listened to her much too rapid breathing and saw her chest retracting and knew all too well those signs of not getting enough oxygen, I was afraid.
Chris and I both struggled with whether we should bring her in to the emergency room or wait it out until morning. We stayed up late pondering our options and finally decided to stay home and pray that we could make it till morning. Chris slept on the couch and I took Zoe into bed with me so I could be there if she started getting worse. I'll bet you can guess how much sleep I got... Zero.
We made it through the night and saw the doctor in the morning. So bizarre going through this all too familiar doctor appointment with Zoe and not Elijah. Poor baby had to get her first x-ray too, and if you haven't seen the frightening contraption they put children in to get a decent x-ray... well, you don't wanna see it. Turns out she has pneumonia in one lung, nothing major, doctor gave her an antibiotics prescription and said she should be better in a couple days.
The best part is that he didn't prescribe any nebulizer treatments. He said there was no wheezing, it's simply congestion in the lungs and must have nothing to do with the airways. Which is wonderful! That's what got Elijah in trouble in the first place, what gives him so much trouble breathing, reactive airways.
So even though the poor baby is sick, I am so beyond thankful that so far she is not following in her brother's asthmatic footsteps. And regarding Elijah, he hasn't had a breathing episode in months! I actually can't remember the last time he did, praise the Lord!
