The past couple week have been crazy.
We got to go to the Pipeline Pro one day and that was fun to watch them surf. Its always fun to watch people surf at pipeline cause its such a close break to the shore.
A much needed AMAZING girls night for Tawny's birthday, dinner, pedis and a movie. love these girls. will miss them so too much.
Last Wed. our beach day started like this. At first I thought she was having a melt down, but come on, she always LOVES the beach. After awhile I knew something was wrong. I took her home, and we cuddled and watched movies the rest of the day.
After 2 nights of literally no sleep, being lethargic, and a constant high fever that wouldnt break I finally took her to the dr.
Dr visit #1.. so sad. The Dr. told me everything was ok.. just let it ride out and she would probably be ok in a few days. Poor little thing :(
A couple days later she was still feverish, and she was walking hunched over for the past 5 days (I thought it was because she had fever body aches) but then finally I knew something wasnt right. I knew that wasnt normal, she cried every time I touched anywhere around her head, and wouldnt move her neck. Sunday morning I woke up and we took her to the ER in honolulu. I was so scared she had meningitis. She had every symptom of meningitis except throwing up. I was a wreck. Its hard to see your kid in so much pain, and not be. When we were driving there an overwhelming feeling of comfort swept over me and I knew everything would be ok.
When we got there they ruled out meningitis because she could look down, but wouldnt look up or to the sides. Phew. But then they said they need to make sure there was nothing broken in her neck, no tumors, or abscess's
{see her neck in this pic?}
Her "diaper" arm so she wouldnt pull out her IV. She was such a champ the whole day. She cried when they pricked her and put her IV on but she was so brave and didnt freak out like I thought she would.
{Paul was excited to have a TV in our room.. the superbowl was on and it kept him busy}
After 2 unsuccesful XRAYS they did a CAT Scan and found she had fluid between her spinal cord and throat, and the tissue was infected. (or something like that?) its hard to explain. They have no idea how she got it, it was a fluke thing, they said it could be from hitting her head or just getting sick and thats where the infection went. so weird. We are so lucky we found out before it spread to her brain or anywhere else.
She was so brave, we have been trying to take it easy since she was back. After she got antibiotics in her she perked up pretty fast, within an hour she was a little happier and today she is back to her normal "I DO IT!", spunky, happy self.
When we got home from the hospital I told her to sleep tight, and she said "OK, We'll go to the beach in the morning?" and I told her no, and that she was sick. and she replied "OK!! We'll go to the beach in the morning!!" Poor girl has been going crazy cooped up in our tiny appt for the past week!
Making Pinkalicious Cupcakes
Train rides!
Playing in the rain in her "pinkalicious" princess dress
I love my baby girl. So so glad she is back to her happy self.
We need some sunshine tomorrow, we miss the beach and are going a little crazy!
P.S.
Has anyone watched this new tv series "The River" on ABC? I watched a little bit of it, I cant tell if its gonna be good. BUT does that "river" look familiar to anyone? It supposedly takes place in the amazon. Remember that river Capri and I always paddle board up? We saw them filming this show there awhile back, we got to see the boat and the dock which Capri was so excited about. Movies are filmed in Hawaii all the time, and usually I dont care.. but this is our little spot.. no tourists, no people. just me and Capri. So I guess I am excited that someone else appreciated its beauty! Its always cool to see where they film things and then how they transform, edit, and can take you to a whole other time or place.
