Flu & Baiden's Development Issues..

So as talked about in my "Week From Hell" post, we were all sick here in the Cox home a couple weeks ago! But in case you dont care to watch a vlog of that length, im doing a BLOG post on it!

I had been sick a week prior, and a couple Fridays ago, hubby came home from work just DRAINED, weak, and starting to fever. Pretty sure he had the flu. Braylee had the sunken eyes. Then what i dreaded most happened. My sweet little 4 month old woke up around 6:00 a.m Wednesday morning and was inconsolably crying. Wouldnt eat, and when i went to pick him up he was on FIRE. I stripped him down, got a cool rag for his head, and checked his temperature. It was 103.5... i PANICKED. Jeff called Baiden's on call doc while a pulled myself together. She informed him we didnt need to take him to the doctor if we could break his fever and get him to calm down. So we have him Tylenol, and soon after, Baiden settled down, and i stayed up with him waiting for his doctor's office to open.

We took Baiden in to the doctor, and after about 3 hours, and a couple tests, we ruled out RSV (thank goodness) and figured out he had the flu, type B. My poor little man. Not really anything more we could do for him except keep up with the Tylenol for his fever. Baiden was refusing to eat and we had until 4pm that evening to get him eating or we had to admit him to the hospital cuz he's only 4 months old.. :(

 Braylee love was the only one who got the flu shot. She got the sunken eyes and loss of appetite  but other than that... the flu passed her over.

We kept syringe feeding Baiden, but the only thing he'd drink, was pedialite. He would just spit out his formula. It was getting closer and closer to 4pm, and Baiden still wasnt eating hardly at all. So we asked for our Bishop to come give a blessing. Wasnt even 5 minutes later... Baiden started eating like a champ. Not as much as he normally does, but he would eat about 2 ounces every hour or 2, and kept us out of the hospital. Whether you believe or not... you have to admit, thats kinda cool :))

Baiden was sleepy the rest of the day, but the following day, Baiden was a whole new baby! Ran a low grade fever, but was back to smiling, laughing, eating almost back to normal, and being a happy fat little baby!

Here is a short video vlog documenting that day,

and also footage of Baiden's "development" issues. Which he was still sick and might not have had much energy. We're getting a second opinion regardless cuz now that he is all better, he does really well with tummy time and holding his head up.

FlashBack Friday! {Acid Reflux Nightmare}

I am TRYING to catch up on my daily vlog Youtube Channel! 

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These are videos documenting Baiden's struggle with Acid Reflux and Colic!

Sick Times...

Im gonna make this post brief.

I REALLY need to get all caught up in my blogging haha. BUT its all in the video if you are interested!

So 3 weeks ago (when Baiden was 3 weeks old). Braylee SOME how got sick. I've been sheltering and bubble wrapping my kids as best i could but some how.. Braylee got sick. Either from dance, or from a trip to Walmart. Anyway, Bray get croup SO easily. And thats what she got!

We took her to the E.R to get a steroid shot because i wanted to get it gone ASAP with a 3 week old baby! And well it worked. She never had the croupy cough again.. but for a full week, she had a bad cough.

I was SO anxious about Baby boy getting sick. I was washing my hands every 5 minutes. Lysoling everything. Clorox wiping everything. Washing sheets and blankets regularly. My hands were literally cracked, gross, and bleeding!

The next week, JEFF gets sick. He went to work on Thursday healthy, got rained on all day, came home sick. Started with a sore throat and neck. Turned into no hearing in his left ear and loosing his voice. He went into an insta-care after work that Friday, they said it was a virus, nothing they can do, and sent him home.

For the next week.. Jeff slept in a different room and didnt touch Baiden at all so that he wouldnt get him sleep. 

Then i think it was Thursday, Jeff went to his doctor to get a second opinion  come to find out, Jeff has an infection behind his throat, and a sinus infection. Got a shot in his butt, and some amniotic meds to take.

I was THRILLED that all my blood hands and hard worked had paid off!

But then it happened....

Baiden got sick :(

He developed a little cough that gradually got worse, and then he got congested, so we took him in to the doc. Turns out he has an upper respiratory infection. Scary stuff for a newborn. You cant start antibiotics with a newborn cuz it kills off the good stuff as well as bad stuff, so we were sent home to pray that it didnt turn into a secondary infection (RSV).

SOOO so sad.

My poor little man ran a fever for a few days and we couldnt give him tylenol cuz if he needed to be admitted, we needed to know his true temp.

All we could do was run a humidifier, do saline nose drops, and suck his nose out.

Needless to say.. i got little sleep and stayed up all night with my baby boy to watch over him. RSV isnt a sickness to take lightly. So i watched his breathing and fever closely.

Here we are, a week later, Baiden is 6 weeks old,

and im happy to say, Baiden is on the mend!

Fever and congestion is gone (the scary stuff). His cough is pretty much all gone, and so we just are continuing to suck his nose out.

Adjusting To New Baby {Week 2&3}

As mentioned in my previous post, week 1 was just great. But week 2, i had some personal struggles.

Baiden was still amazing and super easy, and Braylee was still attention seeking, maybe a little bit more than week 1, but still not too bad. But for ME, all my stress and emotions that i had been suppressing, started to hit me hard. Jeff goes into work at 3:30am and drives truck, so he can NOT go to work tired. You just cant drive a semi truck sleepy. So i get up all night by myself. Well all the NICU drama, emergency D&C drama, photo shoots, being stressed about editing, and now adding in the lack of sleep.... I finally had a breakdown.

I was super moody, emotional, and stressed out week 2 and 3. It was crunch time on editing. I was really feeling very overwhelmed. I was feeling cooped up and like my life was just a blur! Like i didnt know where my day went! The 2 hour feedings, trying to attend to a 3 year old, trying to edit, i barely even fit time in for me to eat meals at a normal time (breakfast at 2pm... really??), get ready, or even shower. Overwhelmed is in understatement.

My amazing husband is responsible for holding me together and getting me through the days. He is so supportive, says just what i need to hear. Come home from long days at work with flowers and is so eager to help. I dont even have to ask. I have my amazing family, close friends, and sweet neighbors to thank too! I dont think we made dinner for a good week and a half after we brought Baiden home. We received gifts, diapers, cards, calls, just OVERWHELMING love and caring. Basically my negative overwhelmed feelings, and my positive overwhelmed feelings, kinda evened out. I was just a big emotional mess, positive and negative!

WEEK 3: The beginning of week 3 i think i had another break down. I'd take a shower and just BAWL. I had no control over my emotions but boy did it feel good to just let it out! BUT we have good news! Week 3 was when i started feeling a little more together. Getting the hang of things. Feeling good! There was a sense of calm that week. Mostly cuz i got my wedding edited and finished only 2 days late :) What a relief! Things were just great. It was a nice break before MORE stress...

At the end of week 3, Braylee woke up one night just crying and coughing. I went into her room and there it was! The croup barky cough :( Braylee gets it SOO easily. I dont even know where she got it. We seriously went out of the house like twice sense Baiden was born :( So we took her to the ER to get the steriod shot before it got worse and to protect the new tiny baby. That worked! No more croupy cough.. but Bray had a good nasty cough for the next week... HOLY ANXIETY!!!!

And dont you even fret... week 4... things got even worse as far as sickness. But ill talk about all that in my week 4&5 post... basically... PRAY FOR US! :(