My little sweet pea is just recovering from a three day fever. Its her second fever in 3 weeks! Poor baby! At first we thought she was just doing her normal teething but the fever spiked up to 103.7. I kept her home from daycare for a few days to be sure I kept a close eye on her, being that the last time she had a fever at daycare she ended up in the ER! This is starting to worry me a little bit that the fevers are so high and becoming more frequent. She had no other symptoms. I know being in daycare she is exposed to germs and other sicklings but I didnt know it would be this bad! Dont get me wrong, daycare has a lot of positive things as well, Hailey is very social and doesn’t just cling to “mommy”. I am anxious to see when Abby is born in August and Hailey is at home, if she will still have these fevers.
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An afternoon i will never forget, March 18, 2008, my birthday and the day my heart froze with fear.
I received a phone from Baby Hailey’s school that i had better come right away….”her lips are blue, she is shaking and not breathing right” those words played over and over as though they were witten in stone across my soul. The minute I saw her I knew we were in trouble, she was like a zombie and didnt even recognize me. For the first time in her life she was silent, and looked so helpless, she was breathing as though her lungs were shutting down, her little body shaking , her skin was ghost white and covered with goose bumps. Then it seemed like the world stopped…… i thought i was going to lose her and my heart was crumbling right before me.
At the emergency room , after waiting to see the doctor it was as though she tapped back to reality, the glazed look on her face was now fadding and her color was returning. My spirit was filled up with joy as she began her baby babbling! My baby was back! I could see the life returning in her eyes. Her breathing was 90% better and her famous dimpled smile spread across her face! Then the doctor arrived, her temp was 104 degrees. They gave her antibiotics, tylenol and fluids. The doctor says she had the flu?
We followed up with the pediatrician the following day. He says its just a cold because she had not had a fever since the incident?? I pray that they are right and it was not something more serious. The nurse at the doctors thought it sounded like she had a type of baby seizure?
I am thankful she is back to her ornery self and back to making me laugh and not having a mini-stroke! This is my girl, full of many suprises but she is coated with strength.
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