My baby girl in the hospital with bronchitis and rsv. Doesn't she look pitiful? I have to admit though, she looked so cute in that hospital gown. I hated that i.v. on her arm too, she didn't like it at all. She kept hitting it on everything and sometimes she would just look at it and start crying. It was so sad!
She couldn't stand the wires so of course she was constantly pulling at them, and even succeeded a few times. One of the nurses even told me one time, "You're going to have to watch her better." She had just pulled the wire off her foot again. I thought, lady I have been up here by myself watching her every second for a day now. I wanted to pull the wires off too by that point. You can't seriously expect an 8 month old not to pull on her wires at all! I really was doing my best.
Madelyn has been so congested lately. I have taken her to the doctor for it several times lately. I took her two weeks ago and they said she just had a little cold. Well, her cold never got better so I took her back on Wednesday at 2:30. They said she then had bronchitis and they sent me over to the hospital to test her for rsv. Sure enough, she tested positive and they admitted her right away. What a nightmare!!! It was so scary to watch her like that, and so hard to not be able to do anything to make her feel better. Brian stayed home with Bryson both nights so I was with her in the hospital both nights by myself. That was so hard! We got to come home on Friday and I have been giving her breathing treatments every 4 to 6 hours since then and she takes a steroid every day. She seems like she might be feeling better during the days, but the nights are still terrible. She isn't sleeping more than about an hour at a time without waking up coughing or crying. The albuterol in her breathing treatments hypes her up and so even in her sleep, she is moaning and groaning and moving all around. Please pray for my baby to get better soon!
We had a wonderful Christmas this year. Madelyn was feeling soooo much better by Christmas Eve, so that was an answer to our prayers. This was at my mom and dad's house on Christmas morning with Bryson and my nephew and niece Kaden and Reese. They all play so good together, and of course they love to play with Madelyn. They were pushing her all around the house in that walker and she was loving every minute.
Santa came to Brian's grandma's house on Christmas Eve. Bryson was very excited to see him but Madelyn was not quite so sure. She just kept looking at everyone else in the room like "Come get me please". She didn't cry though, she just wouldn't smile either. 
The only family picture we could get where we were all four looking at the camera at the same time.
Brian and I relaxing after a long two eventful days. Hope everyone else had a very Merry Christmas this year!
