Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Avery?

We're not sure what is up with Avery right now. She began acting rather sensitive Friday, and has continued since. She cries at the drop of a hat, and is easily scared at random times. She begins to cry uncontrollably, and Jake and I have no idea what causes it most of the time. We just assume that it's because she started feeling bad, but it almost seems like she is traumatized at times! She did it at the sitter's house Friday, the Turner's house Friday night, the Pumpkin Patch Saturday, and then again Sunday morning and Sunday night in the church nursery. At the Turner's she did it after we took a picture with a camera flash, so we thought it may have scared her, and then Sunday morning, they brought a video camera in to get footage of her for their welcome video, so we thought that may have frightened her as well. However, the other times, there was nothing around to trigger the behavior.
Other than that, she started the usual clear, runny nose with a cough about a week ago. It has continued, but with no fever or chest congestion. We know she has fluid on both ears because of last week's ENT visit, so we thought they could've become infected. Yesterday morning, she began having diarrhea continuously (AGAIN), which gave her sensitive little bum diaper burn (AGAIN). She's been taking unusually long naps too. Poor Jake took her to her Endocrinology appointment yesterday (alone), and when her got her out of the car seat, she got diarrhea all over him and her! Then, she went ballistic (sp?) in the examining room, and wouldn't let him weigh her or ANYTHING. They had to weigh Jake holding her and subtract his weight. He was so stressed out by the time I got home! We scheduled another Pediatrician visit for today to check things out.
This morning, she woke up early screaming, while I was getting ready for work, and it took a good while to settle her down. I was totally upset leaving her, because I just hate seeing her like this. I had to peel her off of me to give her to Jake, and it killed me. I took off half a day, and met Jake at Dr. V's office. Avery screamed so loudly every time someone came in the room, that I had to pretty much speak in a yell, lol. I realize it's normal for children her age to cry at the doctor, etc. It's just so hard to tell when she it's something normal with her or a bigger problem. Dr. V checked her ears, and the left wasn't infected. I had to hold Avery down for her to pull some wax out of the right, but she couldn't tell whether it was infected or not (it's so hard to see in those tiny canals). No chest congestion still and she couldn't tell too much about her throat because A had been drinking orange gator-ade! Any way, she sent off for a stool sample, and put A on a different antibiotic upping the dose. She told me to keep her home for a few days until she starts feeling better. Poor little munchkin- we just hate seeing her like this, especially since she's usually so happy.
Thanks to all for prayers! On a brighter note, her Endocrinology appointment produced positive news. Avery has gone up on the growth charts a significant amount in all areas (head circumference, height, weight, etc.). I guess we must be doing something right! Surely God is continuing to keep his hands on her- that gives me much needed peace.

No comments:

Post a Comment