Today marks nearly a month since everyone in my house has been well. Let me tell you how tired I am of my kitchen being taken over by medications, medicine droppers, and nebulizer parts. It seems to be never ending!!! Oh, and the complete and utter lack of sleep has got to go as well! Whatever these germs are that have kept us down and out for the last month may kindly take the next bus out of here!
Poor Kourtney has had croup twice, and has been dealing with her asthma constantly. She's on double the normal dose of steroids, and is doing breathing treatments several times a day. This is not including the two visits to the ER for asthma and coughing up blood (which, by the way, they determined came from broken capillaries due to coughing so hard...oh what fun!). The coughing has kept her from having a decent night of sleep in what seems like forever, which of course means that Mommy and Daddy haven't slept either. Oddly enough, she's still in a great mood a majority of the time. At least that's made this a little less painful.
Kieran has been down and out for the last two weeks. The first week, it was strep throat. He was out of school Monday thru Thursday, but went skipping back on Friday, only to catch the next bug. He missed the following Monday due to a fever, was fine on Tuesday and went to school, and then by Tuesday night was completely miserable with a 103ish temperature again. I was up with him all night long, snuggling him and attending to his every whimper, during which time he also developed the classic seal bark cough that says croup is on its way. Lovely. He ran a fever of 104 for four more days before it finally let up. Poor kid was so sick that he had to be carried from room to room because he didn't have the energy to walk.
Poor Kourtney has had croup twice, and has been dealing with her asthma constantly. She's on double the normal dose of steroids, and is doing breathing treatments several times a day. This is not including the two visits to the ER for asthma and coughing up blood (which, by the way, they determined came from broken capillaries due to coughing so hard...oh what fun!). The coughing has kept her from having a decent night of sleep in what seems like forever, which of course means that Mommy and Daddy haven't slept either. Oddly enough, she's still in a great mood a majority of the time. At least that's made this a little less painful.
Kieran has been down and out for the last two weeks. The first week, it was strep throat. He was out of school Monday thru Thursday, but went skipping back on Friday, only to catch the next bug. He missed the following Monday due to a fever, was fine on Tuesday and went to school, and then by Tuesday night was completely miserable with a 103ish temperature again. I was up with him all night long, snuggling him and attending to his every whimper, during which time he also developed the classic seal bark cough that says croup is on its way. Lovely. He ran a fever of 104 for four more days before it finally let up. Poor kid was so sick that he had to be carried from room to room because he didn't have the energy to walk.
Now, Cristian is complaining of a sore throat. Tomorrow, he goes for a throat culture. Fabulous.
I think I may as well just throw in the towel, and turn in my mommy card. I'm done now, thank you very much. I don't want to play anymore.
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