A day and night of firsts

June 12 was a day and night of many happy and scary firsts for our little family... Lyric laughed for the first time, took her first ambulance ride, and had her first visit to the ER. The laugh was wonderful and the hospital was terrifying.

During the middle of the night Lyric was struggling to breath and get the gunk out of her throat from being sick. We couldn't get her to wake up while she was struggling and ended up calling 911. The paramedics helped so much but decided we needed to take her to the hospital to do a more in depth checkup and chest x-rays. They tested her for influenza and RSV and the tests thankfully came back negative. The chest x-rays also came back clear and they decided she just had a common cold. What was happening was she wasn't able to push the gunk out of her throat by herself and she was also struggling to swallow it, so it was all getting caught in her throat and making it hard for her to breath. 

She is breathing better now and only crying when we have to suck out her nose. We are being extra watchful over he and her pediatrician says she is on the road to recovery. It was so scary for Akilah and I and Akilah handled it like a champ. I rode in the ambulance with Lyric and Akilah followed us in the truck. Before he left the house he remembered to get her diaper bag and car seat! I am amazed at how collected he was able to stay through the whole thing. So grateful for him and that Lyric is such a strong little girl!

Here is a picture of her from this morning! She is getting happier by the day :)