Symi in the ER

Just posting a little something different. Not pleasant, but different. oh boy.

Friday Symi started to get fussy and was just kind of grumpy. We took her to our Ward's Christmas party and she screamed the whole time. I just thought that it was too many people and that she was overwhelmed. That night she didn't sleep well and started to loose her appetite.

Saturday she was really really grumpy all day. Fussing on and off, occasionally screaming in fits, but grinning and smiling occasionally too. She really wasn't eating which is VERY odd for her. She wasn't sleeping either. By the afternoon she started screaming, arching her back, for hours!! I thought that she was getting an ear infection and was being very vocal about it. We decided to take her to the local instacare. We got there and immediately they sent us to the ER. The on call Dr though she'd scratched her eye. My thoughts were . . . She's bawling and screaming these last few days over an eye!? WHAT?!?!? They tested her eye and nothing was wrong. They continued to tell us that she might have intussuception. Where the intestines telescope into themselves causing TONS of pain. At one point we thought Ben had this too. So we proceeded to test her with a barium enema and something called real life x-ray. As the barium was being pushed into her we watcher her colan on the screen. It did NOT look normal?! Normall a colan starts at your bum wraps up around the left side, up under your diaphram, and then back around on your right side. Symi's was looping and swirling in all directions but the correct one! Her colan was very enlarged and seemed to have some fecal matter inside. After the exam was almost finished she started to scream even louder and suddenly had a large FAST bowel movement. She made quite the mess. But she started to feel much better. As we watched the bowel movement happen her colan realigned into place. They told us that this NEVER happens and that they can't explain how it happened while they were doing the barium enima. She started to really perk up! Wanting to eat, and finally crashed and started to rest, instead of fuss and scream. It was wonderful to see! We thought that she was doing better and they released us to go home. She started to decline a little when we brought her home a fever started to develop and she became quite uncomfortable again. She would not sleep! Dane and I took shifts throughout the night. I called the ER again because her fever reached 102.5 and was continuing to climb even on Tylenol. They wanted us to come back in. I didn't want to go yet because it was 3 in the morning and I wasn't too keen on the idea of waking Ben in the middle of the night to transport him to someone elses house and leaving him there. I asked the Dr if we could wait a while and see if it didn't break at our house first. He said that he'd really like us to come in but if we would like we could wait a half an hour first. Well I waited an hour and finally it broke to around 100. So we stayed home. Sunday she was restless and grumpy all day. You could just tell she didn't feel good. We kept up on her temp which fluctiated between 99 and 100. She would cat nap only if we were holding her. Dane and I took turns again. Holding her until our arms went numb and then changing. We finally got her to sleep deep when her fever broke agian last night around midnight. She's now at 97.7 and holding.

Today we went into the Dr's office for a follow up appointment. He was very concerned about what had happened over the last few days. He wanted to run some more test and contact a specialist at Primary Children's Hospital. He sent us home on strict instructions not to go anywhere. We waited for about and hour and got a call instructing us to head to Salt Lake immediantly for an Upper GI test. Ben could not be with us while we attend this test. I asked if this was an emergency. They said no but it was extremely urgent. We then schedule an appointment for tomorrow at 8 am. So we are heading down tonight. I hope to keep everyone posted and updated as we find out information.

Guess it wasn't an ear infection after all.

I was just telling Dane how grateful I was that we were spending our Christmas home this year and not traveling back and forth to Primary Children's Hospital. I should have bit my tough or knocked on wood. Because here we go again with #2.
Please keep us in your prayers.

I promised . . .

. . . . that I would post pictures of them playing under her "Hanging Gym". There are ones right when it happened and she was so tiny. Then there are some from just the other day. I find them under there together a lot!

Baby Girl

In our jammies!

Check out all my crazy hair!

Bathing Beauty!
(She doesn't like baths. Especially in the sink.)

Dane was rubbing under her chin and she went limp and totally relaxed!

Just Us

Sad. But this is what happens a lot when Dane tries to hold Symi.

Human Jungle Gym.

Watch Out!! It's Captain Hook!
(He told that to me himself.)

So we've been playing Peter Pan at our house lately. Here is the Family "Peter Pan Stance"!

Ben's just too cute in this one.

This is Symi at 3 months old.

Happy Halloween

Our pumpkins. Mine. Dane. Symi. Ben.

Our little chili pepper. Some "Hot Stuff"!!

Posing with Daddy

"Hot Stuff" with Superman!
(Ben kept asking when we could just GO!! This was the last picture we took before we left.)

We could hardly get a picture of her because she was wiggling and moving around so much. Most of them ended up blurry like this one.

Our little Superman!
(Yes I know he had 2 buckets/bags. We just went to Carl's Jr for lunch and he insisted on taking both. But we barely filled the pumpkin.)

Can you tell he was WAY excited!?

Do they look alike?

Ben & I

Symi & I

Updated Pictures

Sitting in her carseat with the hat Grandma made!

Normally she's not this happy!

Just woke up and still a little loopy.

Huh!?

Who needs a Thanksgiving Turkey to become tired and groggy!?

Happy Thanksgiving from us!
(these pictures were sent from my Mom, my camera still isn't working with my computer, but I'm still trying!)

Grateful

31. I am thankful for tender mercies from the Lord. Happy Thanksgiving!

30. I am thankful for CHRISTMAS LIGHTS!! Oh they bring me such great joy! The first year we were married I was so sick. "Papa" drove me around town the night before my surgery to look at the lights. It made my night. I was up all night sick and in pain, but seeing the lights really helped!

29. I am thankful that Lady Bug is growing and doing just fine now. (sigh of relief)

28. I am thankful to have the Holy Ghost to guide me. Everyday if I'm humble and listen to it's promptings.

27. I am thankful for Dr's who are kind and take good care of my sick family.

26. This is our special number! I'm grateful to a husband who came to this earth and was born! Because now eternally he's mine!

25. I am thankful for yummy food, good company, and great roads to travel on for the Thanksgiving Holiday!

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24. I am so thankful to be able to blog and find people again! I love reading about everyone's little family's and how much people grow and change in just a short amount of time! I hope you enjoy my "humble" blog and reading about my little family too.

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23. I am thankful for warm homemade dinners. (We haven't seen them much since Lady Bug was born!?) Tough to make dinner at a specific time with a preschooler and a new born all by yourself! I sure miss Papa's help and being home.

22. I am thankful for Family and to be able to see them soon and share our newest addition with everyone!

21. I am thankful that even though I've been sick Papa has been a HUGE help whenever he's been home. I am thankful that Buddy has been content watching movies and playing on my bed while I try to rest/sleep when Lady Bug's napping.

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20. Today I am grateful for A&W Rootbeer. Yes, I know this may sound strange to some. But this little beauty is suppose to help increase breast milk production. So far I've been drinking it 22 hours and I've noticed a small difference! I'll let you know what happens in a week!

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19. I am so grateful that it's just me who is sick in our home. I'm glad that my kids nor Dane are sick right now! Hopefully I can keep it that way!

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18. To have a wonderful husband take care of both kids last night so that I could get some sleep. Even if I got sick over night, I'm still grateful for the extra help, comfort and caring he gave me!

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17. I am grateful to have a husband who loves and treats me so well. I miss him a lot lately. But grateful to all the help he gives me when he's home. What a trooper!

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16. After this last week . . . . I am SOOOOO grateful to have disposable diapers!

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14. I so thankful that it's snowing! Ben keeps saying,"Look Mom! Christmas is falling!"

15. I so grateful for the new/used snow tires. They just seemed to fall into our laps at a decent price!

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13. I'm grateful for sleep! (when the kids sleep and I do it's great!)

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11. I am grateful for the temple being so close to us.
12. I am grateful for the opportunity to renew my recommend and can now return!

Small Update

So things are getting better. An update as to where we are now. Ben is starting to potty train. Yes that means that things are going much better for Symi and I that I can help Ben learn how to go potty! So far so good! I'm so glad that he's learning and so proud of himself. It sure is neat for me to see him learning and growing so much.

Symi is growing, gaining weight and healthy! She is doing so well now. I've been breastfeeding her as much as possible and supplementing with formula. My milk seems to be slowly going away. Which is good and bad. We've reduced it enough that she can now feed off me and is getting what she needs. So I am no longer making her sick. But now I'm not making enough. It's a cruel irony but none the less, a beautiful learning process. So I am now pumping to get my milk to come back. But not too much as to over stimulate and cause the same problem to develop again. Our new goal is to completely breastfeed her by Christmas! We'll let you know if we get there. Thank you for all your kind comments, thoughts, prayers, and emails. They have meant so much to me. I'm so sorry that I don't have fun pictures to look at my computer doesn't want to upload and pictures. Which makes me really sad because I'd love to have you see how well Symi is doing!

Ben and Symi are starting to interact. Every time Ben walks by Symi stops crying and reaches for him. Trying to get him to come closer. Although she is a girl and sometimes cries when he puts a toy too close to her face or shakes a rattle viciously 2 inches from her nose. But overall they are so cute to watch. You can tell that when Dane and Ben wrestle on the floor. She wiggles and squirms so much. It's almost like she's trying to get down there with them, but her infant body isn't developed enough to allow her the fun time of wrestling just yet. She smiles and coos at them for now.

Just thought I'd send you an update and let you know that even though it's been a while since I've posted last we are doing well!

I am glad for Many things . . .

1. I am thankful for my wonderful, amazing, kind, thoughtful, and loving husband!
2. I am thankful for my 2 wonderful kids!
3. I am thankful for our little home.
4. I am thankful for extended family that love me so much!
5. I am thankful for food, water, and treats!
6. I am thankful for (I know this may sound awful) but toilets and toilet paper!!!!
7. I am thankful for another vehicle to help us get around.
8. I am thankful for my Mr.'s opportunity to Student Teach.
9. I am thankful to be able to stay at home and take care of my children.
10. I am thankful for The Church of Jesus Christ and my testimony of it.

I am catching up on all the days that I've missed this month. Each day I hope to post something new that I am grateful/thankful for!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!