Brrrrrrrrr....

Seriously, why do we live here? It is freezing cold outside and we choose this environment!? Are we insane...? Last night on the news I heard that there was going to be a -37 windchill today. That it will cause frostbite in 9 seconds. Like I said before... why??? I was supposed to work today at my second job, but E has been very sick this week (I'll get to that later) and because it was going to be so cold, I just decided it was better for me to stay home. Plus it is G's weekend off so we like to spend it together.

Work has been insane. I like my job overall, but it is SO OVERWHELMING! There is so much going on, so much to do, so much to think about all at once. I haven't gotten the training I need in alot of areas and I'm feeling like it is expected of me to know these things already... after never having seen/done them before. It is getting frustrating. I feel like my supervisor thinks I'm and idiot. That sucks. All the other ladies are nice, telling me that there is no way I should know all this already and that they understand I've had literally NO training. I'm so winging it everyday. I just pray that it starts to get better.

G's job is going good. Things are a bit more stressful than usual. Co-workers dating each other, when one is a supervisor. Imagine the crap/gossip/uneasiness that stirs up. That is what he is dealing with. Enough said.

So back to E. She started throwing up on Sunday night. It continued into Monday. No fever or diahrrea. We went to the dr on Tues. She had gone from 18lbs 8 oz to 17lbs 11 oz. She refused any solid food, and just was acting whiny and fussy. He had no idea what she had. We did x-rays (he was thinking she had intestine problems) that was negative. He did notice lots of backed up poop in her intestines, so the nurse gave her a baby enema! Her ears were clear, throat clear, nose clear. So we were to go home with pedialyte and give her small amounts every 20-30 minutes. Eventually going to 4 oz half strength bottles. She did ok. And boy did the enema clean her out! She unloaded all that backed up poop and then some. But then Thursday came... she was still refusing to eat solids. Didn't poop all day. Threw up a little bit that day and was still fussy and whiny. So on Friday she was home with daddy and was pretty much constantly crying. He called me at work and said we need to take her in. So back to the dr we go. She now went from 17lbs 11 oz to 16lbs 12 oz. Another pound in 3 days. Yikes, that scared me. I was thinking the worst... my mind always goes to the most horrible diseases like cancer, etc... but she had no temp again, ears, throat and nose were all clear. They decided to take a urine sample and test it for a UTI. Then we were sent to the lab to draw blood. WOW, was that hard to watch. I had to hold her while another nurse held her arm down and another lab tech drew her blood. SO hard to watch. Especially when they can't find a vein and have to dig around for one. In your little 8 months old arm. Not what I call fun. Then we waited and waited and waited. I was thinking the longer we waited the worse it was going to be (there goes my mind again) but he came back and said her blood was normal. So we were to go home and start full strength bottles and see how she does.

So far so good. She's drinking her bottles and keeping them down. She is much more herself this morning. She's had a bath and a bottle and is playing on the floor now. She's not whining or fussing at all. So I'm hoping we just had a nasty flu bug and it is on its way out. Now if we can only get her to start eating solids again... we'll see how that goes later today.

We have the nicest dr. He called us at 9:30 last night to tell us he forgot to give us the results of the UTI. It was negative. I just think it was nice of him to think of that and call us at 9:30 on a Friday night. I'm impressed.

Time for me to go clean up the kitchen and catch up on a little dr. phil and oprah from the week! Love that dvr!!

Stay warm!!

K