Sick baby :(

Maggie has been fighting a cough and runny nose for over a week but she never got a fever and acted like she felt fine.  We went to the pediatrician twice and found out she was wheezing but it wasn't too bad.  They did a RSV test and it was negative.  We started nebulizer treatments and she seemed to be on the road to recovery.  Until Saturday when she took a very sudden turn for the worse.  That morning, Campbell and I had met my friend, Adrienne, and her daughter, Emily, at the new Children's Museum in Rock Hill.  Maggie was coughing a good bit but I didn't think too much about it.  We all went out to lunch and I thought all was fine.  Until we got home.  As I changed Maggie's diaper, I realized she felt very hot.  She also seemed like she was having a hard time catching her breath.  I gave her some Ibuprofen and did a breathing treatment and she was very lethargic...but it was nap time so it was hard to tell if she was just tired.

We are very blessed to have Nurse Nana and Dr. Aunt Julie, and to be friends with one of our pediatrician's nurses.  We were talking with all three most of the evening with lots of debate about going to the ER since the pediatrician's office was closed.  Maggie's fever peaked at 103.8 and her breathing was very rapid and shallow.  We made it through the night and headed to the pediatrician 1st thing this morning.

He listened and said the "air wasn't moving well" in her lungs and we were all worried about pneumonia.  Thankfully the x-ray showed that her lungs were clear and we are hopeful the steroids prescribed will help clear the inflammation.  Her current diagnosis is viral bronchiolitis and we will be headed back to the pediatrician in the morning (through the snow which will be interesting).

I have to be honest, this has taken a toll with "mommy guilt".  With Campbell we were hyper-vigilant about germs and with Maggie we are much more relaxed.  Campbell didn't get a fever until she was a year old and didn't have a breathing treatment (aside from the NICU of course) until she was 2.  Maybe if we had been more careful, this wouldn't have happened.  Also, I stopped pumping last week, so this is Maggie's 1st week on 100% formula so I feel guilty that she's not getting the germ-fighting benefits of breastmilk.  I did have a few ounces in the freezer that we gave her today, but it's not enough to really make a difference.  **sigh**

We'll keep you posted.  Oh, and now Campbell is coughing :(  Thanks for your prayers!

Maggie getting a breathing treatment