Saturday, September 15, 2007

Rough Day!

Savannah has had a really rough day. The poor little baby is just completely miserable. Her nose has been congested and runny, and she's been coughing too. I've had to use the booger sucker on her nose twice, maybe three times already today, and she has been running a low grade fever.

She has been extremely fussy, crying on an off all day. She has taken several small naps, but keeps waking up before she gets to finish out her nap. That definately has made her even more irritable. She also has been very reluctant to take her bottle today.

I've had her most of the day, and Matt has her now. She has finally taken her bottle and went back to sleep. Bless her heart!... she's just miserable! I hate that she's sick like this. This is probably the worst cold she's ever had.

I am just hoping and praying that tommorow is a better day!

Friday, September 14, 2007

Dr. Appointment!

We saw the doctor today, and Savannah has a bad cold.

That crud has been going around, and I think every baby at daycare has it now. It all started up again when these twins started coming to daycare twice a week. Those boys were always snotty, and I bet that is why all the other babies are now sick. I don't and never will understand why parents can't keep their sick children at home away from other kids. I guess I am one to talk since I took Savannah to daycare today, but then again, all the babies are already snotty. She wasn't running any fever, or I would have taken off work and stayed home with her. I hate nothing more than leaving her at that daycare well, let alone when she's sick. I want to be a SAHM (stay at home mom), and I am praying that one day that will finally happen for me. In the meantime, I am forced to tolerate having to leave her every day, but I seriously hate it!

We went grocery shopping (35-40 minutes away from where we live), and we took Savannah with us. She played all the way there, but she slept through the whole store experience and all the way home. I really thought she'd be up all night as much as she'd already slept. I guess she really feels bad because I medicated her, Matt fed her, and she went right to sleep.

Thursday, September 13, 2007

Sick Baby Girl!

Savannah has a runny nose, sneezing, cough, and snotty sounding congestion. She sounds so croupy. She was running a low grade temp of 100.1 after daycare.

I made her an appointment to see Carma tommorow until I picked her up from daycare. She was all snotty and had a low grade fever. I called back, and tried to get her in to see the doctor today, but the lady who makes the appointments was very rude. She told me they had a 3:30 appt open, but I couldn't take it because I would be cutting into her time. I was quite upset over it, and I fully intend to tell Carma what happened tommorow. Her appointment is tommorow at 5:00. Now understand that I have to fill out paper work before she can even be seen. We do not have a pharmacy that is open all night, and the one we do have closes at 6:00. Most likely the dr. will prescribe or ask me to pick up something for her, and I'll wait to wait another freaken day just to do that. I am just really frustrated and upset that the appointment lady was so rude. You would think people would be more considerate of a sick helpless little baby.

As a matter of fact, I am going to call the hospital tommorow and ask to speak to Carma directly. I am going to tell her what happened and that I am extremely concerned about the pharmacy being closed by the time we get done. I am going to ask if there is any way I can bring her after school around 4ish. I am 100% sure that this dr. is going to be highly upset about what happened. If at all possible, she will work me in earlier!

In the meantime, I have put vick's vapor rub on her feet, chest, and neck. I also have the vaporizer going. I gave her a dose of tylenol to prevent her fever from going up during the night.

I will post an update tommorow!

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

First Word!

DA-DA! :)

Savannah said her first word today at daycare!! I just couldn't believe it. She's been trying to say Ma-ma for awhile, and all of a sudden she just starts saying Da-da over and over. I was excited, but I almost felt kinda defeated too because I can't wait until she says ma-ma. I'm a little bit jealous, but it's ok. She'll say ma-ma soon enough... for now she can bug da-da for everything! (ha-ha)

Tonight while we were dressing her after her bath, Savannah started saying da-da over and over while laying in her crib. It was the first time Matt had heard her do it, and he was just in hog heaven! You would think he was just annointed king or something! It was sorta funny to sit back and watch him get so excited. I actually thought it was sweet. She is growing so fast that I will gladly wait patiently for her to say ma-ma. I can't believe she's almost 8 months old already. Sometimes, I really just want to freeze her in time! I already miss my newborn baby, and soon she won't even be a baby anymore at all. I just want to treasure every second I have with her now.

DA-DA will go in her books as her first word. I guess crawling is next since she is already scooting on her belly all over the place! :)

Saturday, September 8, 2007

Open Sore Update!

The open sore looks much better this morning. It looks like it has already began to heal over. I couldn't believe it when I saw it this morning. It was open with a touch of bleeding last night, and this morning it is sealed over. This is the quickest I've ever seen a spot heal over with the antibiotic ointment.

We are being very careful with it, and continuing the antibiotic ointment with each diaper change. We are hoping it will continue to heal up on it's own without the need for another laser treatment. Seeing the difference from last night to this morning sure does make me feel a lot more optimistic! Time will surely tell!

Friday, September 7, 2007

Another Open Sore!

We have another open sore! I can not believe this is happening. We just had another laser treatment done yesterday.

I noticed the spot while changing her diaper after we got home from daycare. She was throwing a huge fit, and she didn't want me anywhere near her bottom. Usually after a laser treatment, she is perfectly fine and fuss free during diaper changes. The fit she was throwing was a huge red flag. I checked her bottom closer and discovered an open spot. It is right underneath the spot we just had lasered. It almost looked like somebody accidently scratched her while changing her diaper. I can't help but wonder if that's exactly what happened and if it happened at daycare.

I have tried getting in touch with Dr. Kincannon, her specialist, but I haven't had any luck at all. I even sent him an email, and that was returned to me. Evidently, his email isn't working right now, or he's changed email addresses. I even called Arkansas Children's Hospital to explain the situation to see if there was a way to get in contact with Dr. Kincannon. They sent me from one person to the next until finally I was disconnected. It's really frustrating to have no way of getting in touch with somebody when something like this happens.

To make matters worse, the daycare is refusing to treat her hemangioma with the antibiotic ointment that was prescribed to her unless I can get Dr. Kincannon to fax them a letter stating it is ok for them to apply the ointment during every diaper change. I am really upset over this because I can't get in touch with the doctor until after the weekend. I left a message at the Dermatology clinic after I picked her up from daycare. Now I have to worry about what is going to happen to her little bottom if it's not treated properly all day Monday while I am at work. This is exspecially upsetting since we have a new open sore we are dealing with on top of the one we just had lasered.

I hate this. I know it could be worse. I know she could have one on her head, nose, ears, eye, throat, etc. I get sick of people always telling me it could be worse. I know it could be worse, and I am very thankful and blessed that it is not worse. That doesn't make watching her go through all these laser treatments any easier. She's my baby, and I can't stand watching her go through all this. It's not fair that she's having to deal with this. I wish it were me instead. It just makes my heart wrench. I love her so much!

Thursday, September 6, 2007

Laser Treatment # 3

We took Savannah to Little Rock today to have another laser treatment done on her hemangioma. I really don't want to talk about what it was like to watch her go through this again. I hate it, and I wish I could take away these stupid hemangiomas.

This is the third laser treatment we've had to endure. I asked Dr. Kincannon about her long term prognosis with this thing. He said that she shouldn't have to have anymore laser treatments done after she is 1 year old. I hope to goodness he is right. I am praying we don't have to do this again, yet I am sure we probably will, but I can hope. I hope this thing will go away soon after she is 1 year old. I just hate it. I hate watching my precious baby girl go through all this stuff. Not much more I can say on this subject. Just putting this in the records.

Saturday, September 1, 2007

Sitting Up!

My baby girl is sitting alone now. She's been sitting up for awhile, but not long enough to be considered unassisted until today. She started sitting up and playing for a long time today. I can't believe how fast she is growing up. I love her so much!

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