Monday, July 11, 2011

It's going to be one of those nights...

Things were going pretty well this evening until a half hour after we put her to bed, Molly came wandering out in to the living room. This is honestly something she has never done before. It's so hard because she couldn't verbalize what was wrong, and has never been able to. Honestly, she's seemed a bit "out of it" all day. She's called me Daddy like 6-8 times, been unable to find the right words to answer questions, and just seemed a little bit zoney. It could be the heat, or something else.

When she came out here, she was first saying she was scared and then asking us to go to the hospital. It just breaks my heart to hear her say this. I know it means something doesn't feel right to her, but she can't tell me what it is. She finally did tell us that her tongue and chin hurt - I think this means her throat. I gave her some Tylenol, hoping it would stop the pain and let her get some rest.

It's taken a few years, but we try really hard to read the signs in Molly. She does get sick quite a bit, and she has had a very difficult winter and spring illness wise. So, tonight, I will once again sleep with one eye and one ear open while the others are trained on the video monitor. We will be lucky if she stays in bed all night long...
and then we'll see what tomorrow brings...

Mommy's learning not to freak out, but to know that it is so rare for Molly to tell us something hurts, or to act out of routine - that when she does, we go on high alert!

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