snot, snot, and more snot

I'm sorry I haven't written, but I have been dealing with a nasty cold that my 2yr old has. One that the nose constantly runs yet stays so stuffed up that she cannot breathe. This moved to her chest where she would cough and gag while all that mucus mess rose up and choked her. Nasty mess. This is the kind of cold I HATE. She sleeps with us and its terrible to hear her struggle to breathe at night. It makes me want to cry to hear her. Then the coughing and gagging and gasping. I had her propped up on so many pillows to try to keep her upright. Of course she was not happy unless she was laying on my arm which helped to keep her in place even if I could not feel my arm in the middle of the night. It is worth it since it comforts her and she seems to be able to breathe better propped up. I would do anything to take away this nasty mess of a cold. I ended up taking her to the doctor which was a 2 1/2hr wait in the little exam room with 3 kids. FUN. We played fairytale charades, I Spy, rock paper scissors, read books, washed hands, sang songs, you name it. When I was at my wits end on how to entertain her and my 8yr old son exclaimed, "Can't we just leave now?" The doctor finally came in. I went through all the struggle to be told that he would not give her anything for the congestion or cough as her lungs sounded good, but that she looked like her ear was getting infected. So I went to the pharmacy to pick up the prescription. This place was a parents worst nightmare! Overpriced toys everywhere including a 5 ft tall stuffed giraffe which had a sign on it that read "Don't try to ride me or your mommy will have to buy me." It was $100.00! I had to set my 2yr old down for a minute to get out her ins. card and she proceeded to look at the helium balloons on a spinner fixture right by me. She went to go behind it and it started to fall. I quickly grabbed the fixture only to knock every flipping package of balloons down. She thought this was great. I then proceeded to hold her while I picked up the packages and put them in piles so I could hang them back on the fixture. All this happened right by the register. Finally a nice clerk came around and helped me. Fun night. So here we sit with the same symptoms waiting for the cold to run its course. Sleep is not for happening right now and today my other children had Saturday school until noon to make up for the snow day they had on Monday. They were so excited to get up at 6:20am this morning! I was too. Off I go to wipe my baby's nose.

This is my son't face when he found out he had school today (Saturday). He actually makes this face when he does not want to do his homework also. :)

My little snuffleoppogus. I hope you feel better soon sweet baby!