Magic Button

I wish I had a magic button that would automatically tell me if my child is sick. Since the birth of Kaitlyn, I have always struggled with if my child was actually sick, too sick to be around other kids or was sick enough to go to the doctor. I really try to follow my maternal instinct but I have been to the doctor one too many times with nothing actually wrong. And my previous pediatrician was really mean to me a couple of those times. Which brings me to my current problem: Should I take Kylie to the ENT on Friday? And do I seriously need another medical bill when I'm pretty sure I'm about to get a bill for $2000 on top of the $140 in doctors visits and $117 in prescriptions.
I still don't feel like she is breathing normal. She still grunts and breaths loudly. I haven't given her her nebulizer in a while because I'm lazy and I'm not sure it was really helping the problem that they now think she has. Ugh. So, she had some xrays last week and it showed that her lungs were clear but her adenoids were abnormally large. So I made this appointment and I'm wondering if they are going to be able to see anything and if they do, do I really want to have them removed? So we shall see on Friday. If I go.

Swimming

We have been spending lots of time at the pool in the last couple of weeks. Kaitlyn has had two swim lessons and is doing great. She really doesn't need her backpack at all and will put her face in the water with no problem. She even swam half way across our pool. Once. By force. I am really proud of her. Her only issue is that she must have her mother's coordination. She can't seem to move her arms left and right. She can move the right arm or the left arm or both together but not in sequence. Her swim instructor thinks that she just isn't doing it but I can tell by watching her, she just doesn't have the arm/mind coordination!
I'll take some pictures this weekend of the girls in the pool to post.
Kylie pretty well sticks to my side in the pool but today she started playing with Kaitlyn's ring and I have a feeling life as I've known it is over.

Prayer

I wanted to tell you two stories about God's perfect timing.
You might need to read the previous post first.
First, when Kylie was in Dr. Tabb's office, he told us she would need to go to the hospital. He left the room for a minute. John and I were immediately thinking about what we were going to do and details regarding Kaitlyn. Our minds were racing. We were scared and worried about her but we were fine. We just needed to work out the details. When Dr. Tabb came back into the room he gave us some information and he said to us, "Now before you go, let's pray." Let's pray. Of course we needed to pray and I know that we would have but we hadn't yet. That little gesture brought peace and clarity to hearts and minds. I am so thankful for his gesture. Dr. Tabb's timing was perfect because as soon as we left that room, I'm sure we would have been frantically thinking of other things. John and I were both floored at the statement because that would never happen in Atlanta. Honestly, I wish that every doctor had the courage to pray with the parents for their sick child. I think that most parents, regardless of their spiritual beliefs, would appreciate the genuine concern of the doctor and the few moments of peace.

The second story is a little more unfortunate. In case you don't know, I am very close with my grandpa in Missouri. I am so thankful that the girls and I got to visit him because I miss him. We left Missouri on Monday morning and he seemed perfectly fine. Wednesday afternoon, he had a heart attack and two stints put in. He is recuperating but if this had happened a week earlier, he wouldn't have been able to enjoy our visit. I am very sad that this happened and I am worried about his health going forward but thank you Lord for giving us that visit.

Hospital and Vacation

Okay, so it's been a month since I've updated... at first I didn't have anything to say. Then I got lazy. Then I found something to say but the internet broke. So here I am and I have something to say. Let's start at the beginning. Including the time previously recorded, Kylie had pink eye three times in three weeks. Between the second and third time she developed a not scary but not normal cough. It wasn't a big deal but after the third bout of pink eye I knew something was going on. (Actually, I knew something was going on this whole time but I couldn't find a medical professional to confirm it.) So, Saturday before our trip to Missouri, after the third bout of pink eye, I pack up and go wait at the doctor. "Bad luck." was the what was wrong with her. So we leave for Missouri on Tuesday (arrive Wednesday) the cough has gotten much more frequent but John's allergies were haywire so I thought that might be the cause. By Thursday night I called John's mom to find out what wheezing sounded like. I decided that Friday morning I would take her in. John went off fishing early in the morning and I woke up with a baby as pale as a sheet that could barely breath. Then she threw up. My step-mother Chris, called in a favor with her doctor. He looked at her for five minutes and said, "I can call you an ambulance but you can probably drive to Springfield faster." What? She stayed all night at the hospital and had a chest x-ray. The chest x-ray showed light pneumonia but the official diagnosis from the hospital (don't get me started) was reactive airway. We have been out of the hospital for almost two weeks and poor baby Ky is still on breathing treatments. We went to the doctor last Saturday and found out that while she still has inflammation in her airway, she also developed another ear infection. Are we ever going to get over this??? All this from a kid who hasn't been sick in her 13 months! Its annoying but it's easy to keep a little asthma in perspective when my niece has had brain surgery twice in two months. If you read this, please say a little prayer for her development and her parents.