Sick Baby

So Loryn has been very sick lately. A few weeks ago, Loryn got strep throat, before she was done with her antibiotics, she started running a fever again. When the fever went away and she was just congested with a small cough, we assumed it was a cold. When her cough got worse, we took her to the doctors. They diagnosed her with an ear infection (This was last Thursday). The fever was gone by Saturday. On Tuesday, when I picked her up from her baby sitter's she was running 104.4. We were able to lower the temperature to 102, and she went to sleep. About 2 hours later, she was up and the fever was back on the rise. By the time we saw the doctor her temp was 104.5. We were told that the bacteria must be resistant to the antibiotics she was put on. She received an antibiotic shot and then we were given a script for Augmenton. Wednesday night, Loryn's fever again goes up to 103.5. Keep in mind, that this entire time since Tuesday, her fever hasn't dropped below 102.

This morning we called a friend's dad (Dr. Kagan) who not only has been on the phone with me since Tuesday night, but called me back 5 minutes after I had him paged. He made room in his schedule for Loryn to be seen at 10:30am this morning. Spent a ton of time talking to Eric and sitting with him while Loryn was there for about 2 hours. Dr. Kagen diagnosed Loryn not only with an ear infection, which at this point is so bad that her ear started to bleed while she was at his office, but also with a severe sinus infection. Why the other doctor's that she saw in her Pediatric practice couldn't diagnose her, I have no idea. Loryn had to have a second shot of antibiotics, her ears cleaned out, put on a new antibiotic that is for adults (We have to smash up the pills and mix in food for her) and another script that is to help with the diarrhea and yeast infection that may come about from the strength of the antibiotic. Tomorrow Loryn goes in for her sinus x-ray. Dr. Kagan wants to double check her sinuses to see if she has to have sinus surgery. Monday Loryn goes to see the ENT about her ears and we will be bringing the sinus x-ray and report as well.

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Eric and I would LOVE for Dr. Kagan to be Loryn's pediatrician. The downside is that his office is 40 minutes away from our house. Not only has Dr. Kagan taken my calls when we needed a second opinion, but he has always followed up with us the next day to see how Loryn was feeling. He took the time to discuss different medical studies being done and went over options with Eric on what needed to be done for Loryn to start feeling better. Tonight, Dr. Kagan called us to see how Loryn was doing and to discuss how we can try to get her temperature down, since it is still higher than he would like it to be. He has told us to call him if we have any questions tonight (anytime) and to have him paged in the morning when Loryn wakes up so that he can see how she is doing. He has requested Loryn's lab results get to him STAT, so that way he can let us know as soon as possible how her sinuses are, so that we can be prepared with the reports for her ENT visit on Monday.

Newest Addition to the Family

My sister-in-law and brother-in-law (Heather and Eric) had their baby yesterday morning(January 22, 2010). They didn't want to know the sex of the baby before it arrived. We are happy to announce that we have a niece!!!!!! Her name is Bailey Kindle Tack!!! She is absolutely adorable and we are so excited for Eric and Heather. We just can't wait to meet her!!!!!

New Video Camera

For our 2nd anniversary, Eric bought me a flip cam, so that I can take videos of Loryn. Here is my first video that I took and set to music.

Working Mommy

After 6 long months. I go back to work on February 1st. I will be working as a Health and Benefits Analyst for Mercer. The process for interviewing with them has been very long. I started interviewing with them back in late October. I received notice that I would be getting an offer on Monday and today I accepted the offer. I am very excited to join the Mercer team here in Tampa.

My future Nittany Lion

I would love for Loryn to go to Penn State just like her mommy and her grandpa Larry. Here is Loryn modeling her new PSU shirt from my sorority little sister Jen.

15 months old

Loryn had her 15 month doctor appointment today. She is in excellent health (knock on wood). Loryn's ears are 100% better than they were, so we don't have to go and see an ENT at this point. The doctor thinks Loryn may have a weak immune system (figures since I have one too) and that is why she has gotten so sick recently. Her body just can't handle getting sick, so she gets all these secondary infections (and LOTS of ear infections). We will be monitoring her ears, and if she needs tubes, then we will do that for her.

Loryn's height is 31.5 inches (76th percentile), weight is 19 pounds 10.5 ounces (6th percentile), and head circumference is 18 inches (41st percentile). Since Loryn has been consistent in her 5-10 percentile range in weight, the doctor isn't concerned. Especially when Loryn is eating me out of house and home. just kidding. But seriously, Loryn is eating a lot. Two days ago for lunch Loryn ate 2 slices of pizza (no crust) and a 1/4 cup of peas and was still asking for more. Loryn is getting in 3 teeth right now, and I think a fourth may start breaking through soon. The doctor has suggested since Loryn is starting to try to feed herself with a spoon/fork, for us to have a bath snack. That way Loryn can practice with a spoon of yogurt or something in the bath, so it is okay if she makes a giant mess. She suggested either doing it before a meal and making it an appetizer or after a meal and making it dessert. If we do it, I will surely post pictures because she can be quite messy at times.

Loryn's First Visit to Birmingham

On Christmas Day we set off for Birmingham. Loryn cried when we entered Georgia and cried when we entered Alabama. We thought it was funny that she decided to start crying as we crossed over the boarders. We arrived on Christmas night and had a nice relaxing evening with my Uncle Larry and Buddy. Loryn and Eric are huge fans of my Aunt Cinda's cooking. Loryn ate a lot and tried lots of new foods. She ate lasagna, sausage biscuits, squash casserole, sweet potato casserole, orange sweet rolls, split pea soup, sirloin steak soup, McDonald's Happy Meal (chicken nuggets), Bbq chicken, and Bbq pork. We took Loryn to Sylacauga to visit my cousins Ronnie and Karen, and my Great Uncle Sonny. We also took a tour of my grandparent's old house, Sylacauga, the Salloway Building, and my Aunt and Uncle's old house. We had a great time at the Birmingham Zoo and our favorite part were the tigers. Eric took Loryn out to a park and Loryn had a great time on the slide and playing with pine cones. We also went to visit my grandparent's grave. My great grandparents are also buried there and Loryn kept trying to leave her pacifier with my grandparents. We had to explain that you leave a rock not a pacifier.

My Aunt and Uncle watched Loryn for us so we could go out for our anniversary on Wednesday night. Loryn just loved my Aunt and Uncle and their dog Buddy. For New Year's Eve, Eric and my Aunt and Uncle and I had a very nice dinner in the dining room. Eric and my Uncle had a great time talking sports and watching bowl games. My Aunt and I went to the movies and rented a few movies.

The week went by so fast. We can't wait to visit with them again.

We took Loryn out to the park. She loved the slide. Absolutely loved it!
Me, Loryn, my Great Uncle Sonny (he will be 90 in March), and my Aunt Cinda
Loryn is an Alabama fan!
Eric and Loryn

My Aunt Cinda, Uncle Larry and Loryn