2 years...

Hi friends!

I know it has been quite a while since I have posted on the blog, but Arley has been keeping me super busy lately with all of her fun excitement that I haven't really had a chance to update in a couple months. 

Several weeks ago Arley got really sick. We are not sure exactly what she had, but it was pretty bad. Enough to warrant a trip to the emergency room. About a month ago she had a persistent cough with no other symptoms that had developed. It lasted about a week before it subsided and went away. Then she was completely healthy for one full week following that. The week after the healthy one was when everything became chaotic. 

She was constantly alternating between coughing up her lungs or vomiting and I tried to do my best with what I have been taught over the years, but one morning she woke up and the heat was literally radiating off her body and I knew right then she had to be taken immediately to the emergency room.

I can honestly count on one hand the amount of times she has had a fever in her short lifetime and nothing has ever compared to this so I was truly starting to worry. 

Her diagnosis from the ER was an Acute Upper Respiratory Infection, unspecified reasoning for fever and an unspecified virus which was causing all the vomiting. She tested negative for both strep and the flu. (She had the flu shot back in September anyways) Her white blood cells were dipping pretty low, but not low enough for her to be admitted thankfully.

The cherry on top of this fabulous bout of sickness was developing an actual cold with sneezing, runny nose, and that still ever persistent cough and a double Bilateral ear infection in both ears. It's really mind boggling that aside from the URI there was no other explanation as to what exactly was going on with her.

It truly bothers me that they weren't able to pinpoint exactly what she had running through her body, but I am thankful that after three weeks of hell she is finally back to her normal self and feeling a lot better. 

Today was her first day back at school (she was absent for most of this month) and was super excited to see all of her friends and her teachers. I too had missed several days of work and school. 

On a different, but more positive note I am fast approaching finals week. Currently acing all of my classes, but I hope that I still finish strong with a high GPA. It's been a stressful month with her being sick and the anniversary of her Rhabdo diagnosis that my brain lately has been in a million different places. 

I did however land my Internship for next year so that's pretty exciting and I absolutely love my job and wish I had discovered it sooner. Arley is still enjoying her dance class and her first recital will be here in a little over a month which is bringing back memories of my first dance recital at her age. 

Arley's next round of scans are scheduled for the middle of May so we are preparing for that as well as a trip back up to Boston for a visit to Mass General and Christopher's Haven in July. For now, that's about it with the updates, but more will be coming soon. Until next time...