A not so fun week

Well, this past week has been less than thrilling for our family. Not only was this week my first official week of my new work schedule, which is a hard adjustment the way it is, but Sutton ended up getting a double ear infection on Monday and had a temp of 103 for 3 days, along with a supposed 6 teeth that are on their way. Fun stuff, I know. Everything always seems to happen at the same time for some reason, God doesn't give us more than we can handle right? :) She is still far from back to normal.

We started giving her an antibiotic Monday and turns out she is allergic to it. As the days passed we began to notice red spots forming all over her body and by Friday, which was the last day of her meds, she was fully broken out in a rash from the medicine. SO we were told to give her Benedryl to help relieve the reaction, and turns out, she is allergic to that TOO. So she has been having a lot of stomach issues on top of a worsening itchy rash.

Poor little peanut, she is handling it all so well. I know that if I were going through what she is I would not be near as composed as she has been. Now that we figured out she can't have Benedryl and got some cortizone cream for her itching I am hoping she will feel better by tomorrow.
We are so thankful that this whole week Grandma Beth and Nana came every afternoon for the few hours mommy had to work and gave her lots and lots of snuggles and comfort. Being able to stay home and in her jammies all day has definitely helped her get better. I am trying to be thankful and see the positive in the fact that she has been fever free for a couple days, so that means we are on the up side right??

What I continue to try to remember is that although this has been a rough week at Sutton's expense, it reminds me that I am SO blessed to have such a happy, easy going, healthy little girl, and this is the first time in months that we have had any stress related to her.

On another note, she is going to be a Year Old in just over a week! How on earth is that possible already? How was it a year ago right now that I was anticipating my upcoming delivery which resulted in an emergency C-section, leading to three tough months of being first time parents, to now, having a little almost toddler who is "toddling" all over the place and calling for dad and Nana all.day.long.? But, I will save my gushing on how I cant believe how fast time is going for another post :)

For now, I am going to try to be thankful for the endless number of positives in my life, rather than stress about the tough week were having.