Dedication

This kid cracks me up! She loves this little chair we got her for free off of Craigslist. Last week, Charles was feeling sick and was having a hard time with the cold medications we had him on (apparently antihistamines don't react well with his body...something I will NEVER understand how he can survive without them) and I needed to get some things done around the house. So, I asked Sydney to "take care" of him. You know, kisses and such. She made me bring the chair out of her room and sit it right in front of the couch, right in front of Charles' head, facing him. Every time I tried to move her so they could watch tv or something, it was always, "No, Mommy, I take care of Papa."

Weekend

It's Friday, Sydney is dressed and watching a Baby Einstein DVD while Charles is showering. We are all finally feeling better, after a rough week of allergy and tummy problems. Not only that, but it's General Conference weekend, which means that we can just relax at home all weekend listening to uplifting music and inspiring talks. I think it could be a pretty good weekend.

Fevers and Rashes and Screaming...Oh My!

So, Saturday afternoon we noticed that Sydney was really warm. We checked her temperature and it was 102 degrees. So, we gave her some baby Tylenol and spent the evening home. She didn't show any other signs of being sick and her fever wasn't high enough to take her into the ER (and we did not want to go there AGAIN this month) so we just watched her. She still had a fever on Sunday, so Charles and I traded off going to church (I went to choir and Sacrament meeting to sing with the choir and Charles went to teach Sunday School and get sacrament with the next ward) and watching the baby. Her fever seemed to break early Monday morning, but she still had a slight fever all day. Yesterday, she was fine, so we didn't worry about calling the doctor. Then, this morning, when I went to change her diaper and dress her for the day, we noticed that she had a rash all over her chest and back and down into her diaper. So, we called the doctor and took her in to find out that she had roseola. On top of all this, she's been a pain to get to bed, staying up until midnight the other night, alternating between screaming and playing all night.

Home!

We're all home! Well, we all got home yesterday, but I was too exhausted to even think of saying anything.

Our doctor is pretty sure that Sydney had rotavirus, which causes dehydration. Normally, hospitalization is not required, but because she is so young, we (Charles and I and our doctor) all felt much better about just keeping her in the hospital, rather than multiple trips to the ER daily. Once Sydney stopped vomiting everything she ate and started acting like her usual active self, we were cleared to go home.

Sydney is doing SO much better. She's been into everything again and now crawls around the house saying "hi" or trying to mimic whatever we say. And she's almost back into her regular sleep routine (which we are glad for since we didn't want to have to sleep in her crib with her anymore). I'm just trying to catch up on a weeks worth of housework since everything got put on hold until Sydney was better.

We are thankful for all the prayers and thoughts that were sent our way. We really felt them and they are a big reason that she got better so quickly.

Prognosis Same as Usual

Well we are here at the hospital still. We will be here until tomorrow morning at least. This is day six of the adventure. The doctor came by this morning and said "We are in no hurry to send her home." So we may be here a while. It sounds like he is planning on taking his time. She seems more active today then yesterday. However, she has thrown up twice in the last 24 hours. She hates the crib here. The picture is our futile attempt to get her to sleep last night. Valerie tried it also, but Sydney threw up on her! I was able to go home and sleep a little. I guess Valerie had the raw end of that deal, but she does get free meals because she is breastfeeding still.
Anyways, we are hanging in here. Thank you all for your prayers!!