My Poor Little Sweetie

Is so very sick. My poor little Hailey has had a cold for about a week and a half. What a coincidence that two weeks ago we went to a playgroup and there was a little boy there with a runny nose. His mom said, "Oh, he's just teething." Mm-hmm.

Well about three days later Hailey's nose started running. Since Hailey has turned one she has had one cold after another. She was perfectly healthy for the entire first year of her life (minus about 2 days when she got her first cold). Something about turning one did not agree with her. Or- could it be that we joined several mommy groups and playgroups right around that time too?

I know that kids are germ factories and colds and viruses are to be expected- but if you know your child is sick- keep him/her at home.

Anyhoo- Hailey's cold seemed to be like her other ones and she was feeling better by the middle of last week. But, Friday afternoon her cough was back and sounded much worse than usual. During the night she coughed and coughed non-stop. By Saturday morning I knew her cough was different so we went to the doctor.

Sure enough- as soon as we got into the room, the nurse said, "Oh, she doesn't sound good it's a good thing you brought her in." The doctor came in and heard the wheezing right away. So, they gave her a breathing treatment in the office which seemed to help.

The doctor said that there is a virus going around right now that is causing wheezing and that this does not necessarily mean that Hailey has asthma. I certainly hope that is the case. My dad and bother both had pretty severe asthma as children and my brother developed his at the age that Hailey is right now. I have problems with asthma when I get sick. So, given that history I am worried that it might not just be this particular virus.

Anyways, after purchasing our own breathing treatment machine, and a prescription of Albuterol we came home. Now every four hours Hailey has to get a breathing treatment and she has been really good about it. It almost seems like the treatment makes her coughing temporarily worse and it makes her nose run like crazy. But, it makes the whistling, wheezing noise stop- so I guess it is doing what it is supposed to.

Apparently the medication is also making it hard for her to sleep- even though the doctor said it shouldn't. She barely napped yesterday but once I finally got her to sleep around 10:15pm last night she actually slept pretty good. She has to propped almost upright in order to get any relief from her coughing. (I'm actually holding her upright right now so she can nap.)

Then this morning she woke up with a fever too. So, she is really having a hard day. So, please pray for my poor little sweetie that she will feel better soon and that this wheezing is not the start of asthma but is just part of this virus.

We are going to be taking a break from our mommy groups and playgroups for a little bit. While Hailey loves going and playing with new toys and seeing her friends- and I need some adult interaction- it is just not worth this.