Friday, February 19, 2010

February 19, 2010

This evening I find myself laughing at my own frustrations for the past few months. Ellie has been fighting a night time cough for going on four months now. She was also waking up in the middle of the night because of the coughing. Needless to say, we were both a little cranky in the mornings. I had taken her to the doc a few times for the cough, and was prescribed all sorts of different medications to see what would eventually work. On the last visit, the doctor told me to put a vinyl wrapping around her bed... Hmmm... okay. I didn't think that it could be so simple as dust mites, but we bought what we needed.

We put the vinyl wrapping around her bed, and another wrap around the pillow she sleeps on, just in case. It couldn't hurt, right. The doctor told us that we would probably have to wait a couple of weeks before we actually noticed if there was any improvement. At first there wasn't any change at all. But now, its a different story.

I realized that we hadn't washed her sheets since BEFORE we put the vinyl wrapping on, so I went ahead and washed EVERYTHING. I used a couple capfuls of bleach too, just in case. (Just trying to cover all my bases.) The next day, today, is when I noticed all the big changes. For the past few nights, she hasn't been coming into my bed until around 6:30 in the morning, which means she's sleeping through the night. The big thing though, she hasn't coughed at all since yesterday afternoon! I couldn't believe it. I was waiting expectantly for the coughing today, but it never happened. She's sleeping soundly and peacefully as I write this.

So tonight, the thing I'm most grateful for is the quote:

"The simpliest answer tends to be the right answer."

Good night.

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