Monday, April 4, 2011

Breathing Issues and Some Fun

Today started like any normal day!!  This morning Shiloh and I were running around and I was trying to wear her out right before nap time. When I went to give her a bottle to put her down, I noticed that her breathing didn't sound right and sounded very labored. It concerned me quite a bit so I called the doctor and they got us in for an appointment today. Her wheezing started at noon and by 2:30 when I saw the doctor, he said her body was in distress and her lungs were shutting down. We did a breathing treatment, which helped immediately- thank God! While doing the breathing treatment I asked the doctor what would've happened if I hadn't taken her to him. He replied that she would have stopped breathing and we would've been in the ER. Praise the Lord that didn't happen!!
The doctor said they don't typically diagnose asthma until the age of four, so this is called a breathing problem. If she ends up having asthma, this would be considered her first attack... Hmmm. We got some medicine and will be doing breathing treatments every 4-6 hours for the next four days and then 3 a day for the following few days. All that to say, she's okay and we're all fine here.  We just had a scare!  We will be watching her carefully over these next few days to make sure this doesn't happen again! :)

Being the photo crazy mom that I am, I took a picture of her first breathing treatment.  (This will be the first of many she is about to experience)


I'd love prayer requests for Shiloh's health to improve and for the Lord to help Marc and I to be very aware of Shiloh and when intervention is necessary if it is. I would like to praise the Lord for the motherly instinct he instilled in all of us women! I had a gut feeling something was wrong before it got really bad and I'm so grateful for that!!
 
On a HAPPIER NOTE!!  I've got some fun Shiloh updates and videos!! 
 
Her vocabulary has been growing daily, and her toddling around has actually turned into walking!!  Some of my favorite things she has said lately are
"Mommy, I love you" 
"Daddy, I love you"
She looked at the nurse today and said "you're a mess."  That brought some great laughs!
 
She has started to identify some of our friends.  She recognized Jon and Becca this past week!  She can also say Evie's name, which comes out like "E B" 
 
Here's Shiloh being a big girl and going down the slide by herself!!
 
 
Here are some cute pictures from lately:
 
I thought she looked adorable sleeping the other day, so I couldn't help it- I took a picture!
 
She was holding a wand while sitting on her potty

Playing with Eliana

Watching videos on Daddy's iPhone and cuddling with Daddy

TWINS!!!

When I went to the doctor for our first sonogram of pregnancy #2, I had a feeling that it might be twins.  I told Marc not to be surprised if there were two heart beats because I had been praying for twinnies!!  We went in, found out that I was 6 weeks pregnant and saw only one heart beat.  I concluded that my twin inkling was really just wishful thinking...

We went in for another sonogram at 8 weeks because the doctor wanted to see a sonogram then too.  The sonogram technician told Marc and I that she needed to grab the doctor for something.  I got a little nervous at that point thinking that something had gone wrong.  The doctor came into the room and almost jumped for joy.  She asked Marc and I if we saw "both of the babies" on the screen!!  I started crying of excitement and Marc looked at me and said "you called it!"  We were both extremely shocked and super excited!! Shiloh's little world is about to be rocked!!

Now I am almost 14 weeks and the doctors are about 95% sure they are girls.  The benefit of being a high risk pregnancy, which all twins are considered, is getting lots of sonograms and lots of doctors visits!!  I have already gotten a high definition 3D sonogram of the little LADIES and I get atleast 1 sonogram every two weeks to check on them!!  Here are some pictures of the babies!

This is Baby Girl "A" with her hand on her head. 
 (The little lump things on her are just random little things the sonogram picked up)

This is Baby Girl "B"
(I know she looks kind of alien like :))

Here is a profile picture of Baby Girl "A"

Here is a profile picture of Baby Girl "B"