Money Mondays and a Hospital Visit

This weekend has been a little rough for us. Danielle had an allergic reaction to amoxicillin with open sores. On Friday she was getting tons of what looked like bruises- she was brown and purple and red. John called the doctor and took her in. Her marks looked like they could be something serious so John went straight from the hospital to the emergency room where they did tests. Poor little Danielle has bad veins like I do so they tried about 9 times to get an IV in her but failed. Also she wouldn't eat so they had to intubate her. I guess it is more serious if a baby doesn't drink anything in a day. The emergency room wasn't really that clean. I used the wipes for cleaning I found on the counter and cleaned the whole floor before we put Danielle on it. Since she wasn't eating and they weren't sure if the rash was from something more serious we stayed overnight. I held Danielle's arm to keep her from pulling out her nose tube. Then all night they came every hour or so and gave her fluids through her tube.
She was so sedate and cute in her hospital hound clothes. After a while she cried whenever she saw anyone with scrubs so it was good for her to see them when they didn't have to do anything to her. I am including a picture of Danielle today- she has been on steroids for three days in this photo so the red swelling is gone. What you can see in this picture is the leftover bruising from hives. Danielle is feeling a little better but sleeping a lot- I am worried because tomorrow she stops steroids and we are supposed to go back to the doctor. I am exhausted from my hospital night of no sleep.
So this week money Mondays is about something I really intend to buy. Maybe because it was part of Danielle feeling better. The Step 2 Parent powered buggy in pink and blue is really cute and they had them at the hospital. The second day when she was feeling better we put her in the little push car. She kept trying to climb in after but she was too weak so we lifted her in.
So cheap when I looked up how much it was! Target was the best price I found. or Amazon.com but I couldn't find out exactly how much it would be on Amazon without checking out for shipping costs so I didn't go through the whole process. Lately I have been using shopping.com to find good prices and I highly recommend it. This push car is so nice and much less than other (smaller!) options. The step 2 company is the one that makes those cute little outside playhouses. I was so impressed with this pink car- I don't know why more people don't have something like this instead of a stroller- Danielle actually liked it and was willing to sit in it. I guess it is a little bigger than the Maclaren but I am going to get one anyway.
Retail $44.95