So this title refers to how often poor Jena has been sick these last few months. Mostly it has ear infection after ear infection. Her usual disposition is something like this...
But it is not uncommon to see her looking something like this...
Then a couple of months ago I took her to the doctor after she woke up looking like this...
Turns out she had a terrible sinus infection and was placed on her third antibiotic in three months. And after that she was once again looking like this...
A month later (almost two weeks ago) I get a call from her daycare saying they had a confirmed case of whooping cough in her room and all of the babies now needed to be tested and put on an antibiotic. So I went that night and had her tested. She didn't test positive for whooping cough (Thank God!) but it turns out she had yet ANOTHER ear infection, her fourth in four months and also an upper respiratory infection and was once again put on an antibiotic and a steroid AND her oxygen was so low at that point that she had to have a breathing treatment.
Thank goodness we went in to get her checked out for whooping cough because I would have otherwise had no idea that she had the infection. She JUST finished that antibiotic last night and this morning I woke up to her looking like this...
I FREAKED out!!!! I took her in to the urgent care and as it turns out Jena is allergic to "sulpha" medicines which was the last antibiotic she was on. They gave her that rare antibiotic because it is the one they use for whooping cough and at that point the test hadn't come back to say she didn't have it. She has this rash now on her whole body and is on a new steroid and Benadryl and of course yet ANOTHER antibiotic because the ear infection is STILL THERE! Lord help this baby! And I have to say this through it all she has nothing but smiles to give.
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Poor Jena!!!! And poor mama!!!! I feel so bad that she's having to go through all of this (and you and Jay too). I would have freaked out too with a rash like that. Hope it goes away soon. Jena has such a beautiful smile so I'm hoping she can stay healthy so she'll be all smiles!
Oh my gosh, Joanne! That is craziness...all of it! Poor Jena. I hope she is on the road to recovery and back to her happy self soon.
Tricia
P.S. From your previous post (Valentine's photos), I was going to comment that Jena looks like your mom. Does she? I'm not sure I've ever met your mom. I must have seen pictures of her somewhere.
AHHH! Poor Jena, those rash pictures made me gasp! I too am allergic to sulfa, poor girlie. Luckily there are so many other medicines out there it doens't matter too much. Poor baby girl with her ear infections, that reminds me so much of Cooper! Hopefully now that spring is coming she'll stop getting them! Love those smiley faces! What a cutie.
YIKES! No wonder, I was just thinking today how I haven't talked to you in forever and haven't really seen you "around" (FB, blogs, etc.) Poor Poor Baby!!! OH MY! Hoping she will be done with all of this soon. Is there talk of tubes? I don't know the "number" it takes but yowza... that baby needs some relief!
Oh, joanne, I am so sorry... nothing is worse than when your baby is sick and you feel helpless. What a sweet baby girl to keep the smile and giggles going- imagin how she would be if she were 100%. The first few pics reminded me of Mike at a year and a half... we opted for tubes and boy, it changed his life and ours!! he was hardly ever sick after that! Give Jena cuddles for me- she looks so much like Jane to me! I miss you and your girls bunches!
PS You are still my mommy hero :) WWJ(S)D
Ahhh Joanne, how scary! I hope she feels better soon! Have they thought about putting tubes in her ears? Cameron and Carson both had that done and were rarely sick after that! I'm surprised they haven't suggested it :(
oh my goodness, Joanne! I can't believe it ! Your poor baby girl!! (and poor you!) That rash was scary looking, I hope that the steroids and everything took care of it. I'll be praying that these illness start to clear up with Spring coming on!
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