Clare has had her first illness for the last couple of weeks. It was the longest week and half of our lives. Clare is a great sleeper and normally sleeps 9 p.m. until 6:00 a.m.. Well about two weeks ago from this she woke up in the middle of the night screaming. We tried to pacify her and rock her back to sleep but every time we laid her down she would scream and squirm. I stayed up until 4:30 a.m. holding her in my arms. Mitch and I thought she was just having an off night and we're frustrated that she wouldn't sleep in her own bed, which she has been doing since she was 2 weeks old. The next night the same thing happened, we laid her down about 9 and she was screaming at 10 wanting to be picked up. We spent another night sitting with her in the recliner. This continued and I finally took her to the doctor. They ran all sorts of tests on her and even had to put a catheter in her to be able to get a sample of urine to test the functions of her kidneys. Thankfully all the tests came back negative. It was so hard seeing her in so much pain but there was nothing we could do. It turns out she just had a virus that was running its course.
We thought she was on the mend on Friday but over the weekend she continued to not sleep at all on her own and she definitely appeared very uncomfortable. I took her back in to the Doctor's on Monday for some additional tests. It turns out that the virus appeared to have affected her stomach lining, which in turn caused her to get a lot of indigestion and heartburn. Mommy is now on a restrictive diet and can't have any dairy products. Clare also developed a severe rash, which we had to go to the Emergency room for. Fortunately, all the tests came back negative and they still don't know what it was. Again, the Doctors contributed it to her virus. We hope she gets better soon.
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