The Saga Continues

Ok...Sorry,sorry, sorry. Things have been so hectic around here that I haven't had time to post. Let's see, where did we leave off? Oh yeah, just starting to get sick in California. Well, turns out we did end up visiting the ER at Children's Hospital in Oakland. Holland's cold turned into the usual asthma breathing difficulties. They thought they were going to have to keep her overnight, but she eventually got her sats up to 95-97 and they let us go home.

I have to mention that during this illness Holly was the crabbiest I have ever seen her. She was really whiny and clingy and only wanted her mama. Unfortunate that we were away from home and Holland was so crabby with everyone, but fortunate that there were 5 other adults around to help. Also fortunate to have two very sweet cousins to help keep the girls entertained!

John and I were hoping and planning to be able to spend at least one night at a hotel in San Francisco, but the day we were planning to go Holland woke up with the worst bloody nose ever. It was seriously like a scene from a horror flick. Blood everywhere, all over me, all over her. She was crying through it all and pushing me away, so blood kept spraying out her nose. I think I held up pretty well through the breathing thing, but the blood just put me over the edge and I did have a mini breakdown. The same day John had food poisoning from eating sushi and was pretty much immobile for most of the day. Luckily he was well enough that evening that we got to go to dinner and see two bands play in San Fran. It wasn't the amazingly relaxing weekend in the city that we had imagined, but we had fun anyway.

Eventually we all got over it, and for the last three days of our trip Holland was delightful. Eden is always so good and sweet, even when she is sick, that she ends up getting less attention. I was glad there were others around so she wasn't completely neglected. Thank you Eden for always being such a sweetheart!

I was so glad that Holland got better in time for us to meet Liz, Brian, and Kaitlyn. It was really nice to talk to another family going through the micropreemie journey. It's a great source of support to meet people who have some understanding of what you are going through, even if they are dealing with different issues. Plus they introduced us to this really great Burmese restaurant in San Francisco. My aunt and uncle will certainly go back. I guess I'll just have to enjoy the memory:)

So we made it home healthy and happy, but it was shortlived. Friday night Holland started with the runny nose AGAIN. It's gotten worse, although the wheezing isn't as bad as last time. Today I took her to the pediatrician and she has an ear infection, and possibly pink eye. Now she's on pulmicort twice a day, albuterol treatments three times a day, an antibiotic, and eye drops, in addition to her usual Zyrtec and Poly-Vi-Sol. And she's really crabby of course. Sigh.