Alli's worst sickness ever!

No pics this week...Alli was too pitiful for pictures.  Chris and I both said this is the sickest we have ever seen Alli and she's even had pneumonia!  It all started last Friday when I picked her up from pre-school and heard crackling noises when she breathed.  I called the doctor's office and of course they were already closed, but I paged the doctor who told me to call back if she started breathing rapidly or ran a fever.  Well, Sat., she seemed worse, so I called anyway, and met the doctor at the office.  Alli had the beginnings of a sinus and ear infection and an upper respiratory infection.  We headed home with an antibiotic.  Sunday, she seemed better.  Then, Monday morning at 1:30am she woke up with a 103 temp!  I ended up sleeping (or should I say laying) with her the rest of the night...poor thing was shivering.  I called the doctor's office that morning and was telling them she was worse, and they tried to tell me that happens sometimes and to just wait it out...meanwhile my baby was laying down not moving and not opening her eyes, burning up with fever even on Tylenol and Motrin...wait it out, huh?  I don't think so!  Apparently doctors don't understand mother's intuition!!  At this point, I was irritated and called back and informed them we were coming in.  I'm sure now there's a note in her file that says "difficult mom."   Anyways, we were seen and Alli's ear infection, sinus infection, and upper respiratory infection were all worse, and since she wasn't eating, she couldn't keep down the antibiotic.  We left with a new , much stronger antibiotic and an anti-nausea medicine.  She was still pitiful, but seemed to be perking up later that night.  She stayed home with Chris on Tues., and had really perked up so,  she went to school on Wednesday and ended up throwing up on her shoes from coughing so much...poor thing had no shoes the rest of the day.  Yesterday, on the way to school, Alli threw up blueberries and cream oatmeal all in the car, so needless to say we turned around and headed home!  I'm pretty sure the combination of the antibiotic and all the stuff that had drained into her tummy ended up making her nauseas because once she got home and changed clothes, she was fine the rest of the day! We actually made it to school this morning with no incidents, and I have yet to receive a phone call from her school, so I think we're FINALLY on the road to recovery.
The moral of this story is that doctor's don't know child like you do, so if you suspect something wrong, and get blown off..stay persistent!!