Friday, April 26, 2013

The eyes, the ears, the nose, the poop!

We have been figuring out Jillian's extra appendage. The nice thing is that we can place it in the middle of the livingroom and she can get to most places in the room. We tackled going to the doctors office and visiting work. I have decided that I need a bigger carabiner to clip her backpack to things. The carabiner that we have now is not big enough to clip onto the things I need it to. Supposedly Walmart and Target carry a bigger one that is meant to clip onto strollers to hold shopping bags.
Last night Jillian got a bath. Those seam to be one of her least favorite actives. She screams like we are hurting her. We have tried many different things to make her not scream but nothing seams to work so we just do what we have to do to get her in and out. We found the the door knob in our bathroom is a good place to hang the backpack.
After her bath she fell asleep in daddy's arms. She was so out that she did not even notice when she swaddled her. When I went up to bed she was coughing. She was coughing and then choking on her mucus. Poor little thing. I stayed up for a while to make sure she was ok. It is not a good night sleep when your kiddo is coughing. She was also up at 6am coughing and crying.
This morning Jillian and I both woke up on the wrong side of the bed (poor Brent!). During the morning Jillian and I hung out at the house and I got things done. She slept a lot. She did take her 15ml of water, which she choked on :(
She had a 1:30pm doctor appointment with one of her pediatrician's colleges. They weighed her and said she was 13lb 6oz. I am pretty sure that is not a correct weight. I know she is eating more now but I am sure she did not gain 6oz in 2 days... She is suppose to gain about an once a day and three ounces a day would be crazy. The nurse also said the another parent questioned their scale this week so I think it is them. I want her to gain weight but in a healthy manor.
She was running a 99.5 temp when we got there which does not surprise me because she had a shot 10 days ago and she is sick... 
The doctor then did the exam. He went to look in her ears and they were so full he could not see in them. He ended up cleaning them out and then looked at them. He said the one ear drum is tilted which is common in  kiddos less then 2 months old but is kind of odd in a 4 month old. I'm not sure what that means... He also noticed that she has an ear infection :( He said that because she has an ear infection and eye drainage that she needs to go on antibiotics.He called the GI clinic to see if there was an antibiotic that they thought would be best to be put down her tube since we are trying to do as little by mouth as possible. He called me back tonight and said he never herd back from GI so he called our pharmacist and they figured out a good antibiotic to go in the NJ tube.  Hopefully it helps her to feel better.
While we were at the doctor office she pooped! It was a good amount but not nearly as loose as you would think it would be for a little girl who has been on laxatives for a week.
I noticed the other day while I was on the Aurora website that you can reorder your supplies online. I figured I would try that today before she is in desperate need. I got an email back saying they got my message. The one thing I noticed though is now I don't know when they might be coming. If I don't hear from them Monday then I will need to call them. I wish I could get it to automatically set to deliver the same supplies that we always need on a certain day but it seams like I need to contact them each time.
baby in front, pump in the back
After the doctor office we went to her daycare and taught her teachers how to do her tube. The nice thing is that I work there so if there is questions or problems I am able to help. Luckily the Kangaroo Joey pump is pretty user friendly.
Tonight she is very cuddly :) We are weighting right now to head out and get her meds.

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