Recovery Road...

We hope!

Okay, so today has been a roller-coaster ride from start to finish! Thankfully, I think we are veering off onto RECOVERY ROAD! Ever since this morning (which now that I think about it...really started about 11pm last night) Anna has just been super cranky and obviously in some major pain. Casey and I took turns "soothing" her (in whatever way we could think of) until we would all just give out and crash for an hour or two.... and then we would start all over again.

We've never been so happy in our lives to see a wet diaper than we were just one hour ago! YES, Anna did not have a single wet diaper from 6:30pm last night until just around 4pm this afternoon! She woke up totally and completely dry and refusing anything she would have to swollow (including her own saliva.... oh the drool, oh the drool). Poor Little...

We did what any parent would do and put a call into the doctor. Long story short.. we ended up going to the doctor's office about 3 this afternoon thinking Anna was going to have to be admitted for a drip... Thankfully we have a little show-out on our hands! After refusing the slightest little sip of anything all day (this includes: pedialyte, juice, water, formula, ice chips, popsicles, jello and who knows what else) she decides to take five huge sippy-cup gulps for the doctor! Part of me wanted to jump up and down with excitement and the other part of me (if I'm being completely honest) just wanted to walk out the door and leave the little stinker there!

The doctor took a look down her throat again and we saw with our very own eyes why Anna is so against swollowing anything! When she said "red and blistery" throat yesterday she meant big huge red blisters all over her throat! It looked so painful! Poor thing. Our super great pediatrician prescribed some "Miracle Mouthwash" to numb her throat so she'll eat. This stuff IS a miracle drug! With it by the bedside I think we are definitely on the road to recovery!

Thank you all for your calls and prayers. A small gesture that did not go unnoticed! A special thanks to Betty for all your advice these past few days!

I'll be back soon with another update!!