Katie continues to struggle with cold symptoms and some apparent reactions to her medications. A mouth sore materialized on the outside of her lip yesterday morning. It was small, and though it hurt, Amy assured her that it was just dry skin on chapped lips. Then she applied Chap Stick and Katie screamed in pain. It was not a case of chapped lips, but the first of now 5 mouth sores that have appeared in the last 24 hours. The first has gotten considerably larger, and the other 4 are smaller, but developing. She has two more under her lip, up against her gum line under the first sore. Two others are developing on the inside of her cheek and don't appear to be bothering her yet.
With a combination of mouth sores and a cold, Katie stayed home from school today because she was feeling so tired and lethargic. She usually bounces out of bed in the morning, often acting far more awake than either Amy or I are feeling. This morning she wanted to stay in bed and sleep. We gave her an extra half hour and she appeared unconscious at the end of that half hour. It was hard to wake her up again and as we got her dressed and ready for school it became apparent that she wasn't going to be able to make it through the day. Amy called in sick and tucked Katie back into bed.
She got a lot of sleep today and is feeling a little better, but not 100%. I don't think this is over yet. It may be just beginning. With Christmas fast approaching, our goal again this year, just like last year, is to stay out of the hospital and be able to enjoy Christmas at home.
2 comments:
I hope Katie is feeling better!! We too just want to stay out of the hospital this time of year!
I third your thoughts. Home for the Holidays means so much to all of us. We barely "escaped" last year and hope that maintenance provides us with the ability to stay out again.
Poor baby on the mouth sores. Those things are like the devil to get rid of and hurt so much! We'll be sending Katie healing mouth thoughts and love.
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