Christmas 2013

So our Christmas was full of surprises this year! We have been super excited to have family around for Christmas! And even getting to have family stay with us had been quite exciting :)
And to add to the excitement this year Londyn came down with a cough she caught from get sister on Christmas eve. All day she was a little tired, by afternoon down right grumpy at times. We had family games at the church going on that day, so we played basketball and floor hockey, ask sports of fun. Miss Londyn however was not feeling it. And about half way through she fell asleep. Could tell she wasn't getting well so I encouraged the late nap. She woke up super unhappy and do sad! Her little nose was stuff and she was breathing only through her mouth, so covered in drool and plainly felt icky.
We still tried to do our family Christmas eve jammies and such. Londyn went along with it cuz Maia was super excited!! Maia even got s last minute call to Santa in before bed!

There was very little sleeping that night. If only if it were out of excitement. Londyn was up at up at midnight and barely slept all night. Meaning mommy didn't sleep. Used humidifier, d steam from the shower.. Jesse even drove to his clinic at 3 am to get some Japanese mint oil to help decongest her and her poor lungs were getting tight.

On top of being sick in her chest Londyn was getting nauseated from get nose draining down her throat. So was mommy. By 7 am mommy was throwing up and Londyn would finally hold her daddy. We all got one hour of sleep in our bed.

Then Christmas morning came! Maia was psyched she went and error everyone up! Londyn did not share the enthusiasm but went to fit the ride. She opened a couple presents and Maia was on cloud nine. Londyn would not eat. Which is very odd for her. She started to complain her mouth hurt.
I got a call from my sister notifying me my mom was in the hospital and they weren't sure what was wrong but if I could notify people the family party would need to be cancelled (cuz in good at spreading the Facebook word). Always hard news to receive no matter how many times in my life I've received it.
Londyn was ok.
She had some drink and proceeded to . Play with her new baby and . Stroller from Santa. She was pushing it all around until she was out of breath. And she couldn't catch her breath. We could hear her wheezing from the other end of . The house. I tried the steam from the shower again, no go. So if to the hospital we went. When we got there after the whole check in process Londyn went limp in my arms. We were waiting for nurse to do get vitals and she went grey. She had big people circle under her eyes and just kept wheezing. Hey oxygen levels were at 85 (they should be at 95). They started to take me more seriously. After one nebulizer treatment things had improved but not by much. They have get this steroid to help keep the bronchiols open after the been treatment but it . Would take a few hours to take effect. So the remaining option was nebulizer treatment of epinephrine. She could finally talk, she could finally breathe well! I had been sitting there listening to my baby slowly suffocate. She threw up right before last breathing treatment. So I was covered. And daddy saved the day with a new shirt for me. (And a little cherry coke to keep me awake). After two hours and her oxygen levels were stable and daddy did more adjusting, the doc trusted us to take her home. But to come back if it happened to get worse and for sure to get around steroid dose. We got home and she only lasted two hours before the wheezing was back. I did not hesitate and took her right back in. She had another dose and still had to come back at 9 for the second dose. But she was a totally different Londyn than we started the day with. She actually ate at dinner. First did all day.


So we need to bring her back in for a few more treatments tomorrow and the next day. So it changes or plans in visiting Colorado. But we will still go. And my mom will get better. She's doing great right now. And at the end of this day I could not have been happier to snuggle and rock my sweet Londyn who could finally breathe without it hurting!
Merry Christmas!