We decided with a little one on the way we needed to get away just the three of us one last time before baby Jett makes his arrival. We began our Tour De Texas in Austin where we spent a few days with my Uncle Nathan, Aunt Sarah and cousins Lila and Laney. While we were there we ate lots of yummy food, enjoyed some Amy's ice cream, explored downtown, had a date night out at the most amazing restaurant and attended a 4th of July we'll never forget. It was outside of Austin on some land in the middle of pine trees and had a library, multiple cabins, a great pool, a fully equipped game room/arcade, dune buggies, blow up water slides, snow cones and a guest list that included Matthew McConaughey and Adrian Brody. We all had a great time exploring the property and enjoying all the fun ammenities and good food.
The day after the 4th we got up early and headed to Sea World for a couple of days of fun. Ava really loved the dolphin and beluga whale show, the penguins, feeding the dolphins, the Sesame Street Bay of Play area and of course Shamu! Tuesday we stayed all day and evening so we could see the night shows. Wednesday we just went back to catch a few of the shows we didn't get to make on Tuesday. While we were there we stayed with Justin's sister Lisa and her husband Steve and even got to get in a dinner at PF Chang's with them Wednesday night after Sea World.
Unfortunately from there things went downhill. Ava had felt a little warm to me all day and was napping quite a bit. When we got home that night I took her temperature and it was almost 103. We gave her some Advil and went to bed for the night. We had planned to leave for Dallas the next day and were going to stay with Justin's aunt and uncle while Justin and his dad played in a Father Son Golf Tournament. Justin's uncle Jerry recently had surgery to remove a mass in his throat and learned he has throat cancer and will be starting radiation soon. We decided taking a sick child to his house was a very bad idea and I'm so glad we did. Justin drove Ava and I home Thursday morning and then hoppped in the car with his dad as soon as we got home to head to Dallas. She continued to run a high fever which wasn't breaking with any medications or cold baths. Thursday afternoon she started having diarrhea. I figured it was just a virus but then Friday it continued along with the high fever and got worse so I took her to the doctor. He was concerned by the high fever that wasn't going away and the number of diapers she had and the lack of substance to them so he took a stool sample. The fever finally broke Friday evening and we ended up staying with my parents for a couple of nights so I could have a little extra help. Sunday she started having stomach cramps that were very painful and she had blood in her stool so I called the doctor and when he called back he told me she had E. Coli. We have tried to figure out how she got it and can't really pinpoint it but our guess is it was probably from something or someone at Sea World. Monday she seemed a little better but the cramps were worse and she wasn't really drinking anything which was very concerning. She did eat some popsicles and we got her some cherry 7up and she drank that. Praise the Lord she hasn't had anymore diarrhea since yesterday morning and not as many cramps today so we are praying this is the end of this nightmare. It was the sickest I've ever seen her and I felt so helpless not being able to give her anything for the pain. I never knew seeing her eat yogurt and drink cherry 7up would bring such a HUGE smile to my face and joy to my heart or that seeing her get relief from tooting would make me so happy either. I would rather change 1,000 dirty diapers than see her in such pain. Sea World used to be one of my favorite places to visit but I'm not sure my memories will be quite as fond after this.
I did a terrible job taking photos while we were in Austin but here are just a few including yes a photo of Mr. McConaughey playing football and yes he never put a shirt on the whole party.
The day after the 4th we got up early and headed to Sea World for a couple of days of fun. Ava really loved the dolphin and beluga whale show, the penguins, feeding the dolphins, the Sesame Street Bay of Play area and of course Shamu! Tuesday we stayed all day and evening so we could see the night shows. Wednesday we just went back to catch a few of the shows we didn't get to make on Tuesday. While we were there we stayed with Justin's sister Lisa and her husband Steve and even got to get in a dinner at PF Chang's with them Wednesday night after Sea World.
Unfortunately from there things went downhill. Ava had felt a little warm to me all day and was napping quite a bit. When we got home that night I took her temperature and it was almost 103. We gave her some Advil and went to bed for the night. We had planned to leave for Dallas the next day and were going to stay with Justin's aunt and uncle while Justin and his dad played in a Father Son Golf Tournament. Justin's uncle Jerry recently had surgery to remove a mass in his throat and learned he has throat cancer and will be starting radiation soon. We decided taking a sick child to his house was a very bad idea and I'm so glad we did. Justin drove Ava and I home Thursday morning and then hoppped in the car with his dad as soon as we got home to head to Dallas. She continued to run a high fever which wasn't breaking with any medications or cold baths. Thursday afternoon she started having diarrhea. I figured it was just a virus but then Friday it continued along with the high fever and got worse so I took her to the doctor. He was concerned by the high fever that wasn't going away and the number of diapers she had and the lack of substance to them so he took a stool sample. The fever finally broke Friday evening and we ended up staying with my parents for a couple of nights so I could have a little extra help. Sunday she started having stomach cramps that were very painful and she had blood in her stool so I called the doctor and when he called back he told me she had E. Coli. We have tried to figure out how she got it and can't really pinpoint it but our guess is it was probably from something or someone at Sea World. Monday she seemed a little better but the cramps were worse and she wasn't really drinking anything which was very concerning. She did eat some popsicles and we got her some cherry 7up and she drank that. Praise the Lord she hasn't had anymore diarrhea since yesterday morning and not as many cramps today so we are praying this is the end of this nightmare. It was the sickest I've ever seen her and I felt so helpless not being able to give her anything for the pain. I never knew seeing her eat yogurt and drink cherry 7up would bring such a HUGE smile to my face and joy to my heart or that seeing her get relief from tooting would make me so happy either. I would rather change 1,000 dirty diapers than see her in such pain. Sea World used to be one of my favorite places to visit but I'm not sure my memories will be quite as fond after this.
I did a terrible job taking photos while we were in Austin but here are just a few including yes a photo of Mr. McConaughey playing football and yes he never put a shirt on the whole party.
Sea World
All decked out in her fairy attire from Aunt Lisa
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