Wee-One Wednesday: Poor Baby!

I will try to keep this as brief as possible, but so much has happened since Friday, that you are going to have to bear with me! Iris has had a cold for awhile now, nothing out of the ordinary...no fevers, clear snot, healthy appetite, & great disposition. Friday night, her breathing became shallow, so I took her to urgent care. They tried forever to get a reading of her oxygen levels, but she was scared and did not make it easy for them. They proceeded to give her a breathing treatment, take x-rays, give her another breathing treatment, have another doctor give a second opinion, told me she had pneumonia in her left lung and was getting an ear infection, gave her a shot of antibiotics, a prescription, and sent us home.
She slept with us that night, and Saturday, Dan took Lilly over to his parents to give Iris some time to rest. By the time they got back, I told Dan we needed to go to the emergency room. There, they did another x-ray, blood test, multiple breathing treatments, and told us she would be admitted. Turns out she did not have pneumonia or an ear infection, for that matter, but bronchiolitis, which is a virus and basically bronchitis gone bad. It swells the air ways making it very difficult to breathe. We were in the hospital for 3 days and 2 nights. She could not moved more than 3 feet due to the oxygen tube, i.v., and monitor attached to her little body. Did you know that it is hospital policy that any patient under 3 yrs. old has 24 hour security outside her room? It's true!  She was amazing through it all! After awhile she would wave when the nurses left, and by the end she would even tell them, "bye bye" or "thank you." It broke my heart to see her accept this new lifestyle so quickly. I never left her side, Dan came when he was able, and the Grandparents took care of Lilly. We were discharged at 5pm on Monday. After a bath, all Iris wanted to do was push her baby stroller around the house and chase her sister.
We saw her pediatrician yesterday, and she still needs breathing treatments every four hours until we go back next Monday. She is starting to get used to them, and even held the mask for herself last night. What a little helper!

She was only in this cage/crib long enough for them to take her vitals, then it became our storage unit.

Drinking Mommy's water was way cooler than the little juice boxes they brought her.

Lilly sent a poster to the hospital to make Iris feel better.

Her baby I.V. broke my heart!

Meal delivery was the brightest part of each day.

Yay! They took the tube out of my nose!



This is how we spent our time. We watched "The Fox and the Hound" at least 12 times. She wanted her baby and purple blanket the whole time.

 Thank you for all your prayers and love during this time. We are truly blessed. xoxo, Michelle