Well, Abigail had her follow up appointment with the pediatrician following her "episode" Saturday. He said all looks good. I had Isabelle seen also, as she started this horrible cough last night. He agreed she sounded rattly, so she got a breathing treatment and a machine to take home. Now we are giving nebulizers every 4 hours for the next few days. He had blood drawn from each girl, and was shocked when their Blood counts were almost identical. Their White Blood Count (showing infection somewhere/some type) were both in the same elevated range, and they were both anemic to the same degree. We have increased the iron to battle the anemia and hopefully should see some results in the next month or so. He was concerned that Isabelle was showing the same signs of infection that Abby was, so she got a shot of antibiotics in her leg. Abby had 48 hours of them in the hospital and he had no way of knowing if Izzy's infection was on the same track or behind Abbys. He did not want to put her on a monitor also. We will just pray for her not to follow in her sister's footprints.
On a lighter note, Abby weighs 7 lbs 3 oz (that's right, SEVEN pounds!) and Izzy is following her at 6 lbs 12 oz. She is gaining on her sister every time we weigh!
We came on home and hosted lunch for the teachers on Rocky's vertical team. The weather was so nice, when I went to pick up the kids, they came home and didn't take too much prodding to go outside. Emily was sketching her siblings (though none of them would sit still for her). Caleb was buliding a fort with Mema holding down the pieces in the wind. Matthew was running between the jeep (which has a dead battery) and tearing up the fort that Matthew as building. Olivia just was happy feeling like she was in the mix. She would go sit in the jeep for a while, then come inside to check on me for a while, falling over the doorstep or the step down to the grass from the patio every time.
Here are some pictures...
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