You may have noticed that things have been quiet around here the last few days and that is because the entire family has been sick.
It started with me not feeling well last Thursday and by that night, both Ellie and Peanut were throwing up all night long. By Friday night, Zack was hit and then it pretty much took down the rest of the family.
It has not been fun.
But, we are still here. We’ve stocked up on every Lysol product out there, have been washing our hands and doing laundry like crazy and trying to scrub down and disinfect the entire house.
Since we are having a ‘snow’ day tomorrow because of the lovely artic blast that is causing us to have temps as low as -55*F below 0 I am hoping that we can get everyone healthy and get the house back in order.
Until I return, here are a few pics to hold you over!
My little Ellie is sick along with myself, Alexander, and Alex.
Her poor little nose is running nonstop, she is crabby (which is soooo not her style), and she is lethargic.
I wish I could make her better in an instant.
I’ve been nursing her on command to both nourish and comfort her, using chest rubs, saline drops, and we are all keeping ourselves armed with Boogie Wipes, and there is also the electric nasal aspiratior that has been a godsend (but not fun to clean).
Although I hate seeing her so miserable, it has been a blessing in disguise because all she wants to do is snuggle and this mommy loves to snuggle my kidlets, even if it means I will end up covered in snot and tears, I will take it!
This is what the last 24 hours have looked like.
So again, if you are wondering where I am and what I have been up to, this is it.
I am hoping to get some work done tonight and tomorrow and get completely caught up over the weekend!
The kids went back to school last Tuesday.
On Friday, Libby was sent home with a fever and sore throat.
A few hours later and a trip to the doctor we had a strept throat diagnosis.
After a weekend of keeping her away from the rest of the family, antibiotics, and lots of fluids she returned to school yesterday.
Yesterday, Ellie woke up with a horrible head cold and I sent the day wiping her little nose, cleaning up snot puddles, and disinfecting the house.
By about 4 p.m., I was infected too.
Now here we are on Tuesday and myself, Ellie, Alex, and Alexander are all fighting this awful head cold, exhaustion, watery eyes (me), and a fever (Alexander).
I’m only writing this post because I’m trying to stay awake and care for the little ones while the Alex sleeps.
Thankfully I can blog from my phone.
Fingers crossed we all start to feel better soon!!!
This is a compensated post written by me on behalf of Walgreens. All opinions are 100% mine.
If you’ve been keeping up with me on Twitter, Facebook and well, even here on my blog over the last week then you know that I haven’t been feeling the best. I’ve had this awful cold, cough, aches and pains oh my gawd I feel like I am going to die thing going on.
Usually I am not one who will take a gajillion OTC meds to help heal me….really when I usually have a cold, I treat it with some OJ & Vodka.However, at this time in my life, I am trying to get pregnant so I’ve been staying away from the liquor cabinet and have had to use methods I normally wouldn’t to get healthy once again.
I opened a purdy manila envelope to find Walgreens Multi-Symptom/Rest Easy Cold/Flu Relief Nighttime Liquid Caps.
It was like the heavens knew I was sick and this was their way of getting me on the mend.
So, I took the recommended dosage and off to bed I went.
I have to admit, these drugs….they delivered.
Gone was the cough and wheezing thing I’d had going on.
My body no longer felt like I had been slammed by a Mack truck.
And, I didn’t have the hangover I’d usually have from the OJ & vodka or from the pseudoephedrine since these drugs are 100% pseudo free not to mention these meds have a 100% satisfaction guarantee!
In my post on Monday, I briefly mentioned that my New Year didn’t exactly start off as I had planned and there are a variety of reasons for that.
You see, I rang in the New Year heavily medicated thanks to my good friends Percocet and Tylenol Extra Strength Rapid Release.
Did I mention that I was very, very, heavily medicated due to the fact that I was in excruciating pain?
Because I totally was.
We spent New Year’s Eve with the kids, my good friend and 2 of her children and enjoyed some deep fried foods for the last time.
That night went great and honestly, so was New Year’s Day (with the exception of the Wisconsin Badger’s losing the Rose Bowl—that was depressing. –Did I mention it was even more depressing because my cousin Mike is the Badgers starting linebacker?—Yeah, completely depressing!)
Moving on….the following day, Sunday, was even good because well…the Green Bay Packer’s kicked some Chicago Bear butt!
On Monday, Zack and Libby returned to school and I went to see the ENT for the 3rd time….you know after having already been in the ER three times between Christmas Eve and the day after Christmas in addition to that trip to my family doctor.
After my visit with the ENT, things began to look up.
That was Monday.
Tuesday came and went and everything went great.
And then…..then Wednesday arrived.
Wednesday evening, I found myself back in the ER.
This time, the Alex was the patient.
What happened you ask?
Well…..he managed to slice the tip of his right ring finger off while chopping apples for that night’s dinner. The Alex before the Physician's Assistant (that we LOVE from a past experience) came in to check things out. The Alex all bandaged up with a finger filled with Lidocaine to numb it and a prescription for some Vicodin!
Needless to say that night we found ourselves dining at the local IHOP with the kids since we didn’t get out of the ER until after 7PM and hadn’t fed the kids beforehand since you know, he was making dinner when the tragedy happened.
So, here I was, finally feeling better and now I had to take care of the Alex.
What I’m really saying is that I drugged him HEAVILY and sent his happy ass to bed!
I even let him sleep in the following morning until he was ready to get up.
I know……I’m such a nice wife!
This brings us to Thursday.
On Thursday, I had a great day.
I had a chance to hang out with both Alexander and the Alex which is a rarity since he works 3rd shift.
I picked my pseudo niece and nephew up from school after scooping the Libby from the bus stop and came home to get some work done, help prepare dinner and then head back to the school to pickup Zack from wrestling practice at 5:30.
At 5:13 PM, as I was getting ready to head to the school, I got a phone call from Zack’s wrestling coach.
The boy was hurt.
Something went awry during practice and he had been basically crushed between a kid 25lbs heavier than him and the mat…on his side.
Soooo…I went and got him, brought him home and saw the amount of pain he was in as the tears streamed down his face.
I packed the diaper bag, called my dad, loaded the family in the van, dropped Alexander and the Libby off by my dad and Zack, Alex and I headed to the ER…..again.
Yes….
For the 5th time within a 2 week time frame.
The 2nd time in less than 24 hours. Headed down to x-ray to make sure nothing is broken Thankfully the x-ray is clear! No breaks!!!!
After sitting in the ER for almost 2 hours, the boy was diagnosed with a muscle spasm in his trapezius muscle with orders to follow up with our family doctor on Monday.
From Thursday night until Monday morning, Zack was heavily medicated to help with the pain and inflammation.
I took him to see our family doctor for a recheck on everything.
New x-rays came back clear.
New diagnosis…..muscle spasm of the trapezius muscle, shoulder strain and chest wall contusion.
So, after 5 trips to the ER, 2 visits with our family doctor and 3 visits with the ENT Specialist, I think we should get some kind of group discount or at least given the option to enroll in a frequent visitor program with rewards!
