Well it seems no matter how hard you try, there is always a bug floating around somewhere waiting to find some little kid. Anyways, Zoe started getting super mucousy and coughing about a day and a half ago and last night she was running a fever of 104. So we called Children's hospital and they told us to go to the silverdale ER. We were there for several hours with them in consultation with her doctors at Childrens before they decided to transfer her to Seattle for observation. Zoe and I got to go by ambulance since they had her on a bit of oxygen (0.5liters) and therefore we couldn't transport her by car. So now we are at Childrens and they are running a bunch of tests to see what is going on. At first they thought it might be pneumonia but now they are leaning towards more of a viral thing. She tested negative for H1N1 and several other viruses so now they are runnign some more specific tests.
The doctors have started her on tammiflu anti-viral and an antibiotic. So far she is much improved. She is breathing a bit easier and finally sleeping some. Her fever is being kept under control with tylenol and motrin. The poor kid is so distraught. She is always such a happy kid, I think she juist doesn't understand why she feels so bad and why so many people are poking at her. We are inpatient at least over night and part of tomorrow and at least until her fever gets under control and she doesn't need oxygen anymore. Hopefully we'll be out by tomorrow night- she seems to be turning around quickly. Send some prayers and happy thoughts our way if you have a chance.
On a happier note, Zoe is now crawling!! On Sunday afternoon she just figured it out and took off across the carpet, it was amazing to watch. She has also started waving hello and goodby and is making all sorts of sounds. She is also just about able to pull herself from sitting to standing- all things we have been working on in her physical therapy sessions. It's incredible to see how quickly she is picking up her motor skills. It all seems to have turned around when we totally revamped her feeding routine and started making blenderized feeds for her with peas, carrots, turkey, peaches and rice milk. Since we stopped formula she is like a whole new kid: tons more energy, less vomitting, jumping and playing all day long- you can tell she feels so much better and isn't nauseous all the time anymore.
So that is the latest, hopefully it is all just a blip in the road and we are home in a day or so. Wish us luck, just thought you all would want to know.
Also, we don't need any visitiors right now, she is kind of on hospital lockdown because of the respiratory virus thing. You can email or call my cell if you have any questions. I'll keep her website updated with any new info. Hope to be writing from home in a day or so.
Thanks for all the love, Shannin