Sadly the turn around that we were seeing yesterday did not carry into today. I woke up at 1:45am to that deep cough again. She was not due to have another neb until 2:30am. It is hard to watch your child have a hard time breathing and you should not give them another breathing treatment for another hour. I stayed up and watch her breath. I filled her pump at 2 and then gave her a neb at 2:30. I was up a few other times watching her breath.
She got up at 9am. She has since been on the couch. Her feet have yet to hit the floor and she is a two years old, not an age notorious for resting. She did sit up and look at books for a little bit, and we also drew on her magnadoodle for a bit. She loves when we help her to write her name.
She fell asleep for a nap at 2:20pm and slept until 5:15pm. That is really strange for my little girl who normally take either no nap or at most 1hr.
During the day her cough has not sounded like a dog barking however it is very unproductive. Her nose has started flow today. Thankfully it is still clear. She sneezed earlier and it got all over her passy, and she said "oh no!" and handed me her passy to clean it. She just looked so sad.
I have loved the little smiles I have seen today. She may have not moved much but she is still a content little girl. She looks like she feels like crap, and has wanted to be held several times today and I am privileged to be her mom and be able to hold her as her body fights.
We had to make the choice tonight to put her back on steroids. I really wanted to avoid that however her body was not making the turn it needed to and her body was working harder today and she was definitely worse today then yesterday.
Here is to hoping the steroids kick in and help her. Brent is going to work from home tomorrow so I can work in the morning. It is testing time of year and I really need to be there. I am so grateful his boss is letting him work from home. That means a lot to this momma!
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