These are the sounds of the Swaney household the past few days. Cody was the first unfortunate one of us to come down with it. It started last week with a little bit of a raspy voice, and I believe it is coming to an end for him now. However, the end did not come before a horrible cough, terribly runny and stuffy nose, fevers of 102*-103*, wheezing, a trip to the ER on Sunday with a diagnosis of a "common cold", and a trip to the Dr. with a final diagnosis of pneumonia yesterday. Fortunately for Cody Bear, he is recovering from this on his own, with no worries.
Miss Hannah has not fared so well with this sickness. Hannah Bean came down with it on Saturday and every day through Monday she had ran a fever of 104*. We had to do chest X-rays yesterday at the Dr.'s office. That was sooo not a fun experience for any of us. They put her in this little contraption where her legs were dangling in two holes in a wooden platform. Her little arms were pinned above her head with two plastic walls that enclosed her entire body. To make matters worse, that little board thing that is used in all X-rays (the film, maybe?) was pushed up against her little face. She screamed and screamed. It just broke my heart. I know all of this was needed to ensure an accurate picture, but you be the Mother that is forced to just sit and watch your baby trapped in a contraption like this. It was so sad. Fortunately, it did not last too awful long, and she calmed down as soon as she was back in my arms. Her X-rays did in fact indicate pneumonia as well. The Dr. put her on Azythromycin and Amoxicillin. She woke up this morning with a fever again, however it was no where near the high temps that they had been running. I gave her some Motrin and the fever has been gone all day! Her nose and cough are still present, as are Cody's but I do believe my babies are on the road to recovery! I on the other hand, have been blessed enough for them to share their symptoms with me!
It is obviously a great thing for the kiddos to be feeling better, but especially for Cody right now. We had an appointment with a Pediatric Opthamologist in Omaha last week. He was diagnosed with Acommodative Esotropia in both of his eyes. Acommodative Esotropia is a condition of the eyes in which while one eye focuses on the object viewed the other eye turns inward. So if Cody is focusing on something with his right eye, his left eye crosses in, and turns upward. The same goes for his right eye while he is focusing with his left. He needs strabismus surgery to correct this, and it is scheduled for June 2nd at Boys Town National Research Hospital in Omaha. Cody has to be fever free for 7 days before the surgery. Today is day 1, so we're on the right track. Our physician gave us the OK for his general physical pending fever already. The surgery will be outpatient with general anesthesia, but we will be staying in a hotel because Cody will have a follow up appointment with the Pediatric Opthamologist the following morning. My best friend will be keeping the girls for us, and our vet will have Bella. I asked the opthamologist to compare this surgery with a tonsillectomy since we have been through that with Gracie. He told me that this should be easier. They will be making an incision in the thin layer that covers the whites of his eyes, and realigning the muscles in both his eyes with stitches. As far as pain levels go, the only medications needed should be regular Children's Tylenol. His eyes may be bothersome after the surgery, and may have a feeling of a foreign object in his eyes for a few days because of the stitches. I believe this will be one of the hardest parts of this. We are not allowed to let him rub his eyes, so it's going to be trying to help keep him calm and leave them alone. His vision may be blurred for a bit after the surgery as well. It will not effect his vision permanantly, and being far sighted with an astigmatism, Cody will still need his glasses afterwards.
While at their appointments yesterday we got the kiddos stats of Cody Bear weighing in at 29 lb and 36" tall. Miss Hannah is 23 lb. We didn't get height on her yesterday.
So, with all that said, please keep my kiddos in your prayers. Pray for Miss Gracie too. I'd hate for this darned illness to be passed to her too.
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