Hello! A belated blog post yet again. We've remained quite busy the past few weeks. Audrey went on her first plane ride with Dan and I out to Minneapolis to visit family. It was so great to see so many Floods/Palmquists, but we did miss a handful of the Wisconsinites -- next time! Audrey adored seeing her Great Grandma Audrey and 'Bapa' Bruce as well as meeting her little cousin, Siri, and big cousin, Connor, for the first time. She also loved cheering on her 'Uncle' Troy during the Twin Cities Marathon. She became particurally attached to Mike and Deb, Dan's Uncle and Aunt, whom we stayed with during our visit. Thanks, guys! The week flew by, and we were sad to leave.
Last week was not a good week. We took Audrey into the ER as she was having complications breathing from being sick. Long story short, she needed assisted oxygen for a 24+ hour period and we were admitted to the hospital for a few nights. This was very difficult to see our daughter go through this. They treated her as though she had the flu (although we later got her results back saying that she did not have any of the 'main' viruses). Rather, she was diagnosed with what is called 'Reactive Airway Disease' that is triggered when she gets a virus. Audrey is now on preventative medicines, and has had an inhaler that we'll be using when she gets sick. We have pulled her out of daycare indefinitely until she is older as prescribed by her doctor. Because of this, I had to make to tough decision to not to return to work after all. In the end though, both Dan and I are happy in knowing that Audrey will continue to grow stronger and be healthier while at home. Thank you all for your continued thoughts and prayers! It truly means a lot to us.
Okay, here's some happy photos from our trip out in Minneapolis. Wishing you all a happy and healthy fall season!
1 comment:
Julie, I feel for you! We went through very similar things with Lucas, including ambulances and hospital stays for his breathing....he's on pulmicort daily and albuterol when he needs it...but to encourage you: he is SOOOOO much better now, and when he gets sick he definitely gets it worse respiratory wise than anyone else, but doesn't usually need rescue treatments...I'll be praying for your sweet girl, it's so hard to watch them go through things like that.
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