The NEW Loch Family Updates: 11 Months Old and a Trip to the Hospital

I can't believe only one more month and Addison will be 1-year old! Babies grow up way too fast! Since the last time I posted, which was forever ago it seems like, Addison has been through quite a lot! Our little pumpkin is now walking along anything she can grab on to, crawling faster than anyone can catch her, and getting into everything she's not supposed to :) She went on her first Fuchs Family trip to Spirit Lake (check out the album link below), she now has 7 teeth, and this week she stood all by herself for about 5 seconds! Before you know it, she'll be walking all over!!!

On a bad note, if you can believe it, two days ago she had her second "asthma attack". The doctors still aren't willing to label her as having asthma just because she's so young, but it was scary again nonetheless. I was home alone with her all week while Adam was at a tournament in Moorhead, so I was fortunate enough to experience what a single mom must go through... Since my daycare was on vacation Monday and Tuesday and then Addison got sick Wednesday, I had 24-hours of Addison fun for 3 days straight!

So, back to the attack... on Wednesday morning, I knew she had a cold, but she woke up screaming and crying. I couldn't figure out what was wrong! I decided to keep her home for the day and keep an eye on her until I could figure out what was wrong with her. While she was waiting to eat her breakfast, I could hear her wheezing again from across the room. I thought to myself "this isn't good...not again!" I immediately got her started on her nebulizer treatment to try to get her breathing under control. Unfortunately, 3 nebulizer treatments and about 8 hours later, she still had labored breathing and was breathing quite fast. I decided to call her doctor to consult with one of her nurses as to what I should do next. They decided it would be best if I brought Addison in to the ER. What treat that was..........I HATE THE ER! After 5 hours in the ER, Addison and I finally got to go home after she had 2 more nebulizer treatments (5 total that day) and a shot of prednisone. She's doing much better now, but I still need to have a discussion with her doctor to find out what we can do from a "maintenance" perspective to prevent any more attacks in the future. I'll keep you posted!

Here are the links to her 9-month, 10-month, and cabin trip albums. Enjoy!