Re: Need to vent, Abby is sick

January 28, 2005

Marcy,

Finally Abby is able to drink a little this morning. We do the fill the straw

with Sprite and I stick it in her mouth. She has always responded to this. She

is currently eating a cracker so I hope all this stays down. Abby had her

tonsils and adnoids out in May 2004. She had severe sleep apnea and would snore

so loud she would wake the whole house up. I never knew such a little body

could produce such a loud noise. Abby is having her second set of ear tubes put

in on February 21st. In fact, we are doing everything in one shot, her little

brother (in size he blows her away) who is 3 is also having his second set of

tubes and his adnoids out that day. Abby gets a cold and it goes straight to

her ears. The first set of tubes...one is out and one is almost out. She

rarely gets a fever with her ear infections. She typically gets a yucky nose

and I immediately call the doctor. In fact, sometimes I think her regular

pediatrician thinks I am some crazy woman. Tyler complains of

his ear hurting and I am in the doctor's office. Two weeks ago this happened

and Tyler's ears were clear. One week later to the day I ended up at the

Immediate Care Center with Tyler and he did have an ear infection that was

bulging. I am no crazy woman, I just know my kids.

Sounds like you need to stay warm too. It is 13 here right now. My mom is here

from Florida for four days (Abby was supposed to spend the day with her today)

and she has decided she was nuts for coming to this cold weather. The truth is

she cannot spend more than a month away from her grandchildren. My parents live

here in Indy 7 months and Florida 5 months. She just picked up my 3 year old,

Tyler, so I hope Abby will take a nap so I can catch up on lost sleep. Pregnant

and going on little sleep is not a good combo.

Take care,

Amy

Marcy Conley wrote:

Amy,

You can vent anytime. Poor Abby, Can she drink?The poor kid needs a break. Last

time na was sick i gave her a teaspoon of gatoraid every ten minutes for an

hour. We made a game of it, we set the alarm clock and took sips. She didn't

want anything but lay on my shoulder and hold her. After a 4 hr nap she seemed

better and was running around. Did the ent ever say anything about her adnoids

or tonsils. na used to get infections every month only she has such a high

tolence for pain, we would go and they would look at me like i was the worst

mother because her inner ears would be inflamed and all she would say is they

are itchy. She wouldn't act different at all. Now i see her hands go near her

ears and call. Her ENT said where she gets colds they seem to turn to sinsus and

then come out her ears because the fluid has to come out some where. ( very lay

man terms). It is aweful when they are sick like this.

Stay warm.

It is 0 degrees here.

Marcy na mom 4 27lbs 35inches

nickolfamily wrote:

Just when we had made great weight gains Abby gets sick with

everything under the sun. First, she has a double ear infection,

again. She just had one six weeks ago. One ear is bulging and red

the other had so much infection draining out (that is the ear that

still has a tube) that the doctor had to vaccuum out her ear.

Yuck!! The ENT doctor gave us three prescriptions. Took those in

and were waiting in the van for them to be done, Abby gets sick in

the van. Not good. She slept all evening which was fine, but then

was up sick in the middle of the night again. She has not had

anything to eat since Wednesday evening. She has not even been able

to start her by mouth antibiotics yet. I see her losing weight

before my eyes. We were doing so good. Oh well, what can you do.

At least we are inside where it is warm because it is very cold

outside.

Thanks for listening to me vent.

Amy (mom to Abby-RSS, periactin, GH, 4 1/2 yrs, 23.5 lbs. & Tyler-

non RSS & baby boy due in July

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January 28, 2005

Sorry to hear about Abby! I hope she feels better soon!

mom to Autumn

>

> Just when we had made great weight gains Abby gets sick with

> everything under the sun. First, she has a double ear infection,

> again. She just had one six weeks ago. One ear is bulging and red

> the other had so much infection draining out (that is the ear that

> still has a tube) that the doctor had to vaccuum out her ear.

> Yuck!! The ENT doctor gave us three prescriptions. Took those in

> and were waiting in the van for them to be done, Abby gets sick in

> the van. Not good. She slept all evening which was fine, but then

> was up sick in the middle of the night again. She has not had

> anything to eat since Wednesday evening. She has not even been

able

> to start her by mouth antibiotics yet. I see her losing weight

> before my eyes. We were doing so good. Oh well, what can you do.

> At least we are inside where it is warm because it is very cold

> outside.

>

> Thanks for listening to me vent.

>

> Amy (mom to Abby-RSS, periactin, GH, 4 1/2 yrs, 23.5 lbs. & Tyler-

> non RSS & baby boy due in July

January 28, 2005

Hi Amy,

Sorry to hear that Abby is sick. I do hope she recovers quickly and

completly.

In the mean time, I hope you can start her on the anitbiotics soon.

Can you crush them up and put them in a drink for her?

Please keep us informe on how she is doing.

Good Luck,

Ken M