so things got a little bit scary with laylee yesterday. that night before, she had been wheezing consistently and it seemed as though she was struggling to breath. i was really worried but told myself it would be okay. but it didn't go away. it got better during the day for whatever reason, but she would still wees occasionally. i contacted Dr. Gregg and she said take her to e.r. because from the sounds of her symptoms she thought it could have been r.s.v. so i contacted a few different hospitals to try and find some where that would take out of state Medicaid. after being denied, Jewell recommended i call Colorado Medicaid and ask if there was anything they could do to help... all they did was tell me that i COULD go to the hospital but that i would be 100% responsible for the bill. panicked, i called Tyler and told him that he would have to head out that night to get us instead of the following day. he wasn't supposed to get the money to come get us until the next day so he was scrambling to get ahold of his dad to help him get to s.l.c. once he knew he could make it out, he packed up the car and left. while Ty was on the road things got increasingly more stressful with the baby. with the Dr. urging me to go to e.r. and no way to pay for it... i became an emotional wreck. luckily dad knew a member in his ward that was a pediatrician. he gave him a call and agreed to meet us at his office after hours to look at laylee and tell us if it was an emergency or if it were something that could wait to be treated. once we were in the office she was thoroughly examined by the Dr. and he determined she had the croup. the recommended treatment was pedialyte, nasal drops and a cold air humidifier... all of which my parents provided (thank god since i didn't have any money.) the physician told us if her wheezing got serious and she struggled to breath to the point where she was turning colors.. to take her to e.r. and they would give her a steroid treatment. relieved to hear it wasn't anything too serious... i called Tyler and let him know what was going on. Tyler finally arrived here in s.l.c. at about 1 a.m. and i wish i had taken pictures of how sweet the reunion was between baby laylee and her daddy. she was ALL smiles! i hadn't seen her so happy since right before her daddy left. one thing is to be said about laylee... she loves BOTH her parents around her. if one of us is removed from the picture... she's just not as happy. i was pretty excited to see my hubby too! it had been two weeks and i was anxious to get in some hugs and kisses (kinda hard to compete for the attention though when daddy and his little girl were being as cute as they were.)
we slept great and laylee bug only woke me up once to eat during the night. she is doing okay now, still wheezing occasionally (and still very needy) but doing MUCH better than before.
today Jewell volunteered to babysit while Ty and i went out to "run errands". it became an all day outing! and was super fun! we drove around, had lunch together and did a little bit of shopping... what could be better. when we came home dad took us back up to the mountains AGAIN (can you tell i LOVE it up there) so that Tyler could see the changing leaves. we stopped in sundance and walked around. it is truly beautiful this time of year.
we drove the windy roads through the alpine loop.. enjoying EVERY second. dad even spotted a moose in the trees just off the road! what a treat this was! ... but wait it gets better! when we thought the moose had disappeared into the trees we spotted it again.. but THIS time Tyler noticed there was also a BABY moose! it was so cute! but we didn't wanna get too close and have it mow over!
after a very eventful trip to the canyon, we came home and dad barbecued chicken and made garlic bread (yum!) and now we are getting ready to curl up as a family and watch prince of Persia! what an awesome day...
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