Taryn Had a Rough Week

I adore Taryn. Sometimes she challenges me, but we've had some really great days lately as we've slowed down and taken the time to run at her pace and communicate with her. She is such a delight. But last week was a rough week for T.

On Monday, she bit of the jeweled button that was the center of a flower hair clip. I was nursing A so I told her to go spit it out and give it to daddy. In her craziness, she swallowed in instead.

On Tuesday, we went to Walmart and had only been there 2 minutes when the girls wanted a drink at the drinking fountain. I pushed the cart next to the fountain for Keara to get a drink, but Taryn couldn't wait for her turn and tried to reach the fountain from the cart. Instead, she toppled over the edge and hit her head, first on the rim of the bottom of the cart, and then on the floor. She's a tough cookie, but skinned it pretty good and got a nasty bruise.

On Thursday, we went to the library with her cousins and she had a little runny nose and some sneezes, but nothing out of the ordinary for T when she has allergies.

On Friday, she woke up with more sneezes and drippings from her nose. Then she developed a cough, but no big deal. When she woke up from her nap, she came down and played and I heard her grunting like she needed to go to the bathroom. Then the screaming started. She screamed in pain for a good 10 minutes and then cried and cried and cried for the next hour and a half. When Braden got home, he asked, "What is wrong with this child?!" and urged me to take her in. I called our pediatrician and he said to keep an eye on her because it sounded like it could possibly be intussusception (where the intestines telescope into each other). Well, the screaming stopped for an hour and a half, but then it started again, for another hour and a half. I loaded her up in the car (then had to take her back out after she threw up, clean her up, and put her back in) and headed to the after hours pediatric urgent care center.

When we got there, however, they didn't even give me a chance to explain her abdominal issues. Instead, they picked up on her wheezing which had started in the last hour or so. After 2 breathing treatments and 2 x-rays (see pics...looks like torture to me!), they diagnosed her with pneumonia and sent us home with prescriptions for meds. That night was a really rough one for her, waking up every hour crying, doing 2 more breathing treatments, and trying to help her get comfortable.

Saturday was a relaxing day after so little sleep and by Sunday afternoon, she was acting a lot more like herself. I took her for follow up x-rays today and there's still no explanation for her screaming bouts on Friday, but at least we caught the pneumonia so we could get those breathing treatments. Otherwise, we would have spent Friday night at the urgent care instead of Friday evening.

This little girl is amazing!!! She sat so still, did her best at the doctor's office, even opened her mouth wide for them to see in. She amazes me when she acts so grown up.

I cut her hair this morning (a little too short in the front) and she looked so cute afterwards, I had to get a picture.