Sick!

This weekend it wasn't Annika in the ER! It was little Izzy.....poor thing! She was having a hard time breathing and was so sleepy & not eating well on Friday, so I took her to the Dr. on Saturday morning. The doctor sent me right over to the ER and made arrangements so I did not have to wait because I "had a very sick little girl and she needed treatment right away," I heard her tell the ER over the phone. She gave me the worst case scenerio so I could be prepared, so it was pretty scary. Luckily the ER was right next door. I felt like I was on "ER"......there Izzy was on the bed with 5 doctor's and nurses all doing something to her. She tested positive for RSV and they took some blood and gave her a breathing treatment and then admitted us to the hospital. She is so small and to see her sick was really difficult! I've gone through the hospital scene when Erik and Annika got their tonsils out, but this was a little different. She did super, though. She slept from 2 on Saturday until 4 Sunday morning. I had to work really hard to get her to nurse, and she never even opened her eyes during 4 breathing treatments! Yesterday she perked up and was doing a lot better, so last night was basically just for observation in case she got worse......she didn't. :)

I did get to watch a lot of the Food Network and HGTV while she slept!! So, I have some new Christmas ideas, but I'm sure won't have time to put them into action. I was starting to go crazy last evening and when Tim and the kids came to switch cars with me Erik was all concerned about my red eyes! Apparently they got blood shot watching too much TV!! I didn't come prepared, so I had nothing to do.....the nurse gave me scrubs to wear to bed. Tim couldn't bring me anything b/c I had the van with all the car seats and Saturday night was an ice storm. But, we all survived.

Isabel's a trooper and I pray this isn't the beginning of many more sicknesses for her. Being she is so young, I'm scared she'll be prone to it. I guess we'll see what this year holds.

My camera died at the hospital, so I only have this one from her sleeping in the big bed.


Here she is right after we got home with her stickers that hold the oxygen tubes still on her cheeks!

And, here she is all peaceful on the way home.

Please keep her in your prayers as we head into the cold and flu season. I do not want her to have to go through this again! As I think of it, please pray that the older kids stay healthy....they are the ones that would bring the "ickies" home to her! A good thing did come out of this already......Tim realized how hard it is to be a stay-at-home mom (or dad!). It was funny to listen to him talk about how he had such good intentions about getting the house cleaned and the floors mopped....yadda, yadda.....but just couldn't get it done with the kids being around and all the interruptions. So....I get to get a cleaning lady. God is good. *grin*