Oh, we’ve had a hard last couple days. Lydi got a fever Thursday evening and was really fussy. Friday proved no better. In fact, her mood was a lot worse. No eating, barely drinking, low grade fever, wouldn’t let me put her down. At about 9pm last night, after what became incessant crying, inconsolable crying, I took her to the E.R. thinking she had to have a raging ear infection. They took one look in her mouth and diagnosed with her Hand Foot Mouth Disease because her mouth was full of white sores that I somehow missed (don’t know how I missed them since her mouth had been wide open screaming for quite some time). Her fever was going up, so they gave her tylenol which she promptly threw up, requiring a tylenol suppository (nice). They sent us home for what may have been one of the hardest nights in my parenting career. In the morning, I calculated that I had slept a cumulative 90 minutes. Lydia was crying and uncomfortable most of the night despite the tylenol and motrin she was getting. At 6am, she started shaking all over which led us to call CHOP in a frenzy. We were about to take her back to the E.R. when we got her to settle down a bit. She stopped crying, and I started crying. It was so hard to see her in so much pain and so sad and not be able to do anything to help her. We took her to the doctor’s again this morning, but she was doing a bit better by then and seems to be doing better yet throughout the day. I hope we’re through the worst of it.
Oh I am so sorry. Hang in there and praying she feels better soon.
Oh poor thing! (both of you actually) Hope things are getting better!
So sad! I will be praying for her and your family. I hope you can get some sleep! Take care!
oh.my.goodness.
I will pray that she gets well soon (and that BOTH of you get some sleep tonight) so sorry that you and she had to have this experience … although maybe you could look at it as a bonding experience? (ok, maybe in a few weeks you can look at it that way … )
so sorry your little one has been sick. that is terrible. At least you are here to get her through. I cant imagine what pain Olivia was in before they took her to the hospital. I want her home so i can comfort her. I hope Lydia gets better real soon, and that you are able to get some rest..
Sweet sweet picture…do you carry your camera around your neck?? :) i hope to be that good and getting so many pictures.
Oh, poor, poor baby! And, poor mama. 90 minutes of sleep is some serious torture when you are dealing with a very sick, inconsolable baby!!! I think I would have lost it. I didn’t realize it is so painful either, but TYLENOL was the best they could do???
What a heart breaking thought to think about babies who are sick and not being loved like that when they are in an orphanage. I think of that every single time my kids are really sick- who comforts them through it. It’s heartbreaking to think of.
I’m so glad she is feeling better, and I hope you are both catching up on some sleep!!!!
Oh Kelly and poor Lydia! Just about a month ago, Rachel had the same thing with strep throat an ear infection all in one week! Hands, mouth and foot is one of the most painful things for kids to get. Rachel lost 2 1/2 pounds in one week, which doesn’t sound like much, but when they are toddlers, it’s like losing 10 lbs to an adult. I’m so glad to hear that she is feeling better. It took a full week for Rachel to really start eating again. I couldn’t believe how that little weight loss affected how her clothes fit. Everything was falling off of her. She did recover and she did put the weight back on.
I enjoy following your journey and hope that we can meet soon. I would love to have our girls meet. We only live in Collegeville, so maybe we can plan a playdate at a park if you are interested.
Blessings and I pray that Lydia is 100% soon!
Blessings,
Sherry Crist
Glad Lydia is feeling a bit better now. That was the first illness Merrilee got when we brought her home, and it was my first time as a parent dealing with a sick child. Not a fun way to ease into parenting. Her fever was over 103 when she came down with it. Hope Lydia is soon back to her usual happy self (it’s a fairly short-lived illness, thankfully), and you’re soon caught up on sleep and feeling like Super Mom again! Hugs to you all!
I know *exactly* what you were going through – David had HFM this week too as did many of our friend’s kids from Pittsburgh to Ellicott City… it’s really going around. I was amazed at how painful it is – for 3 days David would be inconsolable for about 2 hours before he was due for his next motrin dose. We had 1 night like you described (and I was in tears multiple times as well) and 2 other nights that were bad but not nearly as awful. The worst was behind us in 4 days but he is still coming out of it a bit. Hang in there – it does end. I agree though… other than the croup this was by far my most heartbreaking, painful, delirious week of parenting thus far (of course being 9 months pregnant did not help my emotional state about the whole ordeal!).
Bless her heart and yours too!!!! I often think about these sick little ones and how they ever survived in the orphanage. Just sooooooo sad! Thankfully your baby girl had her mama for this one. I hope she is doing better!!!
Love and blessings,
Robin
How is she doing now? Hopefully that poor baby is doing much better!
Oh my goodness…I’m so sorry for poor little Lydia (and you too!). I hope she is feeling all better soon!!
Poor baby! Nathan has had that a couple of times. It is very painful for them. Hope no one else gets it!