Rooming In

Although we declined to admit Lizbeth to the hospital, we wanted to take her pneumonia seriously. Her room is about as far as you can get from ours, and I was a bit afraid of her having trouble in the middle of the night and not being able to hear her. In fact, the first night, before she was diagnosed pneumonia and we knew she was seriously sick, we put her to bed with Iburprofen and went to bed ourselves thinking we would hear her if she needed us. Well, I didn't wake up until she was screaming at 6 AM with a 104.7 or higher fever.

Unfortunately, we don't have a pack'n'play to easily put her in our room. We borrowed a friend's when she was small, and returned it to them when they had their newborn boy. However, one of the caveats of renting our apartment is using Landlord furniture, for better or for worse (a bit for worse since she has SO MUCH furniture, but most of it is actually pretty nice). Included in this is a futon in her room.

From June 2011

Yep, it's a strange brown zebra print. It's normally covered in a blanket, but for this picture I wanted you to have the full effect. Thankfully, it's actually REALLY comfortable (more comfortable than our guest bed, actually). And it's been kinda fun rooming in with Lizbeth. Certainly has made our every three hour fever check and medicine doses a lot easier!

By the way, she is doing a LOT better. Her high fevers are almost non-existent, and today she has been relatively comfortable and happy. We have a follow-up appointment tomorrow but we expect to have only good news.