So I've been meaning to post about Christmas and now we're half way through January. Where did the time go? I'll just give a brief synopsis about Christmas so as not to bore anyone with a ridiculously long post. We spent Christmas Eve with Heather's parents. They came over to our house and we made treats. Then we had a nice dinner and went caroling to a few families we know. It was really fun to see how happy they were to have carolers. It seems to be becoming a lost tradition. Then we made luminarios (sp?) which is a Huling Family tradition. We also watched a Christmas Carol which is a Stephenson family tradition. I really enjoyed combining our different family traditions to make something entirely its own. Noah REALLY enjoyed helping make the treats. He was really good at eating them too. Overall, it was a wonderful day. (I HAD pictures, but Noah got a hold of my camera and erased them all.)
Christmas Day was spent in Woodbridge with Keith's parents and also his brothers and lots of cousins. Two of Keith's brothers came into town and it was really great to spend time with everyone. We all went to Lurray Caverns and did many other fun things in the week that followed Christmas. It's was a really fun time for everyone!
So, that's the good news. Now come the not so good stuff. On Monday afternoon Allison came down with a fever. I didn't think much of it but when it didn't subside by the next day I became concerned. When it peaked at 103.7 I called the doctor. She doesn't have any other symptoms besides fever and generally being unhappy. We went in and about a dozen uncomfortable tests later, they still don't know what's wrong. Her white blood cell count is very high and she tests negative for a virus. That leaves bacterial infection. They did blood and urine cultures and we're waiting for the results. Meanwhile, they gave her two injections of antibiotics last night and two more this morning. The worst possible thing is that she has a blood infection, which is potentially life threatening. Best possible outcome is that the cultures will be negative and she'll just get over whatever it is on her own.
The doctor is optimistic after she made it through the night last night without get any worse. But, she hasn't gotten any better either. Sooner or later, she has to get better.....or worse. The doctor thinks that if she was going to get sicker she would have by now. I'm a little more skeptical, but I'm not a doctor. They gave her antibiotics which might have prevented her from getting worse but I still worry that this could be very serious. Maybe I just worry too much. I won't stop worrying until the fever breaks. We will get the results of the blood test by tomorrow. Here's hoping.
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Wow. That has to be incredibly rough on you guys. Is she being hospitalized? Keep us posted and we'll keep her in our prayers. Remember the power of the priesthood, not just for her but for you as well. It might help give you some peace of mind. :-)
ohh poor allison! i hate feeling so helpless when babies are sick too, keep us update on how shes doing and what the test results are. thank heavens for modern medicine, i cant imagine living back when they really didnt have anything to do for things like this. glad you got our card, i got your guy's too, way cute. and cute family pics! i love the one of keith holding allison on the top of your blog. thats way cute!! i'll keep ally in our prayers until she gets better!
Oh I'm so sorry! It really is so hard to feel so helpless when your baby is so sick. Hope she is feeling better soon, and you!
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