And we're off...soon

I'm not sure if I'll get any blogs in while we're away but with all the pictures we're bound to take, I'll try to get a post in as much as I can. Ron and Ella are in bed and I need to finish packing and hit the pillow. Ron's plan is to leave by 3am so that we're in Roanoke, VA around noon or shortly after. By Sunday, we'll be in Philadelphia, Friday in Niagara Falls, and Saturday in Toronto for 5 days. I can't wait!!!!! Good thing Ron is doing the driving tomorrow, I'm too excited to sleep.

Ella has been on anti-biotics for her UTI and her fever is gone, and she's not waking up 2 or 3 times in the night. The medicine is working but it's been a struggle. We started on Saturday and by Wednesday, I realized that the pharmacy had made a mistake and not given us enough (only 55 ml not 75). So I drove all the way back to the pharmacy by the house to get the rest of the medicine. They were great, I had no problem other than the 25 minute drive over.

Then tonight as I was giving her the medicine she knocked the bottle out of my hand and it spilled everywhere! I have to give her 3 mini doses during her feeding, basically when she opens up to get milk I shoot the medicine down her throat and then nurse her real quick so she doesn't have time to spit it out. It takes 3 times to get the full dose and while I was getting a second dose ready she flailed her arm and the bottle went flying. Aghhhhhh! I had to call her pediatrician so she could phone in some more of her medicine to the pharmacy.

Note to doctors and vets: when it comes to babies and pets, extra doses are necessary! Giving Ella medicine is about as easy as getting a cat to swallow a pill! It takes a lot of skill to get it down and not have her spit it out til it drips down her chin. And how do cats manage to eat the food you disguise the pill in but spit out the pill? This is my cat, Abu, I got in college. Now he lives with my brother in Toronto. Isn't he cute!!!