Scary times

Well, we have survived our first scary moments with Maria. On Sunday morning I took her for a follow up appointment with her Dr. We had taken her on Saturday morning because her cough had gotten worse and she had thrown up a few times. He wasn't happy with her oxygen saturation level. On Sunday it was low again so he decided to admit her to the hospital. They put her on prednisolone - an oral steroid, and albuterol nebulizer treatments every 2 hours. I was a little scared because obviously I was alone because Scott was at church.
They kept her in the hospital for 2 days. We brought her home yesterday morning and she seems to be doing ok. She still has a pretty bad cough but she doesn't sound wheezy anymore. Please keep her in yoiur prayers though that she would continue to get better.

New Pictures

Here are some pictures from a few weeks ago when my family came to visit.

Sam has inherited my love of reading. He has books everywhere!








This is a picture of Maria and my Mom after her first bath.
She liked it for the most part -
the getting out part was too cold though.

Welcome to the Sick House!

Poor Sam seems to get anything and everything that is going around. He is on his second dose of antibiotic and just finished a round of Predisone for Croup today. I know that we are trying to teach him to share his things, but his germs I wish he would keep to himself. Alas, he has shared with everyone! Including Maria. Poor baby girl is all stuffed up and has a lovely cough. The doctor says it's just a cold though. Scott and I have gotten different aspects of Sam's sickness. Scott has the stuffed head and I have a cough.
One goo thing about having to bring Maria to the doctor is that she got measured and weighed. She is now a whopping 8 lbs 10 oz!!! That's 2 lbs. since she was born. I had no idea she was growing so much. She is also 22 inches long now! The nurse measured twice to make sure. So, 2 lbs and 2 inches in 6 weeks. No wonder she eats so much! Sam is a growing boy too. He is 37 inches tall and 32 lbs.

Sorry, we don't have any new pictures of Maria right now because we don't have a good camera. Hopefully I will have some from Halloween soon.