LOVE these kids!
They look so big!
Mason showing Karli "nigh night"
Karli going "nigh night"
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Mason comes to visit!
Uncle Nathan, Aunt Danielle and Cousin Mason came to visit because Nathan had some work out here. We were able to spend some time with them at the beautiful hotel they were staying at. It was so adorable to see them together and spend time with my brother and sister in law! Karli and Mason love each other so much.
Catching up
Ok, I am so behind on blogging. We went to California about a month ago, and we are going back in 4 days. But I thought I would post some of the adorable fun that Karli and I had out in California. Daddy was at Sundance Film Festival in Utah so I talked him into letting Karli and me go to Cali so we didn't have to be home alone in AZ.
Karli needed some good quality time with her friends and so did her mommy so we all head to the mall.
Karli needed some good quality time with her friends and so did her mommy so we all head to the mall.
Karli walking along the "Wawa" fountain
It is crazy to think there are 8 babies in this picture (3 are not born yet)
karli with Grandma
Adorable Paityn, Just learned to walk.
The boys showing off for the ladies
BFF kisses
Babies on the Loose!
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Our nightmare
About 4 weeks ago Karli started to show signs of a cold. The cold lasted a couple days but I noticed she was very irritable and fussy. I just thought, she probably doesn't feel well. On Saturday of that week she started to get a fever and losing her appetite. By Sunday she was extremely sick and would hardly drink. I decided we should take her to urgent care. To say that the Urgent Care we went to was incompetent would be an understatement. The Nurse Practitioner didn't know what she was doing. She looked in her ears and said there was a lot of wax so she couldn't tell what was wrong. Did a chest x-ray. 2 1/2 hours later she sent us home with an antibiotic and told us to go to the ER if she gets worse. Karli continued to fever and was drinking and eating less. The next morning she was worse so we went to the pediatrician. Karli had reached 105 that day. The pediatrician took one look at her ear and said she had a really bad ear infection and gave her a shot of an antibiotic. There was something in me that didn't feel like it was just an ear infection, she was way too sick to just have an ear infection. I asked the doctor if it could possibly be an Urinary tract infection. He said no, it is just an ear infection.
We went home then Karli went down for her nap. She wrestled in her sleep and moaned for a 1/2 hour. I went and checked on her and she was burning up. 107 was her temp. I immediately called the doctor while Jason started a luke warm bath to get her temp down. She was super lethargic. Our pediatrician won't let you speak directly to him, you have to speak to a nurse. The nurse said to put her in the bath, if the fever goes down she will be ok. Sure enough it went down to 101. We were so happy! The nurse had informed me to give her tylenol then motrin every 3 hours (Which I later found out was bad advice) but God gave me discernment to only do it every 4 hours.
That night she started eating a little, we were so encouraged. I was holding her and then she threw up everything. I knew she wasn't getting better.
The next day she still wasn't drinking and she was running a high temp again and she would scream and squirm like she was in intense pain. I held her weeping trying to console her but there was nothing I could do. I called the doctor and again I got that nurse and she told me to go to the ER. Thank God I did.
Karli hadn't had a wet diaper in about 7 hours and would cry with no tears. I knew she was dehydrated. Sure enough, when we got to the hospital, they put in an IV in right away and ran 4 different tests, all of which we had to pin her down for (one of the hardest things I have ever had to do). As they were running the tests, I looked over to Jason who had tear stained eyes. Our poor baby was in so much pain and it was taking everything within us to hold it together. The horrible thing is you can't explain to your child what is going on. She would look at me as if to stay "Make it stop mommy." and there was nothing I could do. They put a little cast around Karli's IV so she couldn't pull it out.
Then we waited in a holding room filled with other sick kids. Luckily the Therapy dogs came to visit and made Karli's day. Finally, about 3 hours later we meet with the Dr. again who tells us her white blood cell count was way too high and they are putting her on an antibiotic through the IV. He says due to her condition he would like to admit her to the hospital and have her stay overnight. I must say, I was kind of relieved to hear that they wanted to keep her. I was scared to take her home because I was afraid she would get sick again and I didn't know how much more we could take.
Thankfully about an hour after we got into our hospital room Karli was getting back to her normal self. The fluids were making a HUGE difference.
The next day was filled with more tests. I think by this point I was so exhausted I couldn't hold it in anymore. We went to get an ultrasound of her kidneys and Karli screamed the whole time. I laid next to her stroking her hair and singing "Jesus Loves me" while tears rolled down my face. This poor little girl had been through so much and I just felt so awful for her.
We went home then Karli went down for her nap. She wrestled in her sleep and moaned for a 1/2 hour. I went and checked on her and she was burning up. 107 was her temp. I immediately called the doctor while Jason started a luke warm bath to get her temp down. She was super lethargic. Our pediatrician won't let you speak directly to him, you have to speak to a nurse. The nurse said to put her in the bath, if the fever goes down she will be ok. Sure enough it went down to 101. We were so happy! The nurse had informed me to give her tylenol then motrin every 3 hours (Which I later found out was bad advice) but God gave me discernment to only do it every 4 hours.
That night she started eating a little, we were so encouraged. I was holding her and then she threw up everything. I knew she wasn't getting better.
The next day she still wasn't drinking and she was running a high temp again and she would scream and squirm like she was in intense pain. I held her weeping trying to console her but there was nothing I could do. I called the doctor and again I got that nurse and she told me to go to the ER. Thank God I did.
Karli hadn't had a wet diaper in about 7 hours and would cry with no tears. I knew she was dehydrated. Sure enough, when we got to the hospital, they put in an IV in right away and ran 4 different tests, all of which we had to pin her down for (one of the hardest things I have ever had to do). As they were running the tests, I looked over to Jason who had tear stained eyes. Our poor baby was in so much pain and it was taking everything within us to hold it together. The horrible thing is you can't explain to your child what is going on. She would look at me as if to stay "Make it stop mommy." and there was nothing I could do. They put a little cast around Karli's IV so she couldn't pull it out.
Then we waited in a holding room filled with other sick kids. Luckily the Therapy dogs came to visit and made Karli's day. Finally, about 3 hours later we meet with the Dr. again who tells us her white blood cell count was way too high and they are putting her on an antibiotic through the IV. He says due to her condition he would like to admit her to the hospital and have her stay overnight. I must say, I was kind of relieved to hear that they wanted to keep her. I was scared to take her home because I was afraid she would get sick again and I didn't know how much more we could take.
Karli with Daddy in the waiting room, waiting to hear from the Dr.
The next day was filled with more tests. I think by this point I was so exhausted I couldn't hold it in anymore. We went to get an ultrasound of her kidneys and Karli screamed the whole time. I laid next to her stroking her hair and singing "Jesus Loves me" while tears rolled down my face. This poor little girl had been through so much and I just felt so awful for her.
Feeling better having the IV in, in our temporary room until an upstairs room opened
Finally moved into our hospital room. All of the rooms were taken when we first got there
Karli playing in the toy room. She was in heaven!
Thankfully all of the tests came back normal and we were able to leave that night. Karli was able to play with some really cool toys and was able to see the therapy dogs. While there God gave us such a heart for the families who practically live in the hospital with their little ones. We only had to stay 2 days. I pray differently for those families having had a little taste of what they go through. I thank God that Karli seems to be doing well and I pray we wont have to experience this again.
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