Merry Christmas everyone! We are having a wonderful day as a family after some long days with Olivia being in the hospital. She had RSV and after visiting our pediatrician two days in a row, breathing treatments, and other medication; she continued to get worse. In the middle of the night she started running a very high fever, stopped nursing, and had sounded like an old man with a decades-long smoking addiction. I took her to Texas Children’s ER. She was positive for RSV but since her white blood cell count was so high they had to do a spinal tap. THREE tries later… white blood cells were in the spinal fluid. Of course, this could also be due to the fact that they had to do the puncture three times and allowed blood into the tap. But, to be on the safe side, they admitted her and started her on high dose antibiotics. While this was a difficult three days, it left me thankful for so many things. Thankful for family nearby who stepped in to take care of Ava. Thankful for good medical care when its needed. And after seeing all the parents with sick, sick, sick children…SOOOOO thankful that our child will recover and come home to return to her normal healthy self. That is the best Christmas present in the world. Hope all of you are having a wonderful holiday filled with family, loved ones, good food, great laughs, and all your heart desires!

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