Canche Chronicles: Haley is sick and small

Tuesday morning Haley had her 2 year well-check at 10:15. You would think that we would have plenty of time to get out the door but both girls slept in until close to nine and we really had to be out the door by 9:45 because it takes a while to get in the car and find parking and they want you to get there fifteen minutes early to fill out paperwork. We made it in time but David dropped Haley and I off at the door and parked with Emily. Haley did fairly well during her examination, she was not happy when Dr. Bangell was looking at her ears and mouth but that part went quickly. Haley has been coughing and wheezing when she breathes the last two days so we asked Dr. Bagnell to take a close look at her lungs. Dr. Bagnell ended up having the nurses bring in a nebulizer for Haley to try out. I guess it is commonly used with kids who have bad allergies and asthma and Dr. Bangell thinks that Haley may be one of those kids. Anyways, I thought that Haley would definitely not allow them to put a weird thing over her mouth after her protests with the ear and mouth examinations but she did not seem to mind at all. She had to have the nebulizer on her for at least five minutes and she kept it on the whole time without complaining. Dr. Bagnell prescribed a cream for Haley's eczema and a nebulizer for us to get for her asthma/allergies. I'm a bit skeptical of the nebulizer, I'll keep you updated on if the thing actually makes a difference. Anyways, here are Haley's stats from the appointment:

Height: 32 inches (9.61%)

Weight: 20lbs (.15% - that's right, not even a quarter of a percent. This was actually up from her 18 month appointment, apparently then she was only .11%)

Blood Pressure: 92/53 (I'm not sure what is normal for a 2 year old)

As you can see, Haley remains a peanut. After the doctor's appointment we went to the pharmacy which is in the same building and picked up her stuff. Dr. Bagnell also took a look at her knock-knees and said it doesn't seem too bad, we're going to revisit it when she's three. When we got home we ate lunch and then put the girls down for naps after playing for a little bit. When they woke up we went to Wal-mart to pick up a salad for dinner and Hobby Lobby to get something framed.

Tonight David and I had small group at the Maglott's house and we were bringing a salad. We had asked Ella Freeman from church, to baby-sit. Haley and I went to pick up Ella around 5:45, Haley was not too excited about having a baby-sitter but Ella said she did not cry at all after we left. David and I got about two minutes down the road with Emily before we realized we were missing her pacifier. We went back home to get it. I ran to the door and just as I was getting there, Ella opened it and handed me the paci, she was just going to text me to tell me we had forgotten it, what service!

Emily did pretty well during small group. She laid on the floor during dinner and sat on my lap for most of the study. She never really got fussy so I never put her to sleep but she fell right to sleep on the way home. When we got back Ella had quite the report for us. Haley had seemed sleepy during most of the evening and hadn't eaten any dinner. Dinner was leftover pizza from her Birthday so that was very surprising. Ella said that Haley felt super warm so she took her temperature and she had a fever of 101.7. After dinner Haley wanted to watch her Bible DVD so Ella turned it on for her but apparently Haley kept nodding off to sleep - at 7pm! Ella finally just put her in her pajamas and put her to bed at 7:15. When we got back she had been sleeping ever since. I took Ella home, on the drive home I found out that she is also CPR certified - this girl is definitely a keeper! When I got back David was holding Emily and Haley who had woken up while I was gone. Haley still had a fever but she seemed like her normal self besides that. We let her play for a little bit and then we gave her a snack and put her back to bed.

Tuesday night was not a great night. Emily woke up three times to eat and Haley woke up a couple times as well. I never woke up when Haley cried, just David, and he brought her back to our bed. David had to get up for his flight at 4:45 this morning so once he left we slept pretty comfortably, Haley on his side of the bed. She slept straight through until close to 10 am actually! After our bad night, I decided that we should probably skip Bible study fellowship. I had e-mailed Dr. Bangell and told her about Haley's symptoms and asked if she sounded contagious and Dr. Bagnell said if her fever was above 101 than she was probably contagious. This morning her fever was at 101.9 so I figured I had made the right decision.

The rest of our day was super boring. I made pancakes for breakfast and Haley ate two of them so that was good. After breakfast I put Emily in the bumbo and took a shower with both girls sitting in the bottom of the tub. It got pretty crowded in there but we all came out clean. Emily did not mind the water at all, she is going to love the pool this summer. Once the girls were clean I got them dressed and then put Emily down for a nap. She ended up sleeping over two hours and while she slept I let Haley watch What's in the Bible while I straightened the house and then gave her a 'treatment' on the nebulizer. Haley did not eat much for lunch and eventually I just put her down for a nap since she seemed to be drifting off during her movie anyways. She woke up a couple times during her nap, one time for applesauce of which she ate a bunch so that was good I thought.

Emily woke up shortly before I put Haley down for her nap so their naps did not really overlap too much. I talked to Aunt Kelly on the phone for a while in the afternoon before putting Emily down in the swing for a second nap. I had a little bit of time to do my Bible study then before Haley woke up. I held her for a while until David got home. As soon as David walked in the door, Haley was a different person. She got all chatty and excited and I started to think she was faking the whole sick thing! I wonder if she just needed a change of scene or change of person or something. All the sudden she was jumping on the bed and walking around with Daddy's shoes on and asking to eat cheese! I made some Mexican rice for the church Wednesday potluck while David and I decided what to do. She had taken Ibuprofen about three hours prior so we didn't think the medicine had just suddenly kicked in and her fever was down to a mere 99 degrees. We decided to go ahead and go to church and then just leave if she seemed to get bad.

She did great during the potluck portion and ate some pizza for dinner so we decided to stay for the second hour of study time. Emily had a poopy diaper during the study time and after I changed that she fell asleep in my arms. The baby-sitters said Haley did fairly well but fussed on and off. They had braided her hair so I thought that was nice, her first braid really. I've never braided her hair. When we picked her up David took her to the potty and noticed she seemed warm again. We left as soon as we could and got home. Her temperature was back up (whoops) but she wasn't terribly clingy. We put her on the nebulizer, gave her some ibuprofen and put her and Emily to bed. This afternoon I made an appointment for 9:15 tomorrow morning. I was going to cancel it after she seemed to perk up so much this afternoon but I think we may go after all. I have been e-mailing back and forth with Dr. Bagnell today (via our patient portal, it is super convenient) and she said she might want to take an x-ray of her lungs, oh my.

Haleyism:

Haley likes the nebulizer, she holds the thing up to her nose and mouth like a pro. I kind of think she may think it is like my breast pump, it looks just like it and she was always super fascinated with that thing!

Emilyism:

Emily finally rolled over! She rolled over from her back to her tummy, she has yet to roll over from her tummy to her back which is supposed to be easier apparently! It takes her about five minutes just to roll over once. We would take a video but it seriously just takes her forever.