Diagnosis.

*sigh* So the last 24 hours have been interesting to say the least. Kadence wasn't too much of a handful last night. Temperature was still around 101 when I put her down for bed, but she went down easy. Got up several times thru out the night and was pouring sweat, but the fever went down to 99 and stayed there the whole night. Woke her up this morning and bathed her and all was well, ate a decent breakfast and even started hoarding her pancakes in the bedroom :)

Went ahead and checked her temp right before we left and she was back up to 101 again (ugh) so we loaded up the car and started the hour long trek to the pediatrician. Half way down and running late, Kadence started hacking a lung and basically puked EVERYWHERE. Lovie, outfit, carseat. You name it. Luckily Jason had stashed some rags in the bag of the car without me knowing -- thank God since I'd recently cleaned out my truck. So got her cleaned up on the side of the highway and made it to our appointment on time.

Turns out she has a the flu (don't think it's the stomach kind though..think the hacking tripped her gag reflex and made her puke) and she has a double earache. They put her on Tylenol and Motrin (the generic equivalents) alternating every 3 hours and a heavy dosage of the pink stuff for the ears for the next 10 days. I also had the doctor check out my own ear even though she couldn't treat me for it and she was amazed that it was so bad and that I hadn't had 'symptoms' for very long. Needless to say, she told me to get to a doctor, but I refuse to pay $115 for a walk in clinic just to get some free pink stuff at Publix. So I grabbed some ear drops and I'm hoping it'll do the trick. Crossing fingers.

xo

Ugh. STILL Sick!

So today was again "Fever Thursday" and again, we weren't allowed to let her go see Dylan for their usual playdate. This is going on a couple weeks now where they either haven't seen each other or it's been short lived with KK having to go home early. It's such a bummer too -- we were suppose to go to the zoo with D and her mommy tomorrow and that's probably not going to happen now.

I was getting her changed this morning and dressing her for our park play date and she felt really warm. I ran her temp and we were at 100.1 -- I decided to give her some Children's Advil and bundle her up (beautiful 75 degree day outside) and take her out to have lunch with daddy. When we got home, her temp was at 101.2 so I laid her down for a nap and hoped that it would lower itself. Well after nap (several hours later) we were at 102.4. So I gave her another dose of Children's Advil and called the pediatrician who booked me an appointment for tomorrow at 10am. So apparently they're not too concerned about it. She did say that if it didn't go down or got any higher to take her to the emergency room tonight. UGH

So after dealing with this for the last 4 weeks and having my kiddo miss out on playing with her bestie I made a solid decision and sent an email to the school's director where she currently attends and told her we'd finish out what we've paid for and that we'd be pulling her out after that. I just can't continue to pay for something that has her sick all the time and what she truly enjoys (playing with D) is being compromised with her being sick. It's not fair to her, us or little D. So we're done. I'll figure something else out.

We did go and play in the park on Tuesday so that she could get some fresh air after being cooped up in the house all weekend. She had a blast and I literally took over 150+ pictures of her just running around :) Can't wait till I have a remote so I can be in some of them. Just me being lazy and not ordering one. HAHA what's new. Here's a few snap shots of the cutie to tide everyone over. xo

Still Sick.

So I sent KK to school yesterday again even though she had a little runny nose -- I hadn't noticed a fever since Thursday, but she has been super cranky via the new teeth coming in, so it gave me a couple carefree hours to breathe for the day. I wish I would've taken a picture of her outfit, I made sure she was all springy since the weather was beautiful outside. Won't be the last time she wears it :)

School went off without a hitch. Still no napping though, but at least she 'looked' tired and seemed like she'd go down a couple different times (haha 2 hour nap once she got home) The craft for the day was to tear paper for a future project, and normally that's right up KK's alley. But she shyed away helping and just crumpled paper instead. When I got there to pick her up, I sat outside the classroom for a couple minutes to watch her play before she saw me. They had her in a pack and play by herself while the other kiddos were running around. I assumed this meant they'd gotten he to sleep, but when I walked in, the teacher just smiled at me and shook my head. She apologized for her being in the pack and play. Apparently they have to put her in there while they clean up the room at the end of each day so she doesn't destroy it right behind them. Guess we need to start learning the clean up game :)

Later on in the night, she seemed ultra fussy. She had a pretty good dinner and snack before bed so I thought we'd be good to go. She woke up every hour on the hour for most of the night and then we had a little break so I could sleep. Around 3ish, she started getting up every 20 minutes or so. I thought she might be cold, so I covered her with blankets and turned the heater on. Then I thought it might be her teeth, so I gave her some Orajel and tablets. Then I figured it might just be her being a PITB, so I rocked her for a little bit. Finally, she started getting pretty frantic after several rounds of this, so I checked her forehead and low and behold, she had a fever. Was at 100.1 -- so I gave her some Children's Advil and put her back down and sang to her. An hour or so later, I checked it again and it was down to 99. That stuff works miracles. All in all, fever is gone this morning, but the teething is still making her cranky. Should be a fun day.

OH -- I almost forgot! Kadence can officially open doors now. We have the pull down kind of door handles and she is all about them now. Luckily I always keep our front door locked, so she's still house bound :)

xo

Quick Wrap-up.

So just to catch everyone up on what happened last week -- KK had a great week at school again. Wednesday was a little trying for me though when I went to pick her up. The teacher I could tell was a having a bad day, so I'm sure she didn't mean to come off the way she sounded -- let's just say, she acted as though I was lying about Kadence ever taking naps in the afternoon and I had to assure her that yes, at home she did in fact take naps, but it would take some time before she was comfortable taking one in a room with 8 other little kids. Needless to say, she got to play in the chapel a lot this week so that the other children could take them. She came home that day with the sniffles and I didn't think anything of it.

Well, Thursday was her usual play date with Dylan for the day. (See Dylan's Day letter at the bottom) I checked her temperature and she'd slept good through out the night, so we went along as planned. Around lunch time though, I got a call from Peggy saying that her temperature was at 100.7! KK's first little fever! I went and picked her up and after some Children's Advil and a nap, we were back down to 99.1 and then back to completely normal before bed. Glad we caught it in the butt when we did!

We left Friday morning to go to my folks house for the weekend -- Jason had to work, so it was a girl's only adventure. It didn't take long for her to fall asleep and believe me, when she did, it was peddle to the metal. We managed to make it in under 5 hours and she was definitely starting to get fussy towards the end. The weekend was great. Grampa got her an awesome little reclining chair! (I'll post picture soon) It's camouflage and has a little cup holder and everything! She LOVES the thing! I mean obsessed with it! She climbed right up in it and started flailing herself around in it and trying to climb over it. After a couple heart attacks on my part, we had to hide it for the rest of the weekend. Most definitely a supervised toy :) My mom got her the VTech Alphabet Train and she loves it too. She's played with one that her little friend has, but not for very long. She already had the hang of it though before we could even finish hooking it all up. All in all, it was a great 'second' Christmas for her! Driving home was a little wearing on me though -- she woke up way to early from her nap and preceded to scream the rest of the 2 hours home. I had to stop several times to make sure she didn't actually "need" something -- water, food, diaper, Orajel (yes, we're teething again..ugh), lovie, etc. Nothing. Not a darn thing. Luckily we both made it home in one piece and she was more than happy to be home and out of the car. Makes two of us.

She woke up this morning and still has a little bit of a runny nose, but no other cold symptoms. School was great..she's still learning baby sign language and I've started trying to use it more at home and make it part of her routine. She only had two other kiddos in class today. They had cupcakes and made little Valentines for the parents. Was totally cute! You guessed it though, she still didn't take a nap. Guess some things never change :)

Last Week's Dylan's Day!

Here's the PDF I promised. Sorry guys, Peggy was having trouble with the website wanting to convert it over for her. Was going to add this to yesterday's update, but decided to keep it separate so it could be enjoyed on it's own :)

{Remember, click to make them larger, I know it's still hard to read. Sorry}

First Week of School!

OMGosh..I'm such a bad mom. Well, maybe not a bad mom, just a very busy one. I thought I'd already posted a little blurb last week at some point about how her little "school" was going, but after double checking...I realized I haven't posted anything in almost two weeks! UGH Here's the scoop..

Saturday (the 28th) We went to church as usual. Kadence had a great time in her little class. Right as we were walking into the hallway to pick her up after service, we noticed one of the workers filling out an 'incident report' for KK. Apparently right before we got there, she'd fallen into the cubbies and busted her head on the side of them. They didn't even know it happened since she never cried, they just looked over and saw a HUGE red mark on her forehead. That's my girl :) We went to a little country buffet for dinner afterwards and she was not eating anything we gave to her..until MeeMaw grabbed a couple cookies for dessert. Then it was game on! She's not spoiled or anything. (sarcasm)

So Monday (the 30th) was her first day at El Jardin de Los Ninos (The Children's Garden) -- her teacher was out with a sick kid herself, so we got to meet the director's daughter who was covering for her. Jason was able to come with me to drop her off. I've never seen Kadence so clingy before! She just would NOT let go of either one of us. Eventually some other kids started to show up and we were able to sneak off very quickly without any fuss. It was nice having the day to myself, but I'm not lying when I say I couldn't wait to pick her up!! I missed her so much :) She didn't take a nap -- in fact none of the little girls that day, they boycotted it -- so they let the boys sleep and walked them down to the chapel so they could run around and be crazy. Picked her up and she was asleep in the car seat before I could even drive the 1 mile trip home! Oh! I almost forgot, while I was getting her ready for school, she started to clap for the first time. I was such a proud mommy!

Her second day of school on Wednesday (the 1st) went just as well. She didn't nap again even though they tried for over an hour. They just rocked and rocked and sang and sang. And nothing. I find it quite comical myself, but luckily she wasn't the only one again. So she got to go down to the chapel again and run around with the other kiddos. Before we got home, passed out again :)

Thursday (the 2nd) was Dylan's Day again and I was able to drop her off a little earlier this week so they could play a bit more before nap time. Peggy sent me another "newsletter" for the day but for some reason we can't convert this one. So bare with me and I'll try to get it up soon. She said Kadence did great with the bath this time and was even able to wash her hair! HA such a huge improvement! It was so cute -- as soon as we got there -- I told Kadence to give D a hug and she reached for her little hand and pulled her to her. Dylan being so much taller made it look more like a headlock, but the love was there! Here's some quick pics..

Love her little expression in this one. She does this face all the time!

So Friday night (the 3rd) we went over to Dylan's house again because her mommy was having some friends over for a 'happy hour' -- what a perfect excuse to get the kiddos together again to play for the week. They were running around and playing pretty hard...making such a ruckus. At one point, Kadence was running and screaming by herself towards the kitchen and she tripped and busted her mouth wide open. I still don't know where all the blood was coming from, but I think it was the roof of her mouth behind her teeth. I ran over to her right away and she wasn't bleeding yet...I just sat and rocked her on the floor till she pulled away and I noticed that her and myself were covered in blood. (ewww) So it took almost 10 minutes to get it to stop, but as soon as she was done, it was like it never even happened. I don't know how she does it. Luckily for her, the blood was all over her bib and me, so she was good to go. HA

We had a pretty uneventful weekend -- and today KK had school again. Same routine: Ate a ton, didn't sleep, terrorized the books in the classroom. I got a video of her pulling out every single one before she realized that I was peeking thru the window watching her :) She's a hot mess.

xo