natalie

Natalie was diagnosed with a UTI on Friday. signs symptoms of it appeared here and there early on in the week, but unfortunately mommy didn't put two-and-two together until it was too late. when we called the doctor's office on friday to get her looked at, we were told he was completely booked. so i figured i would wait until monday but as we started piecing everything together and realizing that if she did in fact have this infection since the beginning of the week, it could quickly lead to a serious kidney infection and with kids, that is nothing to play around with. so i called the on-call nurse with our pediatrician's office and she strongly suggested that we take her to an urgent care center that night. unfortunately, all of those places were closed, so we ended up at the ER. luckily, they were very quick to see Natalie and everyone there were very pleasant to deal with. it was way past her bed time, not to mention we were interrupting her night at grandma's house but natalie was in good spirits the entire time. in fact, she was keeping us (and everyone else around) entertained chatting away and laughing loudly as we watched america's funniest home videos.

the highlights of natalie's trip to the ER included:
- getting her oxygen checked with the thing they put on her finger -- when she realized it didn't hurt she couldn't stop talking about it!;
- having Dr. Andrew check her heart beat with the stethoscope;
- drinking her medicine (they supplied her first dose of antibiotics);
- lying on the hospital bed like she was a princess, especially when the nurse brought her one of those warm toasty blankets, when natalie said she was cold;
- the grape popsicle that the discharge nurse gave her for being so good; and
- being the center of attention the entire time!

natalie said so herself that she DID NOT want to go home! but then she realized that we were taking her back to grandma's house to finish out their night together, and she quickly changed her mind :)

natalie seems to be doing much better today and hopefully we won't need to call her doctor for a follow up appointment.

on another note:

when grandma told her that mommy and daddy were picking her up to take her to the hospital, natalie, looking puzzled, said: "am i having a baby???"

(she was referring to the last time she went to the hospital to see new baby Lauren and Heather)

another random statement from natalie:

the other day, when asked if she liked mommy's new hair cut, she replied: "yes, you look like the jetsons!" (i'm guessing she was referring to jane jetson's short hair)

here's a picture that natalie herself took of me with my new hair:

natalie... she is something else!