Carmen has double ear infections. I sure am glad I took her to the doctor yesterday! We started her on Augmentin last night. She had a rough night last night with lots of congestion. Poor baby!!!

We switched from Albuterol to Xopenex because Albuterol makes Carmen’s heart rate go way too high, especially while sick. For the past few days, her resting heart rate has been in the 140s and 150s and then adding Albuterol on top of that shoots her rate up to the 170s and 180s for an extended period of time. Hopefully the Xopenex will keep her more relaxed.

I am happy to say that we are getting an extra suction machine. I found one on Craigslist for a reasonable price so the nice lady is sending it to us. We have one in Carmen’s room and I get tired of hauling it all over so we will either keep the extra in the living room or in the minivan. By the way, thank goodness we have a minivan! Carmen’s Kid Kart stroller is so big and all I have to do is put the backseat down and then use all of my muscles to lift it up! I don’t even fold it up which is great because to fold it I would have to take the stroller seat off and while that is easy, it’s just one more hassle.

If any of you have suggestions on a car seat that might work for Carmen, please let me know. Carmen is rear facing in a Britax Marathon and that is working for now. Once she gets to 33 lbs. though the seat has to be forward facing and Carmen doesn’t have enough upper torso and head control to sit forward in this seat. We tried out the Britax Traveller Plus special needs seat but Carmen’s head immediately fell forward. Any suggestions???

Big Elise, a 5 year old with Tay Sachs, has been sick with MRSA, a staph infection in her lungs in the form of bronchitis. Please keep her in your prayers.

Thank you to Wendy for watching Carmen this week! And thanks to Monica for coming over to play with Lauren yesterday while I took Carmen to the doctor. I have a feeling we will be watching Fox and the Hound #2 over and over and over and over and over!!!!!!