We’re on the way back from our ski trip to New Hampshire…somewhere in NJ to be exact. I’m typing this on my phone. We had a really good time with the exception of Anna getting really sick. We skied 5 different areas (well I skied 4 because I stayed back at the cabin with Anna one day). They weren’t huge areas like out west but were still fun.

On Monday of last week Anna started looking and feeling really bad. On Tuesday she was pretty lethargic and had a fever as high as 103.7 along with a horrible cough. We managed to keep her temp down with tylenol for the rest of the week but when we left yesterday to drive to NYC she went downhill pretty quickly so we took her to the ER at a hospital near my sister’s apartment. She has croup and was a bit dehydrated. They tried to get an IV line in her but were unsuccessful, which was the worst thing I’ve ever had to experience with her. Anna screamed like I’ve never heard her scream before. It was horrible.

Luckily we were able to get her to drink some while we were there so the docs let us go after a couple of hours with instructions to give her motrin every 6 hrs.

She seems to have perked up a bit today but still looks sick. She’s hardly eaten anything in the last few days but hopefully she will soon. I’m sure she’s lost a couple of pounds this last week.

So anyway it was a fun vacation but would have been a million times better if Anna hadn’t been sick. I haven’t seen her this sick since she was about a month old. :(