Yesterday, once again we woke up at the crack of dawn (actually it was still pitch black out) and headed down to Sick Kids for round two of laser treatment on her hemangioma. Last time I fed her a granola bar without thinking and therefore ended up doing the procedure without sedation. She was a … [Read more...]
Strep Tease
Avelyn just spent the past five days in a sweaty blur of a 103 degree fever, strep throat, barfing, and more midnight acetaminaphen suppositories than either of us cares to remember. The poor kid. Every day I would assure her that surely she would feel better by tomorrow. But then the next day would … [Read more...]
The Beginning Of The End – part 2
We arrived at the hospital yesterday morning at 7:30am for Eva's first round of sedated laser on her hemangioma. We checked in and were taken into a prep room. The nurse came to do the paperwork and take Eva's vitals. The plan was then to give her an oral sedative and then to apply a topical … [Read more...]
The Beginning Of The End – part 1
It is almost 5 years to the day that Eva was rushed to Sick Kids hospital via emergency ambulance. She was in need of an urgent transfusion because her hemangioma was so severely ulcerated and she had bled out profusely. It was her third bleed. We didn't come home for 6 days. Prior to that … [Read more...]
The Girl In the Striped Pajamas
48 hours of vomitting, one febrile seizure, relentless fever, endless diarrhea and two trips to the hospital. I spent the night with Brinley curled up with her in a bed on the Pediatric ward, her body sweating beneath the hospital-issued striped pajamas. After two painfully failed IV attempts, … [Read more...]
viral
I'm happy to report that the diet hasn't been a point of contention for the past few days. Unfortunately that's because Cuyler has only eaten 2 small sausage rounds since last Thursday.He and Eva were hit hard with a virus that brought with it high temperatures and hacking coughs. Eva's temp … [Read more...]
FotoFriday – Good times.
I've been counting down the days to the end of this crummy week. Friday couldn't come soon enough...So why not go out with a bang?Cuyler was sent home from school yesterday with a fever of 103.An hour after Eva got home from school, she spiked one too.Good times, indeed... … [Read more...]
Sick Days
I've got two sick kids home today.The eldest is sequestered in her bedroom with the portable DVD player and a barf bowl. The middle is sprawled on the couch, finding something wrong with everything I offer her, focused on nothing but her own personal misery. It's one of those "I'm SO not going to … [Read more...]
The Christmas Curse
Last night we celebrated an early Christmas with my husband's sister and brother. There was a nice dinner, lovely gift exchange and lots of photos taken. There was also a five year-old whimpering on the couch, clutching a barf bowl and fighting a 103 degree fever.Merry Christmas!Without fail, every … [Read more...]
Give me fever
Actually give him fever. Cuyler.Fevers always make me super nervous with my kids. For some reason - Cuyler especially. I guess I feel like his brain is more susceptible because of his birth injury and high temperatures unnerve me with him.Last week Cuyler developed a fever. It lasted … [Read more...]