sick again

This has been a bad winter in terms of sickness for the Hoekstra girls. First Av had pneumonia, which I don’t think completely cleared up and so it turned into a respiratory infection, then Camille got RSV and then Av catches the cold part of it. Camille is now fine (let’s hope she stays that way) but Av is back to coughing and green icky stuff coming from her nose constantly. I just really really really really hope it does not get worse for her and we do not have to go back to that doctor. Every time I walk into that office lately it’s like “it’s us again, we just can’t get enough of this place.” Please don’t make me go back. Poor little Camille was so sick though. Instead of breathing she was wheezing. She needed breathing treatments. She had to sit there for 8 minutes breathing in this mist through a breathing mask. The first time I had to hold her down to get her to keep that mask on. She just looked up at me with these big sick eyes pleading with me to take that thing off of her. Then she got used to it and realized it was making her feel better so then she would point to the machine and ask for more. The minute that mask was attached to her face she would just go limp and totally relax and enjoy it. It was nice getting cuddle time from her. As soon as she was better though she would have no part of it. Sitting still for a minute is tough for Camille let alone 8 minutes.