November 23rd Frankie woke up super early in the morning gasping for air. It was super scary.
Previously, Joey had a really bad night time cough that we e-mailed our doctor about. We weren't alarmed with Joey because he's had respiratory issues since he was a baby and we're used to it with him and usually know what to do since he has two puffers on hand in case he has a flare up. The doctor said it sounded like Joey had croup, but we weren't worried because his cough was mostly contained to a barky coughing episode every couple of hours and he didn't have any trouble breathing.
Croup is viral, though and Frankie got it shortly after Joey was finished with it and it hit her little system so much harder because she's littler. Croup can definitely be scary because she was literally having trouble breathing. It was the longest drive to the emergency ever. Stuart obviously stayed home with Joey, so it was just me and Frankie at the hospital. They gave her a 'breathing treatment' which is basically adrenaline that you inhale for a good fifteen minutes. (I held a wand and she breathed it in) She actually did really well. I thought she might squirm or turn her head away, but I think she enjoyed the mist in her face and it actually calmed her down. After that she had some steroid medication orally that would stop any inflammation and we sat in the emergency room for three hours while they monitored her because they wanted to make sure her heart rate didn't spike from all of the adrenaline.
It was a long three hours because she was super upset about having a monitor thing taped to her big toe and I was exhausted and couldn't even stand up from some kind of nerve pain I've been experiencing in my leg that had flared up the night before so bad that I was literally crawling around the house because walking was too painful. Super bad timing.
Anyway - that happened early Wednesday morning and I didn't want to risk infecting any of my friends kids with the virus at our Thanksgiving gathering that we've had planned and organized for over a month. I was so excited about it and looking forward to it for weeks. But, things happen and I'm so glad Frankie is a-okay.
Thanksgiving
Thursday (thanksgiving day) we were invited to family friends for thanksgiving (in lieu of being able to go to our friends thanksgiving) and no kids were going to be there, so it was safe for our family to join. I was so so so happy that we had another gathering to go to, because it would have been depressing to be home on thanksgiving by ourselves, especially since I hadn't gone out and gotten anything special to prepare for Thursday except for the side dish that I was going to bring to the other event.
My silly kids while I was cooking just had to be in the kitchen with me :)
Thanksgiving at the Heath's was awesome. The only downsides were that I was feeling really pregnancy sick and barfed three times while we were there after barely eating and Joey didn't have any nap because of the timing of the meal and he was acting like a crazy guy, running around the house yelling half the time. Yikes! But it was so nice to be there that all the niceness of the whole thing overshadowed the hard parts.
(Black) Friday
Something fun and cool that happened yesterday was that I went out with my friend Chelsea for a walk on my favorite trail for two and a half hours and it was so fun. We never ran out of things to talk about! I really like her and we're going for a walk again today and are going to try and make it a super regular thing, which I'm completely stoked about. Yay!!
16 Week Bump!
Hey! Tomorrow I'll officially be 16 weeks. Baby is the size of an avocado now! Hereeee's my bump! and my super dirty pants! haha
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