For some reason this story never made it in the blog so I'll share it now:
When Evette was just over 3 months [early January] she was running a fever. She was a little bit fussy that day and I felt that she was getting warmer so I checked her temperature and she did have a fever. I called the health clinic and they said to bring her in since she was so young. We went to the health clinic and they checked her out. She did have a fever but they couldn't figure out why so they decided to take a urine sample to see if she had a bladder infection or something of the like. How do you get a urine sample from a baby? A catheter. Poor thing. She was so brave even though it was a lot more difficult than the nurses had anticipated. Turns out she didn't have anything and they decided that it must have just been teething.
Recent doctor story:
On Friday night Evette's elbow got pulled [nursemaid's elbow]. DO NOT lift babies up just by their arms until they are way older. aughh.... After lots of crying from both Evette and I and a rush to an after hours clinic they fixed her right up. Oh man, I thought I was going to puke - couldn't stand to see my baby girl in so much pain. She couldn't move her arm and she was trying to be so brave.... Poor baby girl. She's all good now and it didn't slow her down one bit but it sure did give me a scare. I thought all of her fingers were going to fall off or we'd have to get her arm amputated, or whatever else my terrified mind was coming up with. Thanks to the husband for being my rock of sanity and taking care of his girls.
When Evette was just over 3 months [early January] she was running a fever. She was a little bit fussy that day and I felt that she was getting warmer so I checked her temperature and she did have a fever. I called the health clinic and they said to bring her in since she was so young. We went to the health clinic and they checked her out. She did have a fever but they couldn't figure out why so they decided to take a urine sample to see if she had a bladder infection or something of the like. How do you get a urine sample from a baby? A catheter. Poor thing. She was so brave even though it was a lot more difficult than the nurses had anticipated. Turns out she didn't have anything and they decided that it must have just been teething.
Recent doctor story:
On Friday night Evette's elbow got pulled [nursemaid's elbow]. DO NOT lift babies up just by their arms until they are way older. aughh.... After lots of crying from both Evette and I and a rush to an after hours clinic they fixed her right up. Oh man, I thought I was going to puke - couldn't stand to see my baby girl in so much pain. She couldn't move her arm and she was trying to be so brave.... Poor baby girl. She's all good now and it didn't slow her down one bit but it sure did give me a scare. I thought all of her fingers were going to fall off or we'd have to get her arm amputated, or whatever else my terrified mind was coming up with. Thanks to the husband for being my rock of sanity and taking care of his girls.
Cute sleepy baby.
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