The 4th, the fair, and the hospital

We had a pretty non eventful 4th this year. David thought it would be a good idea to start a new family tradition of going out for breakfast on the 4th. And of course I thought it was a good idea since I love breakfast. We just went to Denny's and for the most part it was a pretty good trip considering we now have three kids. But Brooke decided that she should throw up all over herself in the car seat. But that didn't ruin our new tradition. She just fell back asleep and so we finished our food while she slept in her puke. (I know, I am writing my 'Mom of the Year' speech right now)

We just came home after taht so that I could clean up Brooke only to have her puke again and again. When the kids went down for their naps I loaded Brooke in the car and drove up to Mission Viejo to Kids Doc to get her checked and it was a good thing I did. They sent me home with a nebulizer and some medicine because she wasn't breathing very well. The rest of the night we just stayed home. Our friends the Pinon's came over and hung out with us. The guys tried to take the boys to see the fireworks but it was too cloudy. Cassie and I stayed home because Ashley was already asleep and Brooke was sick and we watched fireworks on TV. Luc came home all bummed that he couldn't see them and then saw that they were on TV and wondered why they just didn't stay and watch these.

Then Saturday we decided to go to the Fair since this was the last weekend it was going to be in town despite the fact that Brooke was sick and not getting any better we packed her up and headed down (Again 'Mom of the Year') Joseph and Brittany and Owen and Donny and Annie and the girls came too. The little kids had so much fun riding on all the rides. Brooke and Kylie took turns puking after we fed them. Good times at the fair!

Sunday, after puking everything up for an entire 24 hours we headed up to the hospital with Brooke. We dropped Luc and Ashley off at Aunt Sarah's and that was the last I saw them for 4 days. The ER ended up admitting her because her oxygen level was in the low 80's (not good) and she wasn't keeping anything down. After two tries at the IV and two tries to draw blood we were sent up to the peds ward without knowing what my poor little girl had. We ended up staying 4 days and the results came back-RSV. Everybody was so suprised. Who gets RSV in the summertime? She was put on oxygen for the first 3 days. It was so sad to see her with the tubes and tape and moniters. We got to come home wednesday afternoon and almost imediately she started throwing everthing thing up again. The sad part is is that there is nothing we can do for her. She is still getting breathing treatments to help open up her lungs but she just has to cough it up, which results in puking. I am going through outfits and blankets like no other. I just feel so bad for her. Hopefully she can get rid of this soon, it is hard to see her like this.