Hava has Strep Throat

The past couple of days have been tough, but it looks like we're now on the other side of the dark clouds.

Hava had been coughing at night for almost a week. Then, on her 11-month birthday (Christmas day), she had a fever all day which got up to 103. She was awake most of that night just feeling yucky and very clingy. We took her into the doctor early wednesday morning. She was starting to making gagging motions and coughing a lot more. She was also drooling more than she ever has - even when she was a newborn. She had a runny nose and was acting droopy. She also wasn't eating normally, hardly at all.

At first glance, the doctor said he knew she wasn't well, but couldn't figure out what was wrong with her. He did a breathing treatment on her, and a throat culture. He said he had been seeing a lot of pneumonia and bronchitis, so for us to be prepared.

When the throat culture came back, he confirmed she had a bad case of strep throat. But to be on the safe side, he sent us in for a chest x-ray too (probably just as traumatic for me as it was for Hava - I had NO IDEA how they did baby x-rays!) to check for pneumonia. Good news, no pneumonia. Bad news, Hava got a nice LONG shot of antibiotics and is now taking them orally.

Yesterday was a long, tough day. She just looked terrible - patchy skin, red eyes, a lot of crying, shaking, fever, hardly any solid food and only short cat naps. Today her fever has finally subsided. She is feeling somewhat better and eating a little bit. She only woke up last night about every 3-4 hours as opposed to the first night when she was restless all night. She is FINALLY napping today (at 3 pm).

Please keep baby Hava and us in your prayers. Thanks!!!