Mommy......I Feel.......

"mommy....i feel all better today!"
........FINALLY!!!!!
Ella started with a low grade fever, runny nose, and cough last Wednesday. She was worse Thursday with a temp up to 103.4axillary. But, Friday and Saturday were fever-free, good days. And then......Saturday night, she was literally up ALL night coughing until 6:40am when she finally fell asleep out of pure exhaustion..... So, Sunday we spent 4 hours in urgent care.....she felt officially 'crummy'. They swabbed her for strep, did a chest x-ray, gave her a breathing treatment to see if that would help with her coughing....... and finally decided it was 'croup'. I don't think that is what she had at all. As horrible as Ella felt, she still kept her sense of humor during the whole visit. When she was having her chest x-ray, I explained it to her as getting her picture taken so when the tech said, "okay...here we go", Ella busted out in a cute pose with a BIG smile! That's my girl! The doctor did give us a prescription for tylenol with codeine to help with the cough. She did sleep that night until 3:30am, but then was up coughing again. Horrible cough!!!! Yesterday, she was a little better, but then felt crummy again last night. BUT......last night she slept ALL night and feels MUCH BETTER this morning! She still stayed home from school because of the cough.....and hopefully she will EAT today. She has already lost 2.5 pounds during this sickness and has had NO appetite......
Let's hope this is the end of the illness!!!!! I am READY for things to be back to normal!