1 step back

For those of you with preemies you will appreciate the title of my last two posts. The famous NICU quote, “two steps forward, one step back”. Well, when I wrote my last post that is the first thing that came to mind so I thought someone would appreciate it. Little did I know at the time that my next post would be one step back.
A couple days after her first steps Hailey has caught a bad bug, I mean a really bad bug. She has been so sick she has hardly moved out of my arms let alone walk. I have been sick with a bad cold/bronchitis for 10 days now and I am just finally getting better. So Friday when I started hearing rattling in her chest I figured she caught my cold. Little did I know that this would be a double-header as I was woken up around 4am on Saturday to Hailey gagging and vomiting. I originally thought she was choking and bringing up the mucus from the cold, but come to find out it was the flu. We took her the ER because she was vomiting every 15 minutes and all that was coming up was yellow gunk. Sadly, all we could do was hold her and let it take its course. The flu lasted through Sunday and by Monday she was a limp - no smiles, no energy, just wanted to be held. Finally, yesterday the fever broke and she started eating again, but the cold is so bad she is choking on the mucus when she coughs and can't catch her breathe. Again the ped said there is nothing they can do.
On top of it all Tim and I haven’t felt the best so we made for a great threesome! I am hoping today is a better day. I had to go to work so daddy is home with her this morning and then we will switch off. She got up with me as I got ready for work and ate some toast so that is a good sign. Her congestion was still bad, but I think she is learning to cope. I hope she can fight this off better than I did. 10 days is a LONG time to be sick and I don't know how many more sleepless nights I can survive :-) Actually last night was a little better. I have her in the pack and play beside my bed so I can watch her. I didn't sleep well because I was trying to keep her upright for the congestion and this baby moves, but she only woke up once around 4am and was up for about 45 minutes. The problem is I had to get up at 5:45am for the day!
On a side note, last night I was feeding her dinner and she started singing. I got it on video on my phone and will try to get it so I can post it. She was saying words, but added a tune to it. I couldn’t get over it …it was so cute!!!!!
Please pray my little baby starts feeling better soon so we can get on with the steps forward!

Here is a picture of her a couple Sunday's ago with her Dooda - notice the ponytail I desperately tried to pull together enough hair!