When It Rains It Pours!

These past few days have been quite challenging in the Bass household. Poor Izzie caught whatever Jack had, and I have learned very quickly that she is not going to be a good sick person. I have gotten about 6 hours of sleep in the past 48. Izzie has gotten more, but not enough. All she wants is for me to hold her, which I don't mind, but then I don't sleep. Why aren't you sleeping now Carla? Good question since Izzie is now napping in her pack n play. But... I can't fall asleep!!! It is very frustrating. But when I feel like I am on a time table I just can't do it. And why is she sleeping in her pack n play and not in her crib upstairs? This is where the pouring part comes in- our upstairs air conditioning unit is out. It can't just be one difficult thing at a time, it always has to be several!!

But at least Izzie is starting to feel better, and I know this because she is sleeping in her pack n play and not in my arms. She has had a fever in addition to a runny nose, a cough and a tooth coming in. All making her very fussy. If snot had monetary value, we would be millionaires. I keep trying to show her how to blow out her nose, but she just gets upset. So I am left with the nasal aspirator, which she HATES. Her fever got so bad last night that around 4am we decided to take her to the ER. Her temp was just shy of 105. The doctor said that she probably has a viral infection and to just keep doing what I am doing- however, I was under-medicating her. I guess with the fear of over-medicating, I just was a little too cautious. I feel so bad that I could have prevented her from getting better faster. But at least now she has seen a doctor and I know exactly how much to give her.

But I can tell she is starting to feel better. She is trying to play when she is awake and actually smiling too. We couldn't get her to smile last night no matter what we tried. The air conditioner will hopefully be fixed tomorrow and my sick girl can go back to sleeping in her own bed. Keep your fingers crossed. Okay, I guess I will try to get some sleep while she is still napping.