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Sat, Feb 16, 2008 10:48 PM
As if poor Emilie hasn't had a rough enough time lately with being sick, add teething on top of that! And not just front teeth but molars!

The sinus infection/bronchitis just didn't seem to be getting any better. In fact, after a week on antibiotics, she spiked another fever! She was running a 101.5 fever at Donna's on Friday (Feb. 7) and was tugging at her right ear. Great! Now an ear infection!! By Saturday, her fever was up to 102.3. We called back into the doctor's office first thing and explained everything she and Xander had recently and the meds she was on. Dr. Gill said dto bring her back in. She listened to her breathe and said her lungs sounded clear (no pneumonia crackles)--YAY! She checked her ears and said they were clear. Huh. Then she checked her throat and said it was a little red but nothing to worry about. But she also commented that she had some molars bulging. What?! She said that her fever was too high for just teething so she figured she probably had a virus on top of the bacterial infections.

When we got home, sure enough, she had one molar completely in on the bottom right side and another with 1 point through on the top! (We had no idea!!) Not to mention the other 3-4 that are trying to come in...and that stubborn front tooth on the bottom that she had been working on for about a month. Poor baby!! Today we noticed that the stubborn bottom right incisor finally cut through. That makes 3 teeth in 2 weeks (although probably longer)!!! Hopefully she'll get a break from all of this soon!!

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Sat, Feb 2, 2008 8:08 PM
Not wanting to be out done by Xander’s case of pneumonia, Emilie couldn’t let another week (actually only 3days) go by without getting sick herself. Dr. Duck told us at her well big girl visit to call back if she started getting worse. When I picked up Emilie from Donna’s on Friday, she reported that Em was having a lot of trouble with her cough, which she thought sounded a lot like Xander’s, and was choking on all the sinus drainage she had. She was also running a fever. By the time we got home, the doctor’s office was already closed so we dosed her up with some Motrin and hoped the fever was just due to teething. (She had been working on a bottom tooth now for over a month and it was sooo close to finally cutting through). Unfortunately that wasn’t the case. Saturday morning she woke up on fire. She was running a fever over 102!

Daddy made the call back into the doc’s office and explained everything. Hoping to head off whatever had led to Xander’s pneumonia, she was put on 10 days of Omnicef for the infections, Dallergy (prescription Benedryl) for the runny nose and eyes, breathing treatments 3 times per day for the bronchitis, and to alternate Motrin and Tylenol for the fever and aches. I think that pretty much emptied out Kroger’s pharmacy!

Cross your fingers and hope that this is the last of it for poor Em! She has been so miserable lately!! I don't think spring can get here soon enough!!

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