hackbarth family: Palm Springs...an adventure!

Sunday, June 14, 2009

Palm Springs...an adventure!

During May we headed down to Palm Springs for a nice, relaxing vacation/family wedding with the Hackbarth family. Upon our arrival Abbi seemed a little under the weather. By the eve of the wedding she was vomiting and had a high fever. We stayed up with her all night and figured it was a 24 hr bug that would go away the next day. The next day she was still pretty exhausted, but with Abbi it's always hard to know how serious things are since she just gets pretty quiet when she's not feeling well. By the wedding night she continued to have a fever and was not responding to typical otc meds. We decided to take her into the ER to at least get her checked for dehydration. Once we got there it turned into a 6 day visit! Abbi had severe bacterial pneumonia. She was treated with two types of antibiotics and respiratory therapy. So, our vacation was not so much a vacation after all! I don't even like looking at these pics because it makes me feel bad how sick she was:( Seeing your kids hurting is just horrible. Fortunately, she was able to make a full recovery and is now back to her usual goofy self. The adventures of parenting continues until next time...