lullaby and antibiotics

Every night for 7 years, we have been singing the same song to Eve at bedtime.  Here is the original version:
http://youtu.be/56SOgdbljeU

We replace "baby" with "Evie."  For 18 months, Seamus has heard it, too.  We use his name for him.
It's our own special routine.


In other news, Eve's cold seems to have gotten worse again.  Last night was particularly rough.  She was coughing continuously and eventually vomited twice in trying to clear her airway.  A bunch of clear liquid came out - which was either excessive saliva or the 2oz  water we mixed with her miralax 6 hours earlier.  So, we changed her sheets and pj's (twice) and eventually, she rested comfortably.  Me?  Not so much.  This morning I got her out of bed and as I was putting her in her wheelchair she vomited a handful of mucous.  Green and thick and enough to fill my hand.  Gross and TMI, sorry.

Anyhow, I was positively vibrating with stress and worry.  I kept telling myself some advice that my friend, Ellen, gave me: Don't borrow trouble.  I repeated it like a mantra.  Stop worrying about things that might be and just deal with the here and now.  I can't even begin to tell you where my mind was trying to go.

I decided to stay home with her today and cancel my classes and the babysitter (this is Eve's school break).  I emailed her pediatrician, who called me.  Dr. A told me that because Eve has been sick for nearly a month, it is time to try her on Amoxicillan.  We went off it when Eve was at Baystate because they told us this was viral.  However, because it has been so long, there is a good chance of bacterial involvement by now.  I started to cry because so often I feel very helpless with Eve's symptoms.  It was so nice to be given something to try that will hopefully make her feel better.  So, I'll pick up the Rx by lunch and get two doses in her today.  Hopefully by the end of the weekend she will be feeling better in time for school next week.  I've also given her a decongestant and some Tylenol (in case of sore throat from post nasal drip or headache).  She seems to be doing better now than first thing this morning.  I'm hoping a nap also helps her feel better. I'm planning on napping, too.  Or at least trying to.