Friday, July 10, 2009

Sadie: a water fight of one.


This is a picture of Sadie after a water fight but it closely resembles what she looks like most of the time around here these days. She has been sick with a hacking cough and stuffed nose which translates into ineffective hormone. The hormone is administered by me blowing it up her nose through a tube and it's just not gettin' through. I tried Dimetapp to clear her up before administration but it's still not great. Looking forward to this cold passing so that she can have relief from her "wet and thirsties" The fridge water dispenser is slopping water all over the front of the fridge and floor all day, I picked up 7 cups Sadie had strewn all over in her effort to get what she needs. She sleeps on the floor of our room because she is thirsty all night and needs her pull ups changed 4-5 times a night. (not as many as it was...but still) I was hoping she wouldn't catch Wesley's terrible cold. He's been battling the Dreaded Snots for almost a week but is finally coming out of it. (thank goodness!) Just a simple cold makes life so complicated for her. On a happier note, she is learning to read. :) She decided that she would like to read like the rest of everybody around here so i started her on the 100 easy lessons and we will see how far she goes. Lesson 6 so far so good and she's loving it. Such a happy little one.

2 comments:

Carol said...

What a sweet looking little girl - and how clever to be working on wanting to read already. I hope her cold clears up soon, so the hormone can get in and do its job. Is there any other way (needles or pills) to administer the hormone for times like this? Praying for you all.

jessica jespersen said...

If she were sick with vomits or the "other thing" where she couldn't keep up by simply drinking we could take her in for a shot. There are pills as well, but from what i've read they are not as dependable...and dosage is such a careful issue so if it is a short-term thing, and not an "emergency" this is the simplest way to deal with it? (maybe) <:)... We're still learning though. I suppose we will continue to learn as we go.