Caskey Update

Well Emilee and I have been sick again. It turns out that the both of us have ear infections and I have bronchitis as well. We are both now on antibiotics and are starting to feel better. Emilee isn't running such a high fever as she has been and has been much more alert and active. Poor girl was so out of it Friday and I was hurting so bad (my skin hurts when I get a fever) that Lee ended up bringing us into ER Friday night. Four hours later we left with antibiotics for both of us and a cough syrup for me. This is the first ear infection for Emilee and hopefully the last for a long while. It took the ER a while to get Emilee's fever down and they were real busy so tests took a bit longer than normal. When we went in Emilee's fever was 103.2 and it was too soon to give her more medicine since I had given her some at home a few hours before. At 9 they gave her some Tylenol and almost an hour later it was at 103.3 so they gave her some Ibuprofen as well that finally combined with a wet washcloth brought it down to where she felt relatively cool to the touch and she was alert. When we went in she was really groggy and only wanted to be held. Pretty much let them do what ever they wanted to her. (NOT normal for her she hates being held and she dislikes being poked and prodded) When we left she was back to her normal self and was squirming to get down and actually grinned for the ER Nurses. It was so good to see my baby feeling better.
Emilee is doing so much better now and is much more active and is into mischief again. While I love having her be cuddly I would much rather her be healthy and happy.

1/22/07

At 8:15 this morning I called the doctor's office back and they had me bring her in at 8:45. Dr. Johnson didn't seem to think it was anything to worry about that she just has a virus and that it will work its course. He listened to her bowels and said that they sounded pretty upset and not to expect her diarrhea to get better for several more days.

At her last appointment 2 1/2 weeks ago she weighed in at 16 pounds 3 ounces, today she weighs 16 pounds even. In that period of time she should have gained at least half a pound if not more, instead she has lost 3 ounces (probably more since she gained some before she got sick). I guess that is to be expected when you are expelling more than you are bringing in. The doctor didn't seem overly concerned about her weight loss, though I certainly am. She was already slightly underweight.

The thing I am struggling the most with her lately is getting her to eat. Before she was sick I had finally gotten her appetite to that of what a normal 9 month old should be. Now it has regressed further than it was before. In this last week I am lucky to get 24 ounces of formula down her and 4 ounces of baby food. Today all she would take was 6 ounces of baby food and maybe 20 ounces of formula. That is not enough for her even if she didn't have the diarrhea. I really hope that her appetite comes back soon. The doctor said that when the diarrhea goes away she will probably want to eat everything in sight. I hope that is soon before she looses more weight.

Well after we got home I put her down for her nap and she slept for about an hour, during this time the mail came and my new diaper bag that I ordered finally came in. It looks small and compact but it holds so much more than my old one did. It is really cool, has all these pockets for organizing and is a backpack so will be easier to tote. My old one was seriously falling apart, the plastic lining on my old one was all coming out and the inside was nasty.

After Emilee woke up from her nap we played and then watched some WOW Christian Music Videos. Emilee especially like the vegie tales one, about cheeseburgers. My favorites were the Entertaining Angels by Newsboys and God so Loved by Jaci Valasquez. When that was over she went down for her afternoon nap around 3 or so. She slept until almost 5 so that was a great nap for her. When she got up her daddy came home and spent some time with her while I cooked dinner. After which we watched Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. All in all we had a pretty good day.

Emilee amazes me she has remained such a happy baby throughout this whole thing. You can see in her eyes how miserable she is, but she doesn't let it keep her from having fun. I wish I could be more like that.

Jennifer :O)

1/20/07

Well Emilee's runny nose is no longer clear but a yellowy green, indicating that it may not be a viral infection after all, but a bacterial infection. If it is still green on Monday I plan to call the doctor's office back up and ask them to look at her. Poor girl, not only is she sick but her loose bowels have given her the worst yeast infection ever. It is so raw. The doctor had me buy monistat 7 and use the cream on her every day and it is slowly getting better, but she screams when I wipe her, it makes me want to cry right along with her.

Well I am going to the movies tonight with my Dad's wife, Pam. We are going to see Eragon, I saw it last Tuesday, but I need to get out of the house, so I am going to see it again. I enjoyed it so it will be fun.

It doesn't appear that I am going to get to go to church tomorrow so I really hope that Pastor Terry is having the sermon recorded. With Emilee being sick I can't put her in nursery and she is so disruptive during the service that if I kept her up with me I wouldn't get anything out of the service. :) I usually have her with me during song service and then bring her down to nursery. She just doesn't like to be confined, but she enjoys the music.

Well I better go get ready to go to movies. Will keep updates on how miss Emilee is feeling.

Jennifer :O)

1/19/07

It has been a few days since I posted. Here is what has been happening in our family. Wednesday morning Emilee woke up with a runny nose. It was clear so was hoping it was just from her teething, but as the day wore on it became obvious that she was sick. The runny nose got worse and her bowels got very loose. In a 24 hour period she had 10 runny diapers. EWE!!!

Yesterday, Thursday, she started running a fever so called the doctors office and they said that it was a viral infection that was making its way through the town. :( They told me to go pick up Enfalyte (Infant version of pedialyte), they said Wal-mart carried it. So I went to Wal-mart, they do not carry it, least our store doesn't. So I proceeded to check every grocery store in town and no one carries it. I called the doctor's office back and was told to stop by and they would give me 3 bottles of it. So I stopped by there about 12:45, got the 3 bottles and came home. Guess what!!! She won't drink the stuff. She is totally not interested. Tried using a baby dropper but she just spit it out. Sigh.

Well, this morning I got her out of bed and low and behold no fever! She still has runny diapers and a runny nose, but I think she is over the worst of it. Only now I have diarrhea, lol so it will be another few days of being housebound. Hopefully I get to go to church cause I want to hear the rest of the sermon series that Pastor Terry is preaching. He is preaching a series about birthing our dreams or bringing our destiny into fruition.

Jennifer :O)