A family trip to the hospital

Today was a long day.  Lilly's cough got worse this morning and Jess figured it was time to get her seen.  Since I was already at the hospital, Jess decided to try out the urgent care clinic here. She brought Gus and Lilly and arrived around noon.  In the rush to get out of the door, Jess had forgotten the diaper bag for Gus.  Not having diapers was something we could work around but it also contained his lunch and toys to play with.  I helped by going back and forth between Sarah's room and the clinic to help with Gus.  It ended up being 4+ hours for Lilly to get through her appointment.  The doctors thought it was asthma causing her coughs and wheezing.  They gave her albuterol and some steroids but she didn't improve as quickly as they liked so they kept her longer to watch her.  This caused a lot of frustration, because Gus was ready for a nap and didn't want to be there.  Toward the end of the appointment, I made arrangements to be with Lilly, while Jess took Gus home.  As luck would have it, before Jess got home, Lilly was done and Jess had to turn around to come and get her.  Frustrating to say the least.  We made it through and hopefully Lilly has turned the corner and won't be as bad tomorrow.

Gus and his smile.  He liked the noise of the camera, so I got a bunch of these shots.

A laugh

Lilly playing on the white board, waiting

When I got back with Sarah, she was midway through one of her treatments and the DVD had made it back to the menu, and she was crying.  I was able to calm her and we got through the treatment.  We have a total of 15 treatments to do, and we are through 6 of them.  That puts us here through Tuesday evening if my calculations are correct.

Sarah has added stickers to the inside of her tent.  We brought some McDonald's toys to play with in the tent.  Once I told her that we wouldn't take them home after she played with them under the tent, she refused to play with them when she was in the tent.  She wants to keep them, even though she has duplicates at home.  Crazy kid. 

We are grateful for all the love and support for our family.  Thank you.