Can You Say Sick?!?

Okay...our poor Zoe has had one illness after another! First, we went to my parent's house on December 21st and came back on the 23rd. Right before we left, Zoe's eye seemed a little gooey. I didn't want to leave town and take the chance she was getting pink eye so I called Dr. Beveridge and she called in the eye drops to have with us. Then, once we got back Zoe kept getting more and more snot (where does all this stuff come from?) and her cough was really pronounced! We ended up in the doctor's office on Christmas Eve getting a steroid shot for croup! All seemed well and I sent her back to school on the 26th, 27th and 28th. Aunt Patty & Uncle Poopy arrived on the 28th and in the wee hours of the morning on the 29th, Zoe started vomiting and continued to vomit throughout the day on the 29th. The next day she seemed to be recovering and then on the 30th she started having diarrhea! Ugh! On New Year's Day she started having that very pronounced cough again so I took her in to see the doctor the next day to make sure the croup wasn't coming back. It wasn't, but we had to continue the breathing treatments we had started on Christmas Eve when the croup started. The next day, the 3rd of January, I got a call that she was running a fever and wheezing. I immediately took her straight to the doctor and ended up having to do a breathing treatment on her before we could leave. They put her on an antibiotic (again, she had so much snot) and we had to start Pulmicort (an inhaled steroid) in addition to the other medications. That night I almost took her to the ER because her reps at times were around 56. If you'll remember, they sent us to the ER at 62 last March. So...I stacked a few treatments, got that under control, kept the fever under control (the higher the temperature, the faster their breathing becomes) and managed to get through the night. Needless to say, I was EXTREMELY sleep deprived since I was up every 30 minutes checking on her. The next day I called the doctor and requested they put her on an oral steroid. Thankfully, she agreed and called it in. I gave that to her on Friday night and by Saturday there was a great improvement in her breathing and wheezing. So....she went back to school on Monday and has done good (should I dare say that out loud?) since that time. We are down to three Xopenex treatments per day, two Pulmicort treatments per day, Singulair once per day and her Zyrtec once per day. She still has the antibiotic, but we don't have much more of it. They are doing a great job giving her a treatment at school, and they've assured me that she doesn't have any issues while at school. So...all of you say some prayers that my little one will get better soon!