• April 12th - I took Hayden and Bristol to the Dr Office with really runny noses, fevers, coughing, and congestion! Hayden was vomiting but Bristol just had all the other junk overall...they sounded the same! Dr Malloy said that Hayden had Bronchitis and the flu but Bristol just had a cold! Gave Hayden some antibiotics and Tylenol and we were on our way!
{{ I knew Bristol didn't just have a cold but what could I really do?! There isn't really anything out there 'over the counter' that I can give a child her age for a cold...so antibiotics were our only hope...BUT we went home without any for her! :(( }}
• After spending plenty of nights up with Bristol as she coughs her lungs up...and just listening to her get progressively worse I was finally able to schedule her an appt!
• April 21st - Took Bristol to an appt to see Dr Elmir! After establishing that she wasn't and hadn't had a fever in a few days and listening to her chest he said that everything sounded fine and "she doesn't need an XRay" but gave her antibiotics because I was very persistent about her cough...that she has the same symptoms as in February so it was prolly Bronchitis again...
• April 29th - 9 Days into her 10 Day antibiotic therapy...Bristol was continuing to get worse! She was starting to run a fever and was acting really lethargic so I decided to take her to the hospital...
After about an hour ((because the lady at the German ER never paged the DRs a nurse came by on her way out and sent the Dr our way)) he listened to her, they checked her temp ((103˚f)) and decided that she needed an XRay ((THANK GOODNESS FOR THIS DR DOING HIS JOB))
So Bristol and I headed up to radiology, got our snazzy new dresses ((that's what I told her to keep her from getting upset or scared of the crazy things they make you wear)) got the XRay and headed back down to the KinderHospital...
When we got back...the DR held it up in the air and without hesitation said "Yep, she has pneumonia! But let's go in here and put it on the board to make sure!" He placed it on the board and said "We are going to need to admit her right away and start giving her antibiotics through an IV!"
My chest started to hurt! I KNEW it wasn't just a cold and I knew it was getting worse and NEEDED an XRay but there wasn't anything I could do! I knew she needed more then what the clinic on Patch was offering but I was at their mercy and because of them...my 19 month old had to be admitted into the hospital! AWESOME WORK GUYS!!
I had to help hold her down and attempt to keep her calm as they put the IV in her hand and gave her some meds to control her fever...We headed to the clinic....I walked in to, what looked like a crib to the ceiling and all sorts of things ready to be hooked up to my baby as well as a roommate which i felt so bad for because we were getting in there around 12am! She was already passed out so this went way smoother then it could have! Layed her down, got her hooked up and then headed home to let Thomas know what was going on! ((I didn't have the cell phone because it was at home dead and I couldn't call because the cell phone number is the only one I know)) Got home, updated her daddy, got a few things and headed back to the hospital for our first nights stay!
• April 30th - Bristol woke up in a cruddy mood but seemed to perk up once she realized mommy was right there with her! Her fever was under control so she was able to really be more herself! They examined her and decided that she needed Inhalation Therapy ((breathing treatments)) 6 times a day - WOAH that was a lot to handle! - She had antibiotics through her IV and overall we seemed to have a mellow day! Her roommate went home in the early afternoon so we had the place all to ourselves which made it a little less stressful!! All of the nurses were very playful and made it was more pleasant then it could have been! OH and Nicole, Matt, and Ariella came to visit which really made Bristol happy! She TOTALY loves Ariella! They also brought her a toy which she played with until she couldn't keep her eyes open anymore!
• May 1st - Another day in the hospital! The Dr(s) came in ((5 of them listened to her breathe and she said "thank you" after each was done!)) The head Dr told me she was "VERY EDUCATED" which made me feel really good...and examined her and decided that she sounded a bit better so they changed her breathing treatments from 6 to 3! Bristol really seemed to be low though! She normally ALWAYS has a smile on her face but I didn't see one all day! She sounded like she was getting better but she seemed to be getting low! She was hooked up pretty much the entire time so she was only allowed about 3 feet from her bed and in her bed which can make for a hard time! :( I just felt so bad for her! Later in the evening they unhooked her for about 30 minutes so that she could walk around and actually be able stretch her little legs! It seemed to boost her a bit! :)) When bedtime came around she had a really hard time falling asleep thanks to her IV and in the process of trying to get comfortable a part of her IV busted and was shooting meds out...lol it was funny but the nurse fixed it right away!
• May 2nd - Another day just hanging out! Spent most of the time hooked up to everything but we played with her babies I took up there and a blown up glove ((just like my mom used to do for me when I was in the hospital)) and she sat in a stroller for HOURS buckling and unbuckling the buckle! lol Thomas and Hayden came to visit again and Hayden was so much fun to watch with his Sissy! Trying to be super careful and ask if she was okay...or when she would get upset he would tell her that it was okay! They went home and Sissy and I read some magazines and headed to bed! About an hour after we fell asleep the IV machine started beeping ((which meant it wasn't going into her arm or something was wrong)) and when the nurse came in she said "We have a problem, I have to take her IV out right away because it has blown up her hand!" - AHH...but when I sat up it wasn't as bad as I was originally thinking! - Her hand was just extremely swollen, like 4 times its reg size and hard as a rock! :(( So they took out her IV and wrapped it back up and we went back to sleep!
• May 3rd - Since she wasn't IVed anymore, she was really able to be down and around which made her seem more like herself! We wondered around, played in the playroom, and waited until the Dr wanted to see us! When he came to examine her, he said she sounded really great and clear and the he normally they wait a day of no breathing treatments before they will send you home but wanted to know if I wanted to try to do it faster?! DUH!! I want my baby out of here but only if she can! So he decided that he would take her off her breathing treatments for the rest of the morning and examine her again in the afternoon...if there was no change that we could go home! Played awhile longer and he came back in, listened to her and said she was free to go! :)) She just had to take antibiotics 2 times a day for the next few days! :)) - WE CAN DO THAT! lol
When we first got to the hospital :((
our first morning and she was so unhappy
trying to bite her heart monitor off...lol
DEFF her daddy's daughter...lol
yay for glove balloon :))
:(( breathing treatments
what she did for HOURS...lol
her fat swollen hand from the IV
WERE GOING HOME!! :)
So that was how it happened...from a crappy clinic to a hospital who really took great care of my baby and got her on the road to recovery that she needed to be on! She is smiling more and seems to really act like herself which makes me SOOOO much happier! I missed that cheeky smile! <3 -Kimberly
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