Saturday, March 31, 2012
A Princess in the House
Loren will be turning five on April 18th. She has decided she would like her party at Triple Play which is a large warehouse with big blow up bounce houses. (She LOVED the bounce house at Arden's party.) Loren has chosen a princess theme. What a beautiful princess Loren is. We love her so much and I just can't believe five years have almost gone by since we were blessed with our first baby.
Like Jello?!
Arden has been fighting frequent constant ear infections for some time now. Her pediatrician, Dr. Page said that she has not seen her without fluid in her ears since October! Twice I have taken her in for unrelated issues and she has had an ear infection. She was referred to an ENT doctor and we had our visit this past Thursday (3/22). Without any hesitation, the doctor recommended PE tube surgery and we quickly got it booked for this morning - Tuesday, 3/27.
It really wasn't a hard decision because it meant relief for our baby. The surgery was with Dr. Kevin Botts at Baptist and Arden did great! She got really giggly and loopy when they gave her the medicine to "make her relax." At one point, she had the whole surgery triage area laughing! When Arden woke up from the anesthesia, she was pretty agitated and cried for almost an hour. They told us this was typical but it was the most stressful part for us. She is currently napping in her crib. I sure hope she wakes up more content.
When Dr. Botts came out to talk to us after the surgery. He said that everything went well and most of the time in the operating room was spent suctioning "goop" (his word) out of her ears. He said it was the consistency of Jello and that the suctioning device had to be cleared out at one point! EWWW! Dr. Botts said that the Jello like material had been there from some time but had no actual fluid left so Arden's body had no way of getting rid of it. That right there made us so pleased that she had the surgery.
Well, it is Sunday 3/31 and I am just now able to finish this post. Arden is doing great with her tubes and has been eating and sleeping well and acting like herself. She has a very runny nose though.
While we were home together after the surgery. I tried to get some video of her walking. She has been walking for about 2 weeks (so we will call it 12 1/2 months for the milestone. This is about the same as it was for Loren.) Anyway, I'm thinking the anesthesia may not have been all the way out of her system. These videos crack me up. I still need to video her walking. She is making great strides (ha!) each day and I really think her balance has improved since the tubes.
It really wasn't a hard decision because it meant relief for our baby. The surgery was with Dr. Kevin Botts at Baptist and Arden did great! She got really giggly and loopy when they gave her the medicine to "make her relax." At one point, she had the whole surgery triage area laughing! When Arden woke up from the anesthesia, she was pretty agitated and cried for almost an hour. They told us this was typical but it was the most stressful part for us. She is currently napping in her crib. I sure hope she wakes up more content.
When Dr. Botts came out to talk to us after the surgery. He said that everything went well and most of the time in the operating room was spent suctioning "goop" (his word) out of her ears. He said it was the consistency of Jello and that the suctioning device had to be cleared out at one point! EWWW! Dr. Botts said that the Jello like material had been there from some time but had no actual fluid left so Arden's body had no way of getting rid of it. That right there made us so pleased that she had the surgery.
Well, it is Sunday 3/31 and I am just now able to finish this post. Arden is doing great with her tubes and has been eating and sleeping well and acting like herself. She has a very runny nose though.
While we were home together after the surgery. I tried to get some video of her walking. She has been walking for about 2 weeks (so we will call it 12 1/2 months for the milestone. This is about the same as it was for Loren.) Anyway, I'm thinking the anesthesia may not have been all the way out of her system. These videos crack me up. I still need to video her walking. She is making great strides (ha!) each day and I really think her balance has improved since the tubes.
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| On our way home from the hospital. It took Arden a good hour and a half or so to calm down completely after waking up from the Anesthesia. This was a brief moment of being semi-content. |
Monday, March 5, 2012
1st Birthday
Oh my word, where has the time gone? Just yesterday were bringing Arden home from the hospital. She is now officially one year old! Here are some photos from her first birthday party:
The party was definitely a success. As you can probably tell from the pictures, "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" was the theme. Poor Arden was a real trooper - she had been diagnosed with a double ear infection the previous afternoon. :( She perked up just in time for the party but has been kind of puny since then. It is currently Monday afternoon and I took today off from work to stay with her. I truly hate that she is not feeling well but will admit that I love the special cuddle time with her. It has also left me with time to complete this post and put pics up on Facebook. (She is currently sleeping on my lap.)
To aid my memory regarding Arden's illness: She began to run a fever on Friday (3/2) afternoon around 12:30. I was out of town for a FASP workshop and Andy and Mom took her to urgent care since the doctor's office is closed on Friday afternoons. Arden was diagnosed with a double ear infection and prescribed Amoxicillin. She seemed somewhat better Friday afternoon. She woke up Saturday with a splotchy, oval rash. I called the on call line and Dr. Mahaffey felt like Arden might have been having an allergic reaction to the Amoxicillin. I agreed at the time and she certainly might have but currently I think she has a virus on top of the ear infections. She has continued to run a fever when unmedicated. :( Poor baby.
Also, during the few minutes Arden was feeling OK yesterday evening, she took about seven consecutive steps!! I think she will be a walker as soon as she gets to feeling better! She also began saying "Buh Bye" last week and I'm pretty sure I heard "uh oh" today. :)
Time flies when your babies are young!
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| My one-one year old sweetie in her Birthday outfit. She is even holding up her little finger indicating she is one! My sweet friend Rachael made her special caterpillar birthday outfit. |
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| Sweet sisters! They love each other so much. Loren had a great time at her sissy's party! |
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| Caterpillar cupcake for the kiddos! |
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| Yummy cake for the adults. All cakes made Momma Bakes Cakes. |
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| Arden and her friend Mason are only four days apart. Amy and I had the same due date! |
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| That's DEFINITELY MY child! ha ha - this cracks me up! |
To aid my memory regarding Arden's illness: She began to run a fever on Friday (3/2) afternoon around 12:30. I was out of town for a FASP workshop and Andy and Mom took her to urgent care since the doctor's office is closed on Friday afternoons. Arden was diagnosed with a double ear infection and prescribed Amoxicillin. She seemed somewhat better Friday afternoon. She woke up Saturday with a splotchy, oval rash. I called the on call line and Dr. Mahaffey felt like Arden might have been having an allergic reaction to the Amoxicillin. I agreed at the time and she certainly might have but currently I think she has a virus on top of the ear infections. She has continued to run a fever when unmedicated. :( Poor baby.
Also, during the few minutes Arden was feeling OK yesterday evening, she took about seven consecutive steps!! I think she will be a walker as soon as she gets to feeling better! She also began saying "Buh Bye" last week and I'm pretty sure I heard "uh oh" today. :)
Time flies when your babies are young!
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