November 8, 2013

Kadyn ate a little and perked up a bit throughout the day. Still very tired and coughing like crazy. Her doctor told us today that Kadyn has parainfluenza virus. It's a very common virus but can cause major problems for people with CF. It basically acts like a match to gasoline to any bad bacteria in Kadyn's lungs causing it to flare up and try to take over. Luckily, we caught it early. We will be here no less than 5 days. If she improves and doesn't culture anything new, she might be able to go home on oral antibiotics after one week instead of two. 
Things got a bit rough for me tonight when Kadyn started asking some hard questions..."Why am I always sick? Why do my germ bugs make me go to the hospital? Mommy, it's just not fair!" Having no idea what to say I simply told her you're right and life isn't fair but this is our life...Before I could say much more Kadyn chimed in with "You're right mommy and I like my life." End of conversation...thank you God!