Poor Keira is now stricken with Hand, Foot and Mouth disease. It's caused by a virus and manifests itself in a number of ways. Keira presented with fever yesterday and was really tired, lethargic, and wanted to be held a lot. While her fever broke this morning she was still very clingy and as the day wore on became more irritable and started screaming at the start of a bottle. I thought it was an ear infection so Mark and I took her into the ped's office late this afternoon. After checking and clearing her lungs and ears, Dr. Oie checked her throat and sure enough there were multiple, big ulcers in her throat. Poor Keira. That's why she couldn't take down a bottle - the sores in her throat are probably very painful. I'm guessing it must be like having a bunch of canker sores on her throat. Ouch! Since it's a viral condition we can't do anything, but let it run its course and keep Keira as comfortable as possible. We're giving her Motrin, letting it kick in and then giving her a bottle. That seemed to work this evening. Poor baby. I really wish I could go through this instead of her...Hopefully she recovers quickly.
Since Mark was at work today and I stayed home I got absolutely nothing done with Keira needing so much attention. She wouldn't even nap without lying on me. I was able to take a conf call, but it was really tough to focus when I was carrying and rocking Keira in one arm and holding the phone with the other. For the most part she was quiet, but was ready to start wailing a couple of times. It was all pretty stressful. Nonetheless I'll have some work to catch up on this weekend. Yuck. But, I'm glad I was able to stay home with her and take care of her. Work is work and I'll get it done eventually.
On a more uplifting note, well, kind of...I got tickets for Mark and I to attend Game 1 of the Wild versus Avalanche playoff games. My cousin, Van, babysat Keira while we were at the game. It was awesome and the crowd was electrifying. The Wild came back from a 2-0 deficit in the 3rd period to tie it 2-2, but, we ended up losing in OT. So sad...It was fun to go and be part of the excitement. If they make it past this first round I'm definitely going to try to secure tickets for another game - so much fun! They're playing tonight, so hopefully we'll win this game - we have to. Go Wild!
That's it from us. We hope everyone who visits our blog enjoys the updates and is doing well! Hopefully this winter storm will pass and we will FINALLY be able to welcome spring. I feel like I've said that a million times this year.
2 comments:
Poor little girl. She has the worst luck! It makes me nervous that Will could get it too with how much the babies were back and forth last week. Do you know if anyone else got it? Hope the rest of your weekend goes well and your peanut feels better soon.
So sorry to hear that! I hope she gets feeling better really quickly and that you all have a good weekend. It sounds pretty miserable... let us know how she's doing.
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