Litte Miss Ayla was sick this week. Other than her NICU stay, she's never really had more than a cold or some other random viral thing that's gone in a day or two...until now. She started 'school' (Mother's day out program at the church) in September and has had a runny nose on and off since. I know that is to be expected with all of those germy little toddlers picking their noses, coughing on each other, 'sharing' sippy cups and rarely washing their hands. This week though, on Wednesday Ayla had a fever and cough. I was sure the cough was croup so I took her in that afternoon and she was diagnosed with her first ear infection, a sinus infection and croup. YIKES!! They tried to give her an oral dose of steroids for her lungs but she proceeded to throw that up all over the doctor and myself for a good 3-5 minutes...dry heaves and all. Then she looked up with her watery little eyes and said 'puke' to the doctor. Poor kiddo. The doc had warned that it was a nasty, nasty medication. We decided to take it as an injection instead. She is also on an antibiotic.
This morning she finally woke without a fever and has seemed well all day and even ate a decent lunch and dinner. I think(hope) we're past the worst of it. I have never seen her act so sickly before, it was really sad. So for 3 days she and I hung out on the couch watching Dora and Curious George. That part was actually kind of fun for me, I got more cuddles and hugs from her than I normally get in a week! Although, if I have to hear 'Dora, Dora, Dora the exploreeeer' one more time....
This is sick little Ayla on the couch, I was able to make her smile a little bit, but she wouldn't even lift her head 
These are from tonight. She is acting like her old self again, silly little girl
What do you think of this fab little hairdo?? She just had her pigtails taken out
This was after her bath. We had read her story and were saying her prayers. We have said the exact same prayer every single night since the day she was born "God bless Mommy, Daddy, Ayla, Boston, Gracie, Blue and all of our family and friends. Amen" The only exception is when we add '...and special prayers for...' when someone we love or care for is in need of prayers. She says it with us because it is familiar but recently she has started saying 'Oh man!' instead of Amen. That is what Swiper says on Dora. In this picture she was telling me that I was wrong, it isn't Amen, it's Oh man! Funny little girl!!
These are from tonight. She is acting like her old self again, silly little girl
What do you think of this fab little hairdo?? She just had her pigtails taken out
This was after her bath. We had read her story and were saying her prayers. We have said the exact same prayer every single night since the day she was born "God bless Mommy, Daddy, Ayla, Boston, Gracie, Blue and all of our family and friends. Amen" The only exception is when we add '...and special prayers for...' when someone we love or care for is in need of prayers. She says it with us because it is familiar but recently she has started saying 'Oh man!' instead of Amen. That is what Swiper says on Dora. In this picture she was telling me that I was wrong, it isn't Amen, it's Oh man! Funny little girl!!
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Poor Ayla Bean! Such SAD pictures!
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