Sickness Update

Just thought I'd do an update on our sick kiddos.  Denver has improved tremendously.  He still coughs once in a while, but I don't think I've had to wipe his nose once today and he's been motrin free for over 24 hours now.  Makenna on the other hand has struggled a little more.  She got sick one day later and seems to be running the same course as Denver, but has been a little more miserable.  Last night when I was putting her pj's on I noticed she looked slightly blue above her top lip and then she started crying and she looked dusky around her mouth so we decided it was time to take her to the clinic.  I'm glad we finally went to the clinic just to put me at ease that they don't have something bacterial that needs antibiotics and my stubborness in turn was making them sicker.  The PA that was on was very impressed with her assessment.  She at the time sounded clear (which I agreed for the most part she is, on occassion I could hear some wheezes, but not real often), her ears looked good, her throat looked good, etc, etc.  He decided to do a blood test to confirm that it was viral and said we didn't need to do a RSV test as it wouldn't change how we would treat her.  I was thankful for that for Makenna's sake (they suck their nose out for this test) and for our bank account as those tests are around $200 and our insurance puts it towards deductible.  So the blood test in turn confirmed it was viral, and due to the duskiness around her lips at times and her tight cough he decided to put her on nebs.  Makenna hates her nebs like any baby, but I think they have helped. This morning she still seemed slightly dusy around her lips when she cried, but I haven't noticed it since then. Her cough sounds better and she definitely looks better! She also must feel better because she hasn't been very irritable and has been much happier.  Here are a couple pictures of our mad baby girl during her neb tonight.