This week Stella gave us quite a scare as she battled some respiratory issues. She didn't feel well over the weekend and by Sunday night she was laboring to breathe some. We thought about taking her to the ER but took her to see her pediatrician instead on Monday. He prescribed her a steroid and albuterol treatments and asked to see her the next morning. On Tuesday when her symptoms hadn't changed and even seemed a little worse we were frightened. We took her to the hospital for a chest x-ray which was a bit traumatic. Stella didn't want to cooperate so they had to strap her into a seat. Because it was already difficult for her to breathe it was sad to see her so scared and upset. The technicians were great though. After a few albuterol treatments Stella began to hold the mask herself. She doesn't seem to mind taking the medicine at all now. We took her back to the doctor on Wednesday, and again on Friday. She has finally started to sound better and is much more active. We'll take her back again this Tuesday but it seems like she's on the up and up - thank god! We knew that because of her prematurity Stella could have trouble if she caught a cold but after making it through her first winter healthy we weren't prepared for this scare. Hopefully this will be an isolated issue and she won't have many more problems like this.
Claire is such a happy baby. She is growing and changing so fast. Since she has mastered rolling over she is now working on grasping and holding things. Stella loves to play around her and as protective as we try to be Claire usually doesn't mind her big sister at all, often times she just laughs! We've done our best to keep Stella at a distance from Claire this past week. So far Claire doesn't seem to be coming down with a cold so hopefully she will stay healthy this time.
Thank you to everyone for your prayers and well wishes this week!
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