Life Happens

We have been a family of 4 for 4 weeks now and Lordy has it been a wild ride already and life sure did throw us a curve ball. The transition from 1 baby to 2 babies has been relatively smooth however “life” does not care when you have a baby or what you are going through.

After coming home from the hospital we discovered that we had a leak in our master bedroom from the condensation line of our AC unit. Chad had to tear though our master bedroom in order to replace and dry out the area of carpet that got wet.  Mind you that we do not have a guest bedroom anymore so we were all crammed in our master bedroom.

 The day before Audrey was born I took Grady to the doctor for a diaper rash. He ended up having an ear infection and they put him on some medicine. Well he was still pulling at his ear so at Audrey’s 2 week appointment I had the doctor check him again and sure enough he still had an ear infection so they put him on a high dose of antibiotics. We gave him his first dose late that afternoon and was still giving him ibuprofen since he was cutting his canines as well. That evening we were playing outside and I noticed 3 bumps on his knee which looked like small pimples. I thought he might have gotten bite by something and searched for more bumps but there wasn’t any other signs. The next morning as we were taking off his PJs we noticed more of a rash which at this point looked like a skin irritation rash. He’s had a heat rash before and it looked like the same thing. So Chad gave him another dose of his antibiotic, well later that afternoon his rash turned into hives. He wasn’t having any problems breathing or a swollen throat so Chad took him to a local urgent care that was open. They prescribed us some steroids to take in order for the rash to go down and also told us to take him off of the antibiotics. The next morning his rash looked so much better and Chad and I were both relieved. Later that afternoon it started it get bad again. Chad put him down for a nap and he woke up screaming in pain and would not stand to walk so we rushed to the emergency room. They hooked him up to an IV and gave him fluids as well as a steroid. It went down a little bit but still not the progress they were hoping for. Grady still seemed like he was having problems walking and standing. After about 3-4 hours in the emergency room they move us to the hospital to monitor until the hives got better.  After meeting with an allergist they discovered that Grady is allergic to Penicillin and Augmentin we also learned that ibuprofen can enhance a rash if you are allergic so to be careful when giving ibuprofen with antibiotics, good to know! We stayed in the hospital for 2 nights for continued monitoring and then were able to come home.

The next week I was doing Laundry and all of a sudden our dryer went out. Luckily I didn’t have any clothes in the washer and all Chad needed to do was replace a part. But we were still out of commission for a few days.

Also that week, I woke Audrey up to eat and she was burning up. I took off her sleep sack and sleeper and grabbed a few ice packs. We took her temperature and it was 102. I fed her and we took it again, still reading 102 we went up to the emergency room but this time we went to the hospital she was born at which is also the Children’s hospital in Tulsa. They hooked her up to an IV and drew blood to run all sorts of tests and it came back that she had Viral Meningitis and Rhinovirus. We are beyond blessed that it was Viral and not bacterial. We stayed at the hospital that day and we released that evening. She is on the mends and is feeling so much better thank the good Lord.

These past few weeks have been nothing sort of stressful but I cannot be more blessed that my babies are healthy and here with me. Having spent some time in the hospital you noticed other kids around you and noticed how long they have been there and just as easy as it is for me to wonder why this happened to us it’s also just as easy to wonder how blessed we are. However I do hope that the rest of my maternity leave is nothing short of relaxing.