Wheezy

We are now proud owners of a Nebulizer. Kendy started with a runny nose yesterday and had a little cough, but it was nothing big. She had a rough night sleep and woke up this morning wheezing and had to really labor to breathe, so I called the doctor. She couldn't even sleep to take a nap and she was so tired from not sleeping that night before. She was cranky, so I tried to find a pacifier, which I found under her bed. I stuck it right in her mouth and when I looked down at her I saw that the pacifier was covered in ants! I pulled the plug out and saw that her mouth was full of ants as well. I got as many out as many ants as I could, rinsed it off and gave it back to her. Nothing seemed to help the her mood (but can you blame her...she couldn't breathe) so I was glad that the doctor could get her into the office soon. He gave her a breathing treatment, which she hated, but it did help her.

The doctor hooked us up with our very own nebulizer to keep for Kendra. As I went to pick it up I realized that a year ago almost to the very week Kendra was in the hospital the first time with RSV. I'm so glad we can celebrate that anniversary with a trip to the doctor and breathing problems. We have to give her breathing treatments every 4 hours and she also has to take one dose of a steroid everyday for five days. As you can see in the pictures, there is a learning curve to giving a baby breathing treatments. She really doesn't like them because the machine is so loud, but we found out that if we let her watch a show and suck on her pacifier that she will tolerate a loud machine with steamy air blowing in her face.

Some cute notes about Kara:

The other day it was raining, Kara said you better turn on your swishers Mom so you can swish the rain away.

Last night Kara woke up to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night. We always hear her because the floor creaks and she is afraid of the dark so she comes in to tell us that she needs the light on. She was on the toilet and started to cry. I just realized something. I'm tired. I'm 1000 seconds tired. It was a rough night for all of us.