Dr. Visit

So Avery woke up in the middle of the night burning up. I gave her some Tylanol and put her back to sleep. She slept for about an hour and then was awake until 4. She finally went back to sleep only to wake up with another super high fever. I have been so blessed with her-she has not been sick her whole life. This is her first "real" sickness. I think ive only given her Tylanol one other time for her teething. She literally laid on me and didnt move for over 2 hours-not even a smile. I gave her more medicine and put her down for a nap. I went to check on her after and hour and she was just laying in her crib staring at nothing-and still burning up. I took her in to the Dr. and they think its just a virus of some sort because she doesnt have any other symptoms. They first thought it was a bladder infection because right now she has the worst diaper rash ive ever seen. (we are trying new food and its causing diareaha-yikes!!) They had to put in a baby cathater to get some pee out-poor baby, it was so sad. But luckily it came back negative. So hopefully this will run its course and she will feel better soon. So while we were in the office, the Doctor had some concerns about the shape of her head. When I took her in for her 6month check up, she had said the same thing so they did some x-rays and they all looked OK. The Dr. said that sometimes the soft spots in babies heads will close to early and the head will continue to grow, but not have anywhere to go so it grows oblong like. I thought since things looked ok and the sutures were still open, that she would grow out of it. Apparently not. The Dr. is still seeing some weirdness in her head. I dont see it so much, but Bill can. So, she is sending her to see a specialist and on the referal form it says "Helmet Therapy". My sweet little monkey might have to wear a helmet to correct it. Poor sweet thing. I know that its something she has to do and its for the best, but I just have a hard time with that idea.That just doesnt seem all too comfortable-and she would have to sleep in it and only be able to take it off for about 1 hour a day. Im still praying that its not as bad as the doctor thinks it is, but I guess we will see. Our appointment is on the 28th-so I will keep you posted.

On a completly seperate note, I have decided not to go private. I have thought a lot about this and have gone back and forth, but I think I will stay public. One of the things that I love most about this blog is that I can write down my feelings and my experiences and all the crazy things that we go through so that we can remember them. I love that everybody does that too. I love being able to see what my friends are up to and how their familys are growing and what things they are experiencing. I am also an admitted blog stalker. I love jumping from blog to blog checking out how different and similar other peoples lives are. I can honestly say that from doing this, I have learned a lot. I have found links to some really useful websits. If these were private, I would not have been able to do that. Im not saying that my blog is full of wisdom and useful information, but I would feel like a hypocrite if i blocked mine while looking at everyone else's. I know that scary things can happen, but as long as im careful about the info I put on here, then I think it will be OK. So on that note, I want to share some cool websites that I have found. I hope that these people dont mind me spreading the word, but they are too good not to share. My fav. cooking websites are: ourcookingsite.blogspot.com, pickypalate.blogspot.com, and pimpmydinner.blogspot.com. These have some really useful recipies and some supper yummy ones. I have already tried a bunch out and they rock. So, check them out. I also encourage everyone to do the same thing-share the cool things you find or learn from these blogs. This is really such a cool concept and if we use it for good, then it can only get better.