Christmas Morning

Kaylee woke up long before Tyler on Christmas morning. She got her Santa gift and stocking but had to wait on Tyler to open the rest. That was torture. Her big gift was a princess bike with training wheels. She took off and has not slowed down.

Christmas Eve

Kaylee and Tyler sprinkled magical reindeer food in the front yard right before bed. It is suppose to bring Santa to the house quick. You sprinkle it and then run to bed.

Christmas in Indiana

We spent December 19 - 24 in Indiana. These are all of Kaylee and Tyler's cousins.

Tyler with his Great Grandpa Bauer. We love you Grandpa Dallas!

Kaylee's Christmas Program

The kids on our way out the door to Kaylee's Christmas Program. It was December 18th. It went as well as you could expect a 3 and 4 year old program to be. Kaylee recited her verse great! She was not all smiles when they walked out so I was a little nervous she might crack. When she sat down with me and we were watching the 4's she wanted to know when she was going to get up there again. She was not intimidated at all. We left for Indiana the next morning.

Christmas Card

I mentioned in an earlier blog that I was not able to send Christmas cards this year. Sorry. Consider this your electronic Holiday Card. Thanks to all of you who sent us cards. We really enjoyed them and displayed them for all to see. I pray everyone had a Merry Christmas!

ENT

Kaylee had her first appointment with a pediatric ENT at UMC yesterday. He said she definitely has sinus issues and his recommendation was to take her adenoids out and do a sinus culture. Adenoids harbor infections so after the age of three if there is a reoccurring issue he prefers to take them out. The culture would let him know what type of bacteria is growing so he would know how best to attack it, possibly through IV antibiotics which would require a pick line IV in the arm. It would stay in for a couple of weeks. He and I discussed keeping her home from preschool through the winter months to avoid exposure. Considering her temperature was 103.0 when we got to the doctor I believe that is the best option for now. She was doing great for a week and then caught some type of viral flu that should only last for a few days. Keeping her home will also give some protection to Tyler.

The plan is for her not to return to school until around March and see how many if any sinus infections she gets without exposure. If she continues to have issues without exposure then we will go ahead and do the adenoidectomy. If she does okay then we will re-evaluate.

Feeling Better

Tyler had a good night and is making slow progress. He was able to keep his feedings down last night and then go right back to sleep. I think the sleep has helped tremendously. He actually is having periods of play time today instead of being lethargic all the time. He is still wheezing and dealing with a lot of mucus but he is definitely showing some improvement. Before he got sick we had been working with him a lot on sitting up. He does really well but he is so busy. He will not be still long enough to stay balanced. He has rolled off his changing pad today while I was changing a nasty diaper and laughed at me while he was doing it. I think he is on his way to feeling better!

More Sickness

I took Tyler to the doctor yesterday and we began treatment for an upper respiratory infection and inflammation in his ears. He got worse last night and began wheezing really bad. I took him back this morning and he has mycoplasma pneumonia. He has lost half a pound in the last couple of days because the cough makes him gag and he throws up everything he eats. He is completely miserable. He and I have been sleeping in the recliner so he can be upright. He can breathe so much better that way. Somehow in the midst of all this Kaylee and I were able to get the Christmas tree up which made her very happy. There will be no Christmas cards this year because with all the sickness I have not been able to take a picture or the time to do them. Sorry..... Keep baby Tyler in your prayers. It is very treatable but can develop into full pneumonia.

Sick Again!

Kaylee is sick again! Her pediatrician ordered a flu swab and a CT scan. She didn't have the flu but she had flu-like symptoms. Her CT scan showed that her sinuses were draining which is good. They had been so blocked however that they are even draining out her tear ducts. That happened the last time she was sick. She has complained the most with her eyes hurting and her throat when she coughs which is often. She has ran a little fever but nothing extreme. Her pediatrician seems to think she caught a little cold and it settled in her sinuses and then blew up. This is par for her chronic sinus problems. With chronic sinus infections the common cold always settles in the sinuses and causes infection. A person with chronic sinus infections isn't able to get over the cold in a few days like most people would because of this. The pediatrician is going to call the allergist and they are going to collaborate on what to do. They may send her to an ENT since her recurring issues do not seem to be coming from allergies as they initially thought. I wish so much that she could be well and stay well. I know her quality of life would be so much better if she were well. However, I am reminded daily how blessed we are and she is. We could have a lot worse issues!

Tyler has began to cough and was up a lot last night so I hope he isn't getting sick as well. He is into everything and isn't even crawling yet. He can roll everywhere and is beginning to inch a little. He whacked himself in the head with the gliding ottoman, got stuck under the wing chair, tried to eat Kaylee shoes, and crumbled her color pages to name a few things that have happened just this week. Big Sis is in for trouble. He gets really mad when you take things from him. It has been difficult to keep an eye on him this week while Kaylee has been sick. She doesn't want me out of her sight.