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Thursday, August 31, 2006
 
Blech. That's how Annika and I feel right now. I've got a flu bug of some sort, think full on body ache and a tight chest with a cough. Annika though seems to be much worse. It started Tuesday when she was extra clingy and whiny with Kris all day. I gave her some Tylenol when I got home from work because we were thinking maybe she was teething (2 year molars?). She was chewing on her fingers all day. Well that night she developed a terrible cough and yesterday morning she had a fever. We knew she had a fever but we weren't sure how high because Annika wouldn't let us get a good reading. I may have to invest in one of those ear thermometers that takes only a second. Anyway, we went to the doctor yesterday morning and Annika was pronounced good and sick with pneumonia in her left lung, an ear infection in her right ear (We couldn't see in her left ear because of wax. He offered to remove the wax and take a look but Annika was freaking out enough already that I declined. He said his course of treatment wouldn't change either way.) and croup. And the croup was apparently pretty bad already because she was having symptoms right there during the day when croup is predominantly bad at night. So, to avoid another trip to the ER, and this time with a child who is having difficulty breathing (a nightmare I do not want to live), he gave her a steroid shot. Hopefully the steroid shot will help her recover from the croup faster. Since croup is viral, there is not much else they can do. For the pneumonia and ear infection she was put on her first dose of antibiotics, Amoxycillin. She felt terrible all day yesterday. She was lethargic and spent most of the day on my lap or Kris's, all curled up. That is so unlike her it was scary. She and I slept on the couch last night so I could keep an eye on her. That's what the literature recommended that the doctor gave me - to sleep in the same room as the child in case they get into trouble breathing. She had a couple episodes of bad coughing but otherwise was just really restless. I'm hoping she gets over this quickly because I hate seeing her so miserable. And to make things worse she is refusing to take any of her medicine. We are giving her tylenol for her fever (it was 101.5 at the doctor) and her antibiotics and she fights both with everything she can. We've talked sweetly, we've bribed with ice cream, trips outside, drinks of pop, etc. I've resorted to pinning her down but then she just spits it out. This girl can be a pill when she wants to. Ugh. We'll keep pushing them down in her though. Oh, and one last whine from me. It is not fun taking care of a sick child when you yourself feel like utter crap. Blech again.

Posted by Kristina at 8/31/2006 07:46:00 AM



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