so apparently we have angered the universe. karma has it in for us, big-time. having to move in the midst of the holidays and the dead of winter apparently wasn't enough.
we were supposed to go up to appleton yesterday for the christmas festivities, but the weather didn't cooperate. ice, snow, blowing snow...all conspired to make it almost impossible to travel. it ended up working out better that way, though. abby woke up yesterday morning losing her voice, but was acting fine so i didn't think much of it. we went to church and came home, and all of a sudden she started wheezing and crying and coughing like crazy. she didn't want any lunch, which is definitely not like her. so, we put her down for rest time and she FELL ASLEEP. first nap in like a year, i think. then she woke up and promptly threw up a bunch of phlegm, and was really struggling to breathe. so, i got her dressed and took her to urgent care while brian stayed home with ian. got to urgent care and the receptionist was so freaked out by her breathing that she called the nurse to come get her right away, which was awesome. so, they gave her a nebulizer treatment and some other medicine, and she wasn't getting better enough, so the doctor decided to call the AMBULANCE to take her to the ER. the good part was that she was better enough by that time to kind of enjoy the ambulance ride. :) so, we stayed in the ER for a couple of hours, they did a chest x-ray to rule out pneumonia, and finally decided that she has croup. so, she's on a steroid now for that, and an antibiotic for a possible bronchial infection the doctor saw on the x-ray. she threw up again a couple of times last night, but it was pretty much just from gagging on the 10 pounds of phlegm she has. she's acting much better today, and her breathing sounds better too. still no voice, but definite improvement. and since she's better, i think we'll go up to appleton tonight after the christmas eve service at church and be up there tomorrow.
sigh, so that's what we've been up to. and packing. and more packing. we're going to try to take some stuff over to the new place today too, so that'll be productive, i hope.
happy holidays to all!
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