Thursday, February 18, 2010

Bronchiolitis... Heart shaped smores... and the End of Aspens helmet...

So sooner or later we run out of diseases right?  1-Croup  2-Bilateral ear infections 3-Pneumonia and for our 4th (and final I hope...) Dun.. dun.. nun.. nuuuuuuuuuuuuuunnn.......... Bronchiolitis! Most likely RSV, but lets not even go there..  I think I would refuse the test just so we can't officially add it to the plague of 2010! 
So at home with albuterol nebulizer treatments until
A)They get better or B)They get worse.
I choose to believe in A!
Generally small kiddos get these treatments with a little dinosaur or fish mask..  That lasted approx 3 minutes until Brooke reached over and pulled back on Aspen's mask only to let it go and snap back on those big old cheeks!  So "However it gets in, is better than nothing!" has become my motto!  As you can see in the above pretty boring 1.5min video (don't watch till the end unless you're family or just want to see their cuteness, nothing exciting happens!)  Brooke likes to go for the "in the mouth" method and Aspen like to go for the "inhalation through laugh" method!  Either way neb treatments on twin has been just as challenging as trying to do almost anything in two's!  But we're going to keep on keepin' on and hope spring comes sooner than expected!



Warmer days are coming in closer and closer together.  I know it won't be long before I wonder why I wished for such heat!  Until then we will keep bundling up to get out of the stale air into the brisk fresh breeze to enjoy some time together.
Hannah wanted to roast marshmallows and we had just the one's leftover from Valentine's Day.  Heart shaped and all!  All of the girls love being outdoors... can't wait for summertime and camping!  Should be interesting with three running around!

Hannah was excited as she got to roast her own marshmallows this time!  Such a big girl!




And finally... the official end of Aspen's helmet.  The first picture is her final scan and the second picture is her first scan.  I know it looks like we cut the picture off in the first scan but we didn't... her head really was that flat!  What a huge improvement and we are so happy to be done!  Her head looks great and we actaully feel as though we have been freed from the helmet!  23hours a day back to ourselves!  Aspen sure is happy!  She is already closer to crawling as her load has lightened significantly!  Woo Hoo! To bare heads!

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