First things first...
Went to Austin for Thanksgiving and had a good trip. Bella did pretty well on the long drive. Slept for most of it but the last hour and then she wasn't the happiest camper, but we made it alive! Had a good time. She got tons of fun presents and got to spend lots of time with my Dad and Debbie! They are both crazy over her. We had a yummy Turkey Day dinner and got lots of relaxing in. We did get up and go out on Black Friday to do some shopping. We even got our pic in the paper...crappy pic of course! I did get a copy of it for B's baby book though. After some shopping we met up with Jana and Jenna for sushi. Had a great time catching up.
We've been busy trying to get ready for Christmas, spending time at the deer lease, etc. Done some shopping here and there but I am still not done and it's driving me crazy. I never, ever wait this long to finish up with Christmas shopping!
Monday, November 30, Bella had her 6 month check up! All was good and she got her last vaccinations until she is 12 months! She weighed 15lb 10oz and was 26in. long.
Friday, December 4th, Bella woke up right when Calvin was headed out to work. I got up and made her a bottle and put her in bed with me to feed and. I noticed she was burning up with fever. Checked it and it was over 103. I called Calvin and let him know we were going to the dr first thing. He turned around and came back home to drive us. The weather was awful and it was going to be snowing/sleeting later in the day. By the time we got to the drs. office her fever had mostly broken. She had a red throat and was congested. She tested negative for flu and strep, thank goodness. We got sent hom with a decongestant and to give her tylenol/motrin for the fever. She felt fine though. Over the weekend her fever would only come at night and the congestion was going away so we thought she was on the mend. We even did some Christmas shopping on Sunday.
By Tuesday the fever came back higher and she was super fussy. She was also not wanting to take her bottle. I was told to bring her back in the dr. The red throat was gone, no more congestion, so he decided to check her urine for a UTI. Yep..she had one. He said with her age and since she wasn't eating good he recommended that she spend a night or two in the hospital and get some IV fluids and antibiotics. He also wanted to grow a culture on her urine and do and u/s on her kidneys. The culture came back and along with her bloodwork, they decided that it had already become a kidney infection. Poor Bella. I felt so bad for her because they had a hard time with her IV's and blood draws. She got so bruised up from them! She was such a trooper though and stayed in a good mood. We stayed from Tuesday-Friday in the hospital. They had originally told us we would be there until Sunday, but she responded so well that we got an early release. We go back tomorrow for a dye test on her kidneys to make sure there aren't any problems that would cause recurrent infections. We are keeping our fingers crossed that this one was just bad luck! We go back on Friday for our follow-up.
Where the heck am I going to get Christmas shopping squeezed in??
Anyway...here are some pics of our sweet baby while we were locked up!
Headed home...finally!
This weekend we also have our first Christmas party. Hopefully Bella will continue to feel fine and I will have some cute pictures with Mr. & Mrs. Claus and their elf!
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