Our newest (unwelcome) tradition is to have a sick baby at Christmas . . . and this year has been no exception. Just when I was being thankful that we had escaped the stomach bug that all of Savannah's friends had, we discovered that we had something lasting much longer and much more painful. After three straight nights of not getting any sleep the nurse on call suggested that we bring Savannah in to be seen this morning. Dave's parents were wonderful and pitched right in with the meal preparations as Dave and I headed to the doctor's office for the third time this week. After over an hour at the office and a breathing treatment we discovered that Savannah not only has her first ever ear infection, but also was wheezing. Yikes. We left with several prescriptions including an inhaler that scares the poor child to death, but it does seem to help her a little. Hopefully we'll be well in time to travel to Burlington for Christmas Eve and Day as we've already had to cancel one celebration tomorrow night. I do have to send out huge thanks to my precious friend Jessica. After calling her to thank her for a gift I just broke down on the phone with being worried about Savannah. She knew just what to do and immediately stopped to pray with me. In just a little time God sent an unexplainable sense of peace over me. Words cannot express how thankful I am to have such precious, treasured friends.
Anyway, we did have a fun time opening gifts and enjoying a big meal with the Bachmanns and Weningers. Alyssa got a play kitchen and the girls immediately dropped everything and rushed over to play. They spent quite some time with the new kitchen and kept us laughing for awhile. Savannah already has way too many toys thanks to grammy and papa, but she loves everything!!
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