Bronchitis strikes our house!

Sydney got a cold on 11/5 and she had it for over a week...which just seemed like a long time to me. Normally her colds last about 5 days...when this one was sticking around longer, I was getting a little nervous.

For those of you that don't know, she had a cold back in Feb., which in turn turned into croup and we ended up being air lifted to Children's....NEVER want that to happen again. (The thing of this that still gets me is that we had taken her to the dr. earlier that day and the bad dr (not our normal one) said it was really nothing and she couldn't give us anything...but that it might turn into pneumonia or bronchitis....what dr. does that when it was clear she had something...she sounded like a seal and I kept asking, "really, she doesn't have anything"? Can you tell I'm still a little annoyed about that...needless to say, that dr. is NEVER allowed to see my child again! A mother's instinct is usually correct!!)

On Monday she seemed to be doing better, but when I picked her up from daycare on Tuesday, she had (I swear) the same look on her face as she did back in Feb, right before she got super sick. I guess she woke up from her nap with a runny nose and red cheeks again. Needless to say as the night went on it just got worse. We took her to the dr. on Wednesday and she has bronchitis and her throat was a little red....we got medicine this time around. I stayed home with her on Wed. and she did pretty good throughout the day, but that night was another story. She slept for a little bit, but then was up coughing and wanting daddy (have I said how much of a daddy's girl she is...). A few times she was able to go back to sleep, but of course when we wanted to go to sleep, she was up. Poor Jim got up with her... I feel horrible for Sydney because she feels so bad. I just cringe everytime she coughs...ugh! Enough of my ranting....the dr. says this medicine should really kick in in 72 hours...we are now at 24. Here's to hoping tonight is a better night and that this bronchitis goes away and does not turn into anything worse. Cross your fingers and say a prayer!!