Parainfluenza-induced pneumonia is no joke for a nine-month-old, but it looks like the corner has been rounded.
Hopefully she comes home today.
She must want to, because she told a nurse “bye-bye”, which is a new one for her.
They just have to perform a turtlectomy on her foot first.
Thanks for all the well-wishes, everybody.
I am so sorry your (I assume this little one is yours?) daughter has been sick. Pneumonia, viral or otherwise, can be scary. But I’m glad she’s doing better, and hope you get to take her home soon.Report
She is Glyph’s daughterReport
Yep, she’s my baby girl (well, the babiest, she has a two-year-old sister who’s ALSO my baby girl).
Thanks, fingers crossed. She was (finally) off O2 from about 2 PM onwards yesterday, so hopefully they will let her out today.Report
Good!
Thank FSM for modern medicine!
And beer volcanoes, because after that, I think you’ll need one.Report
I’m not sure what a “beer volcano” is, but I’ll take three, please.Report
@glyph
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Spaghetti_MonsterReport
Who taught her to salute? Are you American Dad, Glyph?
I am glad your daughter is okay and on the road to recovery.Report
Nah, she’s just shading her eyes from the lights. It’s tough to sleep in a hospital, with all the lights and sounds.
This is good news.Report
It’s tough to sleep in a hospital
The last couple times I have been in a hospital, I have realized how they are structured to make 100% sure the patient gets positively no rest whatsoever, which would appear to run counter to the mission of “healing/recovering”.
Part of that is staff-to-patient ratios and what that means for “rounds”, and part of it is the number of tests/checks/drug & equipment administrations that must be done (some of which are absolutely necessary, and some of which are probably more “CYA” for the hospital – after all, you don’t want to assume a patient’s just sleeping, then find out they died 4 hours ago.)
Anyway, I understand it, but I don’t like it. I feel like some people might get out a little faster, if they could just get one…good…night’s…sleep.Report
Horray!Report
What a great picture. Hope you have her back at home very soon.Report
Affirmed. So cute it took my breath away.Report
I don’t like to brag (aw, who am I kidding, I LOVE it), but the nurses on the ward said we should get her in show business, she was their cutest baby of 2014 (they apparently voted). Maybe we’ll contact the Gerber people.Report
So glad to see that she’s doing better and already tired enough of the people who keep sticking her with needles that she’s learned how to say “bye bye.”Report
It’s like some terrible Skinner/Harlow experiment.
“Will babies learn to talk faster, if we give them sufficient negative reinforcement?”
“Can an infant learn to say ‘leave me the fish alone already!’?”Report
You should write a book: Intravenous Speech Training: How to Increase Your Child’s Vocabulary By Sticking Her With Needles.
Blurb: Is your infant struggling to learn even simple words? With our proven method, your child will be telling you and pretty much everyone else to fish off and get bent in a matter of days.
Given the obsession with new parenting ideas these days, you’ll probably make a pretty penny (at least some of which should go into a trust for the little one who inspired the book).Report
Wait, she’s talking??? Mayo has mastered yelling at everyone all the time but nothing I can fairly call “talking” yet.Report
Mayo has mastered yelling at everyone all the time
Time to get him an OT login!
Up ’til now, it’s only reliably been “mama” (with an occasional possible “dada”). But according to my wife the “bye-bye” was distinct.
She’s been waving nurses away the whole time she was there (she likes waving, but normally for greeting), but I guess she felt that wasn’t working.
“I said, GOOD DAY!”Report
WHY IS YOUR BABY SO MUCH SMARTER THAN MINE?!?!Report
Obviously, Kazzy, you’re not sticking your kid with enough needles.Report
WHY IS YOUR BABY SO MUCH SMARTER THAN MINE?!?!
Genetics? đŸ˜‰
Sure ain’t my parenting, that’s for sure.Report
Well, my son recently mastered laying on the ground with his tongue sticking out for minutes on end and purring.
It’s possible that my wife and I are having a collective delusion and simply adopted a cat.Report
The two-year old loves to pretend she’s a dog, and keeps “fetching” various things that you never, ever want your two-year old to put in their mouth.
The five-year old keeps putting a leash on her.
Like I said: not my parenting.Report
She looks like a brave soldier.Report
I’m so glad she’s doing better and will be home soon. She’s adorable.Report
That is a cute kid.Report
What a cuuuuuuute baby!Report
So very glad to here she’s almost home.Report
I’m so sorry to hear you had to go through this. It’s great to hear that she seems to have fought through it!Report
I’m happy to hear that things seem to be improving. You have my best wishes.Report
Great news, Glyph.Report
Awwwwwwwwwwww!
Cute overload! Warning, all cuteness sensors are in the red!Report
I’m so glad to hear she is feeling better! Thanks for sharing. đŸ™‚Report