Colic anyone?

Just wondering if anyone has any advice about what to do with a colicy baby. I don't even know if I'm spelling that right...anyways, if you have any advice send it my way! I'll try anything!

Are you serious?

That was my very first thought when the Doctor told us to head to the hospital on Saturday morning. My poor baby couldn't breathe. She's only a month old, and she already caught a nasty cold! Since she is so tiny, her body just couldn't handle it. We had to hook her up to oxygen and an IV because she was dehydrated. About every two hours the nurses would come in and deep suction her nose. I hope none of you ever have to see that! They thread this long tube down her nose and suction out all the gunk. She did not like that at all. After they'd done it a couple of times, she couldn't really scream anymore because she'd lost her voice! After a bunch of tests they determined that it wasn't RSV, but bronchiolitis. Basically a nasty cold for babies. I've really taken it for granted that I can just blow my nose when I'm sick. The Doctor said that on top of her being so congested she just has tiny little passage ways. So all the suctioning started to make the problem worse because it was making her already tiny passage ways swollen. She got a couple of breathing treatments while we were there as well. We came home Monday afternoon, she is still sick, but she isn't dependent on the oxygen anymore, so there was no reason to stay beyond getting her suctioned every couple of hours. We opted to go home, and can return as an outpatient to get her suctioned when she needs it. Geez, my poor baby! I've been SO careful with her because I've been paranoid about her getting sick. I haven't gone anywhere! Sean and I have been sick though, so it's not like we can't be around her!

Change of subject: we got her pictures back from her first "photo shoot" so I thought I'd share some with you. These are my two favorites. I love the one of her screaming, don't ask me why cause it's not a pleasant sound, but the picture is just too cute!

Finally more pictures!

Mara's first Easter. Look, she has
two baskets. She's already spoiled.

Look at that face. She's already sick
of getting her picture taken!

That's Tammy's hand, and her hand
is tiny!

Look at that hair! That flower is just clipped in!

Even at home Mara can't get away from nurse
grandma!

Finally she got to go home!

Brittani's favorite pic of Mara and I.

Tagged

TAGGED!
5 Thing's I was doing 10 years ago: *I was 12, so...
1: started going to Young Womens
2: I was in 7th grade making new friends
3: I got my appendix out!
4: Was trying to make my mom stop telling people I would babysit!
5: I'm sure I was starting in on the whole bratty teenager thing...sorry mom.

5 thing on my list to do today:
1: get myself and Mara ready for the day (it's harder than it sounds)
2: call Lizard (sorry, I'm terrible at returning phone calls)
3: Do a load or two of laundry
4: take a nap!
5: go buy a pen to fill out the baby announcements!

5 Snacks I enjoy:
1: cheese and crackers
2: chocolate
3: apples
4: sun chips
5: skittles

5 Places I've lived:
1: Orem, UT
2: American Fork, UT
3: Parma, ID
4: Lehi, UT
5: I've only lived four different places!

5 things I would I do if I were suddenly made a Billionaire:
1: buy me a car!
2: pay off bills
3: buy a house
4: invest
5: help out family

5 jobs I've had:
1: Piano teacher
2: Cashier
3: Receptionist
4: Nanny
5: Full-time mommy

5 Pet Peeves I have:
1: People invading my personal space!
2: Too many hugs. I'll humor you and give you one, but after that it gets annoying (goes with the above...)
3: When people have terrible hair!
4: Dogs that never stop barking
5: This is a new one: when people are inconsiderate and loud and wake up my newborn baby!!!

5 Things you didn't know about me:
1: I hate talking on the phone, I'm just too awkward.
2: I always said I'd never get married or have kids. And if I did, I would definately be a career woman, not a stay at home mom...I grew out of that obviously
3: My husband wrote ME off while he was on his mission! He had a change of heart pretty quickly when he got home.
4: I'm a very private person, so you probably don't know most things about me, you might think you do, but chances are you really don't.
5: My biggest desire right now is to buy me a car. It totally stinks never having one.

I tag: Lana, Mom, Lizard, Hilary, and Stephanie

Mara Update

She's home! We had quite the drama with our insurance about the home healthcare that she needs. Long story short: Grandma Evans is her home healthcare nurse. If she didn't have a grandma that was a NICU nurse she'd still be in the hospital. They placed the PICC line. People keep asking me about it so here's a better explanation. It is an IV that was placed in her arm it took THREE hours to get in! We had to try both feet, and both arms, but got it in on the last try! She was not happy about that, that's for sure. I had to leave the room because it was so sad to watch. Luckily she had her daddy who was tough enough to stay with her. Once they had the IV in, they thread a catheter up her arm and place it in one of the valves in her heart. That way the medication is delivered into a stronger place than a regular IV and will last much longer. So in the long run, the PICC line is a much better option because she ultimately gets poked a lot less. We still don't know the cause of her problems because all her blood work and urine cultures keep coming back negative. So tomorrow night we give her her last anit-biotic and can take out the PICC line. So pray that everything will be cleared up by then! I (Brittani) have a terrible cold and have to wear a mask to be around her, it's been kind of a bummer. But I'm sure it'll be over soon. She's still as cute as ever. I'll post more pictures soon. My computer is just really old and you can't load pictures so I have to go use another computer to do it. Right now my spare time is spent sleeping! Thanks for all your prayers!

What else?

Her doctors have decided that it's probably an infection that has caused all this drama. We just can't figure out where it came from, or what it is exactally! So to be safe she is going to be on IV anti-bitoics at least until Tuesday evening. There is a chance we might be able to take her home tomorrow. They would just put a pic line in (IV that stays in always and doesn't have to have stuff running through it constantly) and we would administer the medicine at home. I guess it's basically a surgical procedure, so it's pretty serious. Good news though, her bilirubin (jaundice) levels have gone down, so hopefully she'll be able to get out from under those lights soon! The only time we can hold her is when it's time to feed, then it's straight back under the lights. Bad news, we probably shouldn't have visitors. We will let you all know when it's ok to see her again! Especially with all of the problems she has had, we need to keep her away from people for a while. RSV season usually ends in May, so after that we should be safe! Thanks for all your love and support! It really means a lot to us.

Poor baby girl :-(

Mara is being a stinker and is grunting. She couldn't stay in the room with her mom and had to go straight down to the nursery. She had to be hooked up to a C-PAP to help her breathe and had to have serfactin (probably not spelled right), put in her lungs. Her lungs were sticky so the serfactin helps her lungs to loosen up so the air sacs can fill up and work right. They also think she has an infection so they started her on anti-biotics. I think she has to be on the anti-biotics for two days. She's in good hands though and has been doing awsome though, so no worries.