We thought Ruby had kicked her pneumonia, but I ended up taking her back to the doctor -- she got a chest x-ray and a different antibiotic because her lungs still sounded terrible. Then, a week later she was back at the doctor again because of the same issue. Our pediatrician ended up sending us for blood work at the children's hospital and then to a pulmonologist. When we visited the pulmonologist, she got another chest x-ray which showed the pneumonia had cleared, but her oxygen level was pretty low (in the mid-80s). That doctor said she should probably be admitted to the hospital, but since it was Thanksgiving week he would try a breathing treatment first. That got her levels up to the low 90s. He said while the pneumonia was gone, she has asthma! He let us go home, but we have to go back on Tuesday for a follow up appointment.
But, we had a great Thanksgiving! I cooked up a storm and we had some friends and Grammy in town to eat it all. Ruby had a blast playing with her friend Anne, and James and Hallie thoroughly enjoyed their first Thanksgiving. Jason and I, however, failed to take any pictures of them eating that meal ... sorry!
We spent a couple of hours relaxing and then decided to venture out to Toys-R-Us for their 10 p.m. opening. We got there about 8:45 and were about number 400 in line. We did get the "ticket" for one of the kids' Christmas presents though and found a few more items while we were there. We got in the door at 10:30 and made it home about 1 a.m. It was a long day, but we had a lot of fun and it was definitely worth it.
Finally, I will post some pictures. We went to Portrait Innovations to have some Christmas pictures done and some pictures of the kids. Enjoy!
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