Happy 6th of July!

Haha! See, I missed the 4th, so I am wishing a happy 6th... okay never mind. :) Madison has been a sick little bean the past couple of weeks. It started as just a yucky cough, but kept getting worse as the weekend (2 weekends ago) wore on. By Sunday night she had a fever and was just plain miserable. Her nose was running all over the place, and she sounded like she could barely breathe. So... her doctor prescribed some decongestant / cough medicine over the phone to help her sleep. No such luck. We spent all night Monday night up and down, and she was no less congested. So I called back Tuesday morning, and they thought it sounded like sinusitis, so they tried an antibiotic and said to call back if she is still sick in 3 days. Her fever had gone away, but other than that she was no better at all. She coughed so hard at night she would wake up and it even made her throw up one night. :( So... we were in the office on Friday afternoon and the doc said he was very glad I called and brought her in, because she didn't sound good at all. He said it sounded like either (viral) pneumonia or bronchiolitis. He prescribed albuterol to help her breathe (and make her get the crazy shakes!) Doc: Don't give her any cough medicines or decongestants. We want her to cough it up. Me: Umm... you prescribed just that on Monday. Doc: Stop giving it to her! :) Silly doctor-man. She (finally) sounds mostly better, which is good because she is out of medicine. We go back in the morning so he can listen to her again and see how she is doing. I promise to check back and let you know what we find out. Whew! That was a freaking novel! The 4th was super fun. Madison loved the fireworks. She was laughing and pointing and clapping for them. They were set to music (supposedly, although I didn't get it) so some people around us had radios. Of course she loved that. When I was holding her, I sang along to the likes of Stars and Stripes Forever and Proud to Be an American and we danced. It was fun. Curtis's friend Andrew has a kick butt camera and took some awesome pictures that he was kind enough to share. I will play around with pictures later though. All the pictures I want to post are still sitting on my camera. Ha! See, this web page isn't the only thing I have neglected! Okay. So. I'm kinda tired and will be off to bed soon. Good night! Kimberly