Well, it has been an interesting couple of weeks for us... we have gone from one illness to the next and were finally hit with the worst this weekend. After battling the stomach flu during the week, by last weekend we thought Gavin was well and Henry still had a horrible cough. So I finally took Henry into the doctor to find out that he was having asthma-like symptoms brought on by RSV. This led to several days of him hating his parents as we had to wrestle him down to get him to breathe in an inhaler through this stupid little mask 4 times a day, and give me a liquid steriod twice a day. Luckily he seemed to recover in a couple of days. Then Gavin came into our room on Tuesday night with a fever that hung out around 103 until we were able to get him to the doctor on Wednesday afternoon. They ran about every test possible on him in the office and said we should just try and treat the fever and that is was probably just the RSV. By this time, Caleb and I had both been feeling pretty sick for a couple of days, and I had mostly lost my voice... so we went into some home lockdown to try and get well and keep our mystery germs away from everyone else. By Friday, Caleb's chronic hives had brought themselves to a whole new level on top of the nasty cold and hacking that he had going, so he finally went in since his feet were so swollen he could barely walk. Of course, no one was much help, but they have atleast recommended that he go to a specialist and use a steriod cream on the hives. By Saturday morning, I thought that I was feeling a bit better and decided to head to the gym to take on the treadmill for 5 miles or so... somehow I finished it, but came back to Gavin with another fever and Caleb pretty much swearing that we better find him a burial plot. Finally by Saturday evening, after some great friends came to give Caleb a blessing, I headed him off to the urgent care because he could not take a full breath and had a fever over 103. They ran a flu test and when it came back influenza A they really weren't interested in much else we had to say and perscribed that he take a lot of fever reducing drugs and spend a few days in bed. (side note: Henry was the only one in our family that got a flu shot this year.) I think the day of care giving or the running wore me down since I felt worse this morning than I have in a couple days, but finally it looks like we might be on the mend. What a nightmare of nasty sickness... and we probably haven't even had it the worst of everyone I know. We have pretty much been homebound for 3 weeks constantly recovering from something. Luckily the boys seem to be better and we hope to ring in Henry's birthday in good health... atleast most of us.
Our only resolution... next year we will all get a flu shot.
And please, please, let spring hurry and come.
7 comments:
Sounds like a miserable couple of weeks. I’m glad you are all on the mend.
That's ridiculous, I'm not going to perform any church-related service until you're all better. Hopefully that will speed things up.
Marci....not fun. No wonder I haven't heard from you. But the weather the last few days has been spring-like. Bring it on!
wow! i can totally sympathize here. we are all finally on the mend, too. after sophie got out of the hospital with her rsv, i came down with the type a influenza -- and i have never felt so sick in my life! if it makes you feel any better, my pediatrician said the flu shot this year wasn't very effective, so even if you had gotten one, you might have still gotten the flu. hope this week is better for you!
Oh my goodness! Being suck is the worst. I am sorry that you guys had it so bad and for so long. I hope it is gone for good now.
I'm so sorry, Marci! I know how it feels. My little guy has been sick a lot since he was born. I don't have two kids, though! I can't imagine how difficult that is. Get better!
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