My butterfly

Daddy helped me catch a butterfly and we put it in this jar. I loved watching him fly around and flap his wings. We let him go later that night but

ER and Pneumonia AGAIN!!!

Well, I had another visit to the ER. This time it was because I was short of breath again, rapid heart rate, wheezing cough and temp over 102. It seemed a lot like before when I had pneumonia so mommy and daddy didn't want to mess around. Grammy came over to stay with Vivi around 11pm and we headed back to the hospital. I was a trooper and it didn't take too long to get checked in.

The doctor listened to my lungs and didn't think they sounded too bad but wanted to do a chest x-ray anyway. Then, the computer system went down before we could get the results to the x-ray so we had to wait for it to come back up. When it finally did, the doctor didn't have great news. I did have something showing up in my lungs so he diagnosed me with pneumonia again and sent me home with antibiotics and more breathing treatments.

The first time I had it, the antibiotics seemed to help right away but I also had an oral steroid. Within hours, my fever and cough were gone. So, this is what we anticipated this time as well. However, that is not what happened. It was day 5 of my five-day z-pack and cough and fever were still very present. The night after I was in the ER my temp got to over 104.6. Scary but we called the ER and they said I could have a higher dose of Tylenol and Ibuprofen and more often. This helped get the fever under control a little better.

At my follow-up appointment with my pediatrician, we discussed our options and what our next steps should be. He wanted us to see a Pulmonology Specialist at Riley. It took over a month to get in, but we saw Dr. Tsangaris on May 7th at Riley and were very pleased with his time and attention.

After going through all of the symptoms and response to medications, triggers, etc. he made a fare diagnosis of Asthma. He doesn't even think I ever had pneumonia but instead they were asthma attacks. I now do a nebulizer treatment of a steroid once a day and will continue that indefinitely for now. When I have an attack coming on, I get them every four hours along with albuterol (which makes me absolutely crazy).

It is scary but we all hope I grow out of it sooner than later. :( For now, I don't let this get in the way of being my silly self!

Beavans stop by for a visit!!

Yay!!! My friend Kolbie Kay and her family came to my house for a visit. They spent the day at the museum and then stopped by for pizza and playing here. It was so much fun!! Kolbie was shy at first

 and I went right up to her and acted so silly...I probably scared her! ;) She wasn't shy for long and we all played together so well! Her sister is almost 1 and her name is Aubrie...I am sure when we get older we might get confused a bit but who cares! She is such a cutie! I wish we just lived closer so we could play all the time!

Candice and Aubrie Kay

We played in the cozy coupe A LOT!

Vivi thought Kolbie was a really good driver

We even pretended to sleep in my bed...I bet we will have some fun sleepovers someday

Aubrie is already almost as tall as Vivi...her mommy and daddy are both tall, lucky girl!

Austin's basketball game...

Austin played in a basketball league this winter and we went to one of his games. His daddy and mommy were the coaches for his team, aged 3-5. They kids all loved them...you could totally tell!! It was fun to watch the kids run carrying the ball and not dribble the entire court, wing the ball and witness their extreme excitement when it went in. Austin's team won, but he didn't want to play. Instead, he sat with us in the stands and ate Frito's!! ha!! Oh well! Maybe next year. ;)

The "Chip Place" with Carol and Denny

Great Auntie Carol and Great Uncle Denny were in town for the Big Ten Basketball Tournament and met us for dinner at the "Chip Place". We also celebrated Carol's birthday which was the end of February while we were there!

Beautiful Day....let's go to the ZOO!

We had a beautiful March and tried to take advantage of it as best as we could. We went to the zoo to enjoy some fresh air and say hello to the animals after a mild winter. The zoo was undergoing lots of construction but there weren't a ton of people there either which made it nice.

Love the new Tiger exhibit. You really do get so close!!

Grammy's back and she brought a surprise!

Grammy came back from Florida and she got Vivi and I a surprise!! New Minnie Mouse PJ's!! Don't you just love them?? I sure do! They even came with these cute headbands. Thanks Grammy! We love you!