"You are my sunshine, my only sunshine............."

Well, I don't know how many people like that song, but Anna loves it and it keeps her from screaming and crying. Last week (1/6) mommy brought Anna to the Dr's because mommy knew something was wrong with Anna. Well, mommy's ESP was right - Anna had infected sinuses and a badly infected throat. She has been on Amoxicillin since. The other day, mommy brought Anna back to the Dr's because she just wasn't herself and again, Mommy's ESP was right, but this time the Dr. requested that a urine sample be sent to Quest to be tested. Anna is on Amoxicillin but is still running a temp. so the Dr. thinks it might be a urinary tract infection (UTI), she said that is common with baby girls in diapers. Please keep in mind, that mommy is very good about changing Anna's diapers - especially since Anna has such sensitive skin - if she sits in urine for the littlest time, she'll break out with a rash. And when Anna does a poop, big brother enjoys ratting Anna house and lets everyone know that Anna pooped.

So, mommy got the urine sample (that was a fun experience LOL), and daddy dropped it off at Quest Wednesday morning before going to work. The past few nights Anna has been having a very hard time with being so uncomfortable. She would fall asleep then wake up screaming and crying. For you ladies out there, that have had UTI - you know how painful this is - even for the smallest little girl. Last night, nothing was calming Anna, she managed to keep the whole house awake. About 2am, Peter went into bed with daddy, so mommy and Anna took over Peter's bed. Even then Anna wouldn't calm down and fall asleep - so mommy started to sing..........."you are my sunshine, my only sunshine........" and Anna stopped crying/screaming and laid there and just listened to mommy sing. Trust me, for those of you who don't know me - I sing as good as I play the clarinet - horribly. LOL. So, Anna blinks kept on getting longer so Mommy stopped singing..........then ooops - big mistake - Anna started to scream/cry. So mommy kept on singing "you are my sunshine........." until Anna was sound asleep - which was bout 4am.

Well, today is Friday 1/16/2009 - Anna woke up on the wrong side of the bed. Mommy tried food, milk, snacks, etc. nothing was working. So mommy started singing that Brady Bunch song...........oh yes, remember the Brady Bunch - we always laughed at that show with "6 is enough".........where mommy's family had 18 is enough. So mommy started singing "Sunshine day........everybody singing...........sunshine day........" don't ask where that song came from - mommy just started to sing it. LOL But Anna loved it, and she calmed down and started to eat her breakfast. Today we were to find out the result of Anna's urine sample. Well, 4pm strolled around with no word. So mommy called Anna's Dr. to see what was going out - after several calls - the Dr. called mommy back to let us know that Quest did not have the results yet, but she would call me in the morning once she gets them. SIGH - I was like what. I explained to the Dr. how miserable Anna was and how she still had a steady temp - even being on Motrin and Tylenol. So the Dr. said she would call the pharmacist to get Anna another antibiotic to start treating the UTI tonight. The Dr. said she would call us tomorrow morning with the results, and if its not UTI, then Anna would have to go for other tests. Well, since mommy's ESP has been right so far - I am betting on it being UTI - and hopefully after a couple of days on a stronger antibiotic Anna will be back to her usual self.

Mommy hopes this is no indication how the winter will be, because the winter just started.

Hopefully tonight will be a good night for everyone to get some sleep.