The 'not so great' news...then the 'great' news.

Well, as most of you know already, Ashlee was diagnosed w/ pneumonia as well last Tuesday. So she started abx and steroids too. She has been having a hard time w/ treatments (coughing and puking up mucous for about 1/2 hour straight) and still coughing all day long. She has missed the whole week of school :o( Hoping to just bring her in for her Valentine party on Monday w/ a mask on. There are 6 kids out sick in her class so the teacher says she is scared for her to come to school even if she does improve! OMG! How do I know when it's safe again?!?! Anyways, she had x-ray and labs done on Thurs to check for mono and check her lungs (Later I will tell you why the mono). Her lungs were junky, but no more pneumonia and bloodwork was neg and looked fine :o) So, we are just waiting for her to improve, I guess...if she doesn't improve by Monday they will swab her for Pertussis (Whooping cough)...unlikely...but who knows anymore in this house! So that's Ashlee...about where we were last year at this time except she was in the hospital right now last year! Jordin has been sick nonstop lately :o( Wed night I came home from work to find her not feeling well and spiking a fever. I called the ped on call (happened to be ours :o)) and she said to take her to ER in GR! Planning on admission :o( We got admitted finally aournd 2am. She had spiked fever of 103.5 while in ER still. Every day since she has been still getting a fever. They have run many tests, poked her poor little arm too many times and dug around a couple times. Also did a urine catheter in ER to get urine. Her liver enzymes were elevated and white blood cells we low. They have been waiting for all that to get back to normal...have been running IV abx...done all kinds of cultures and tests and everything comes back neg. Was leaning towards Mono, but that is now neg too :o) NOW I am sick so she is at the hospital w/ Grandma taking care of her. Couldn't do this all without her <3 They figure it is a virus. Supposedly she is still 99. something today temp...the doc said she cultured some Psuedomonas conlonies, BUT they are switching her to inhaled Tobi and oral Cipro and SENDING HER HOME TOMORROW! That plan sounds AWESOME, but I am concerned about stopping the IV meds when she is growing Pseudo?? Can't wait to get her home, but I hope it is not going to bite us in the ass down the road. I assume we should be on every other month Tobi now cuz this is her third time culturing Psuedo :o( The ONE plus here..was that we were in the brand NEW children's hospital!!! VERY nice :o) Update on my grandmas...My grandma Cherie is home now doing well and my grandma Sullivan is still in the hospital and not able to talk understandably or understand what is going on :o( Please pray she improves <3 Possible small strokes? Waiting on more test results.

Pneumonia :o(

Well, I'll start by saying...things kinda suck around here right about now :o/ Not the best of weeks.

(They only 'look' sweet and innocent! lol Just kidding! They ARE sweet 'most' of the time!)

I'll start with Ashlee. She has had a cough for over 2 weeks. Saw the ped at 2 weeks and she said she sounded good, so she would give her another week to knock it out herself. Well, she is not imroving, so I assume she will be on abx soon. She is on increased treatments already of course. She had a low fever the other night, but nothing else the next day. Otherwise doing well and only missed 1 day of school for this (except the snow day they had). I think that is her 2nd absence so far this year. Doing good :o)

She did turn 6!!! That's GREAT news! She's getting so old! lmao

Now Jordin...this may take a while! lol Jordin started w/ dirrhea last Saturday :o( Then come Monday night, she started puking...puked many times. Every time she would start to fall asleep she would start puking again :o( Low grade fever for the next few days. Tuesday and Wed she layed on the floor w/ a pillow ALL day long. Sleeping on and off, laying and eating a few bites of food here and there and also drinking water. Wed afternoon I got some Pedialyte. Started bolusing that. By 10pm she was sitting up, snacking a little still. Took her to the ped on Thursday cuz she was still having diarrhea and her cough had increased more :o/ She was satting O2 at 93% so the doc gave us a treatment to give her, then she was up to 97. BUT her lung was sounding junky. X-ray. Pneumonia :o( New oral abx and steroids. Man I got a video of Jordin taking her steroids like a champ and I (stupid me) accidentally deleted it! SO mad at myself! Hopefully I can get her to do it again tomorrow! lol Hoping for improvement by Monday. Still a bad cough and she is REALLY cranky and irritable. (See Below hahaha)
Not like Jordin to be this way? Oh yeah, still diarrhea...had to collect a sample (OMG what a job! I will spare you the details...just know it sucked! lol) Finally got a sample Fri night, dropped it off Sat morning at the lab. Testing for C-Diff :o/ Please pray it is NEGATIVE! I am sure I will hear tomorrow. I am so nervous. Pray for neg results PLEASE! <3

She tries to help out when she can :o)

Me? Oh, well...I think I am a wreck. I try to put on this happy face and make everyone think I am grand...but really I just want to cry. Both kids are sick...same shit same time as last year! Well, Jordin's been on 3 abx since like Oct I think. 1 after another. I have to know in the back of my mind that an admission is soon approaching :o( I just don't know how I will handle it? Hopefully we can stay out, but I am trying to prepare myself for the possibility.
Another thing that is killing me inside right now is my Grandma. I always call her. We talk for hours on end. I do nebs, vests, feedings, whatever while I am on the phone with her. She means so much to me. I called her the other night (I had just talked to her a few nights prior) and my aunt told me she can't even get out of bed by heself anymore. She can't hold a conversation with me anymore. Wasn't sure if she would even say anything to me. She did say a few words, I told her I loved her and she told me the same and that was our phone call. 1 minute. maybe not even that long. My aunt was holding the phone for her :o( She is old. And unhealthy. I know her time is coming...I just don't want it to. I can't take all this right now. It's killin' me.