Just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down...

I apologize that this post is so late - it accidentally got posted to the other blog! Well - unfortunately for Ryleigh she can't have sugar to help her medicine go down! Earlier in the week Ryleigh developed a really nasty sounding cough, but since she has had a few colds recently, I wasn't too worried. Tuesday night, she woke Kyle and I up with her coughing and subsequent gasping for breath. So, I become concerned and called the Dr. We were expecting some snow last night and today so I just didn't want to be in a situation where we couldn't get to the Dr. for a few days. I'm glad we went yesterday. It turns out that it isn't really anything serious, but she is on breathing treatments (inhaler) for 5 days, steroids (to help the gasping or Strider at night) for 5 days and then antibiotics for 10 days to keep any of this junk from spreading to her chest and lungs. Poor kid - last night was not fun for her as we gave her one dose after another of all her medication! I worked from home today due to the weather conditions here and so Ryleigh was here with me, and all in all she did really good. She even took really good long naps in her crib. I am kind of hoping that perhaps the reason for her recent sleeping issues is all this congestion and wheezing stuff. It does seem as if she is literally going from one cold to another. Here's to hoping that all this medication finally gets rid of this stuff for good! Luckily for me, I have a very happy baby despite her not feeling all that great - but I am ready for her to be better!