Sleep is gooooooooood. So good.

The last few days have been hell. Literally hell. I wanted to relax a couple days after the crazy business that was going to STL to get Mya and throw her a birthday party the following day. Riley had different plans though. It all seems blurry now, since I did not get much sleep until last night. Sunday night ended up being a little rough- she woke a few times, but no biggie. Monday brought fussiness, decreased pee output, a lack of appetite and a new feeling that she didn't need to sleep. She would scream and cry in pain- the Dr even changed her antibiotic mid-day AND gave a Rx for numbing ear drops. Didn't seem to help much and I was even doing orajel since she probably had some teething pain on top of it...oh and THEN throw in the diarrhea she had from the antibiotics (which also caused upset belly w/ lack of food in there!).  So. I am a worrier by nature and when it comes to the kids I worry 10 fold. She slept 10p-11p Monday night. I left for the the ER at about 1230 and by 1a she was seen by the doctor. Her ear infection wasn't any worse and her throat looked clear and her lungs sounded good. But when I layed her down for him to check her belly all hell broke lose on his world. She screamed bloody murder. So he's a dad too- so he orders blood work and a urine test on her to calm my mind- I'm sure it was to calm me because I was crying too. Riley hates being catheterized. Hates it. And the blood draw- no better. They left in an IV and gave her fluids- No, she was not dehydrated despite her lack of eating- she was drooling enough to bottle and sell! But since she wasn't eating and they had line in already she got some fluids. And the fluids seemed to make her a little happier. Then- like POW- I remember she rolled off the couch Saturday night! OMG, I felt terrible. Call the nurse- "uhh I hate to be THAT mom, but can I get a head CT on her... she did roll of the couch and hit her head over the weekend." And it was so. The Dr ordered heat CT and went ahead and ordered chest and abdominal xray while she down at radiology. She hated those tests too. :-(

And so we wait. And so she slept- for about 20 minutes. And we waited some more. And come 430a we find out everything was clear. Did see the ear inf on the head CT, but she's good. So that was a sigh of relief. But what now with this child that won't sleep?! We leave. She cries the whole way home. We arrive home. She takes a little bottle and passes out- maybe she'll sleep?! Sort of- she slept til 7:20am. A little over 2 hours- that was it.

Well needless to say, I CANNOT manage 3 kids on 2 hrs sleep- so Mikel came home. I called the Dr... get the normal orders- little amts fluid, Ibuprofen, Tylenol, Orajel, do what we can. We both finally sleep from about 1100a to about 130p..............grrrrrr. It goes on all day Tuesday- the fussies and she ate a little more. Maybe she'll sleep Mikel says. Come 1030p she is no where near being able to sleep. Not that I don't think she wanted to- she rubbed those little eyes but just tossed and turned. I cried and pleaded with the doctor to let me give her some Benadryl- 1/2 tsp- ONE time. YES! She passed out- right after she got it- it doesn't work that fast! Hahaha She slept til 430a and drank about 4oz then went back to bed. It is now 9a and she is STILL asleep. Yes! But she has a dr appt at 1030- so shower for me and I have to wake her. I HATE to wake her more than anything right now.

Personally- I think she got so tired from the original lack of sleep due to pain that when the pain got better she couldn't sleep. I think that Benadryl helped that and I think she will be good today and eat and nap at normal nap time and fall asleep without a sleep aid. At least that is what I am hoping for. She might get an antibiotic shot today if ears don't look good. She is currently on azithromycin 200mg/5mL, up from the 100mg/5mL that is normal, a switch from the omnicef, which was a switch from amoxicillin. My poor baby.