Poor sick baby :( February 24, 2009

I received a phone call at 4:45 from Ariyana’s school saying that she was running a fever of 103.2 including the bump up degree (they add a degree to the temperature if they don’t take it rectally and they don’t take it rectally). I told them I would be there shortly and just make her comfortable as they can. When I got there to pick her up, her teacher told me that she was fine all day and then this afternoon she felt really hot and was kind of clingy. I asked how she ate today (because the last few days she has not been eating as much as usual). Saturday she didn’t eat lunch or all her dinner, Sunday she hardly ate lunch or dinner and Monday her teacher said she barely ate lunch. Her teacher said she didn’t eat very much today either but she did eat a sausage biscuit for breakfast.

She fell asleep on the way to get Zach which she never does, but I just let her sleep because she is sick. She slept in the car for like 45 minutes because we didn’t get home til 7:00. When we got home, we gave her some tylenol and then fed her some dinner. She was eating dinner and all of a sudden she started throwing up. And it was a lot of throw up, it just kept coming. I mean her lunch came back up too, it was so sad because she was getting upset and I know it didn’t feel well. After that, she didn’t want anymore dinner and I don’t blame her at all. I knew she needed some liquids though, so I tried to get her to drink some pedialyte…..she wouldn’t though, nor would she drink any of her milk. She wouldn’t even let me put the cup on her high chair, she would pick it up and hand it to me and whine til I took it off. I did give her cheerios though and she ate them so at least she got something in her little belly. After that, she went to bed at her normal time which is 8pm without a fight. I was worried since she took a 45 minute nap at 6:15 that she wouldn’t go to bed but she did………….she is such a great baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And I feel so bad that she is sick.

Ear trouble again November 17, 2008

So yesterday we noticed that Ariyana had a weird smell in her ear. I know that sounds weird but it was pretty strong. We thought that they just needed to be cleaned out so we took the baby q-tips and cleaned both ears out. I noticed a little drop of blood on the q-tip but it was so small I didn’t think it was that big of deal. I thought we had probably just irritated it a little with the q-tips. Well today I get a call from the daycare (they always make me so nervous because I see Legacy Academy on the caller ID and they only call with bad news, so my heart skips a beat everytime I see it) from her teacher telling me that her right ear drained yellow stuff out during nap. She said they noticed her playing with it a little bit earlier that day. She also said the left one was a little red. She told me that it really stunk too. She said at first she thought Ariyana had a dirty diaper, then bad breath, and then she realized it was her ear.

I called her doctor, told them she had tubes and explained what was going on. They asked me if Ariyana was running a fever or acting like it bothered her. I said no, just drainage and smell. They called in a prescription for her of ear drops that should help. She said to use them a couple of days and if they didn’t get better, I would have to bring her in. Hopefully the drops will work and she will be fine. I just hope the tube didn’t fall out of her ear. I don’t want her to get anymore earaches. They are torturous to her and to us. But hopefully she will still have the tubes and be fine. I will keep you posted.

Fever from shots October 3, 2008

This morning when I was getting Ariyana ready for daycare she was laughing and playing with me while I was changing her until I touched her leg to change her diaper….then she started crying.  I knew her legs were sore from the shots so I gave her some Infant Tylenol.  She seemed okay after I got her dressed…she was a little more clingy this morning than normal but didn’t have a fever or anything.  We told the daycare that she had the shots yesterday and was sore so to keep an eye on her….and they said okay.

Around 1pm, I get a call from the daycare saying that Ariyana was running a fever of 101.6 and that she might need some medicine.  I asked if I brought her some, could they give it to her because last time I brought some they said they could not give it to her without a doctor’s note.  They told me since they knew the fever was from the shots, they would give her some but to call the doctor and have them fax over a note and it would be good for a couple of days.  So Zach and I, took our lunch, and ran to Wal-mart, got the Tylenol, and took it over to the daycare.  We gave her the medicine, kissed her and told her we would be back to get her soon.  She definitely had a fever but seemed okay still.  She was sitting at the table eating a cracker when we walked in.

At 3:30p, I received another call from the daycare saying that Ariyana still had a fever of 101.4 and she seemed very out of it.  I told them I would call the doctor and see what they said about it.  The doctor’s office told me it was normal for them to run a 101 or 102 fever for up to 3 days but longer than that I needed to call and let them know.  So we called the daycare back and told them that the doctor said that was normal and just to let her lay down and nap and we would be there as soon as we got off work.

I went and picked her up after work and talked to her teacher.  She said that Ariyana was doing okay and had taken nap.  She told me the other teacher earlier had freaked out a little about Ariyana’s condition.  She said Ariyana did have a fever but she was out of it because she was tired not because she was sick.  She said that she held her until she fell asleep and then put her in her crib.  She then just checked on her every once in a while to make sure she was okay.  When we were leaving, she said “Bye Ariyana, I love you, I really do love you, you are such a good baby, so easy.”  It made me feel good that they like Ariyana so much….I think that is why she hasn’t moved to the next room yet because they move up at a year, sometimes earlier.

By the time we got home, Ariyana acted like she was feeling better, she was playing and babbling like normal.  Then we fed her dinner and let her play til bedtime.  About 20 minutes before bed, Ariyana was playing in the living room and all of a sudden she just started throwing up all over the carpet.  It was not a little bit of throw up either, it was EVERYTHING she ate….it was so nasty.  We fed her baby food squash, which is orange so it looked nice on light carpet.  After that she got a bath and went to bed.  I got the stain out of the carpet luckily.  It was a very adventurous day to say the least….I am just glad it is FRIDAY 🙂