My Brave Girl

This is little Lauren tonight as Dan and I did a "shift change" at the hospital. Her breathing was so labored on Wednesday night that I made yet another appointment to see Dr. W. He sent me over right away to the hospital with her to get chest x-rays, run blood tests, etc. etc. After being super careful about taking her out...Lauren has RSV. Who knows if we got it while out or if one of the boys brought it in...but she got it and it has been a very long and rough past 48 hours. She was terribly dehydrated so they had to put an IV in her HEAD. Oh my gosh when I saw that I burst into tears...I was really expecting it to be in her hand, not her sweet little, tiny head!

We had a sad night too when there were 3 nurses and a respiratory therapist working on her to get her breathing back to normal. She was sucking air so hard that her chest would practically cave completely in. Scared me to death. I am so grateful that Dan and my dad were able to give her a blessing and have faith that she would be alright. But it is so difficult watching your baby in pain.

Dan is spending the night with her tonight so I can get some sleep (I've had about 2 hours worth in the past 48 so I'm a little wiped out) and I'll go back to see her tomorrow. Bringing her something pink - those hospital blankets are so rough and scratchy and not "girl." Good news is we think she has turned a corner and with the oxygen, IV and the suctioning they have done she is getting progressively better. Dr. W says we might get to bring her home as early as Sunday so that is some happy news.

Good night!