ER X 2

2 . . . that is the number of times we were at the ER this week. Sunday Johanna took three naps. I think they totaled about 6 hours. She was also very clingy and wanted to be held all the time. Then she started crying. A LOT!! She had just cut another tooth on the bottom but I thought her behavior was still very odd. By evening I was very concerned because she would cough and then cry like it really hurt. Off to the ER we went. We had a child in daycare earlier that was diagnosed with strep throat and one with hand, foot and mouth. I was not taking any chances.

The ER wasn't busy and we were out in about an hour. That is VERY unusual for our ER. The dr. said Johanna seemed to have a little bronchitis and prescribed Zythomax. This was found after the chest x-ray which is the absolute worst thing I have ever seen!! I cried almost as much as Johanna during it.

Monday Johanna woke up with a wet diaper. Later she had a poopy one. That was it for the day. She wouldn't eat or drink. She wanted nothing in her mouth. She had a couple of tiny blisters in her mouth and then broke out in red spots on her legs, stomach, back and bottom. I finally made a call to the hospital to have the on-call ped call me. He said that if she hadn't had a wet diaper all day I needed to get her to the ER. Back we went.

This time they were busy. A different dr. was there this one moved much quicker than the dr. the previous night. We were there just over two hours. Johanna was not dehydrated but now had blisters in her throat. What do we do for that? Put Benedryl on a q-tip and put it on the blisters. Not and easy task.

Today is Wednesday and she seems to be doing much better. She has taken a bottle eaten some food and drank some Pedialyte. I am praying this is the last time she is sick until she can talk.