Time to catch up.....again!

So it has once again been awhile since I posted. I have every intention of doing it all of the time and then it is too late or I am too busy and all that.

Anyway, Ashlyn has been a busy little girl lately! She started doing the army crawl about a month ago and she just started crawling on her knees yesterday. She also started pulling herself to standing by the ottoman. Chad said she has been doing this for awhile, but I have never seen her do it.

She also had her first visit to the ER and her first hospital stay (well second if you count her birth). I brought her in a few weeks ago Saturday night because she was struggling to breath. I was afraid maybe she was having an allergic reaction to something. We spent the day out at our friend Sarah's farm, so I wasn't sure if she had an allergy to some of the crops or whatever. Anyway, I was going to bring her to Urgent Care only to find out they closed at 5:00, so from the UC parking lot I called the 24 hour Nurse line. They had me count the number of breaths she was taking in one minute and told me it was way too many and that she should go to the ER right away. So we got there and she was still having issues breathing and had started coughing. They gave her a nebulizer treatment which made things worse. The Dr decided to have a chest Xray done to rule out pneumonia. After that, she was hysterical. They tried a few more neb treatments and then decided to admit her and call the on-call Peds Dr. The Peds Dr checked her over and her xray's and wasn't sure on the pneumonia so she wanted to keep her overnight to monitor her breathing and blood oxygen content. In the morning, the Radiologist ruled out pneumonia, but the Dr still didn't feel comfortable releasing her. The next on-call Dr came to see her and he decided that she was alright to go home. She even gave him some smiles! So after all that she was diagnosed with Croup and an ear infection. I am glad it was nothing serious but they did say she is more susceptible to croup now and told us what to do next time. Hopefully this is the last ER/Hospital visit we ever have!

I just don't know how those parents with severely sick children do it. I couldn't imagine having her in the hospital for long periods of time. I have a whole new view on those parents who continue to be strong for their kids, family and themselves while having a child in the hospital long term. Baby Jonah and Baby Stellan's families are some to definitely look up to! Thankfully both of those babies seem to be doing very well. Check out their buttons on the side of my blog. They are two of the most inspiring families I have never met.

I will be posting pictures tonight, I swear! I just have to unload my camera, I have lots of new pictures!