We've had quite the eventful weekend! Last Wednesday Ella had a fever, nothing bad, she just felt warm. It seemed to go down during the day on Thursday, and she was acting like her normal self. Running around, getting into everything! That night we gave her a bath and she screamed the entire time, very unlike Ella. When we got her out and wrapped her up in the towel, she snuggled into me and almost fell asleep on my shoulder. (While we were sitting on the bathroom floor. Quite comfortable!) She went to bed fine and I figured she would be okay on Friday. Wrong! Ella woke up at 3:00am and felt extremely hot. I woke up Joe and we took her temperature. Shockingly, it was 105 degrees! We called her pediatrician, who told us to take her to Children's Hospital ER. By the time we got here, her temperature had decreased to 103.6. At first the doctor thought she maybe had a urinary tract infection, since she didn't have any other symptoms except the high fever. Then he looked in her ears and discovered she had an ear infection. So he started her on amoxicillian and told us to follow up with our pediatrician in 2-3 days, which brings us to today. We went to the doctor this morning and it looks like she still has the ear infections, and the amoxicillian caused a rash, so we had to start a new antibiotic, Zithromax, for 5 more days. Needless to say, Ella is NOT a happy camper. The doctor suggested giving some Benadryl for the rash, which I did a bit earlier, and Ella has been sleeping ever since! I sure hope she wakes up soon, or we have a late night ahead of us.
My best friend from childhood, Andrea, came to visit this weekend. She's Ella's Godmother, but since she lives in Ohio, we don't see each other very often. Andrea hadn't seen Ella since her baptism! Unfortunately, Ella wasn't feeling good and was pretty grumpy all weekend. She threw in a few tantrums just for kicks...sorry Ange! :) Hopefully next time Ella wont be sick!
No new baby news at this point. I still feel like crap most of the time, which isn't fun at all. Last week I had to call work and come in 2 hours late because I felt so sick. I really hope this passes as I near the 2nd trimester. It's nice having 2 other friends pregnant right now and due at the same time, so we can all go through it together. Thanks guys!
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