First Cold

Emilee has her first cold. =(

Because of her Pierre Robin she already has a little trouble breathing and to add to it she has a cold. So needless to say it's been a really long two nights at our house. It's really heart breaking for me to lay in bed and listen to her struggle so much just to breath. Something that is suppose to be effortless is so hard for her. Wednesday night she had a fever and a runny nose, so we took her to the doctor on Thursday. The good news was that she weighed 9lbs 11.5oz and was 22 in long, on the down side she has a cold and thrush. I think the thrush is partly due to the fact that she can't completely clear all the milk from her mouth because she can't get her tongue all the way around the inside of her mouth, so I kind of thought we would get this before long. Dr. Robinson gave her two different medications and said that we could use 'ocean water' to clean her nose out. Talk about make her "oh so mad". First one I have to put on her tongue and massage it... and if that's not enough, hold her down to put the drops in her nose and then suck them back out. She is so mad by the time all that's over that she is screaming.

Thursday night we let her take her first big girl bath. We have still just been giving her spongy type baths waiting for a good night when Dad was home to try out the bath tub. She loved it. Didn't really splash around that much but just say content and started smiling. It was fun.

This was tonight before all the medicines and nose sucking. She was nice and happy and had some big yawns.