One of the many things having children has done to me, turn me into a slight germaphobe or a mysophobe for the scientific folks out there. The boys have been miserably ill for more than a week now. Zach has been very sick for ten days now and Casey J is coming on a week. First thing this morning I called the pediatricians office and got an early afternoon appointment. Did I mention we’ve gone through about 3 bottles of Tylenol and 2 bottles of Advil in the last two weeks?
We arrived on time only to find many other sick kids waiting too, they were about an hour behind on appointments. So I sat on the floor (all the chairs were full) with Casey J next to me and Zachary laying on the floor with his head in my lap (he fell asleep as did my butt and legs). After fifteen minutes Casey J began begging to “go home” and there was so much noise in the office (did I mention I have whatever they have – sore throat, fever, etc). We finally got called and Zach did not want them to take his temperature. The doctor also looked at Casey J (his eye is a little pink, a sign of a certain type of virus) and said both of their throats looked bad (why they won’t eat anything) and gave them both a 10 day run of antibiotics. Hopefully that will kick whatever this is in the booty so that they can enjoy their Christmas morning after Santa Claus visits!
The last week and a half of the boys being sick has put me behind on my Christmastime tasks. Cards are done but I have no stamps yet, still need to do a bit more shopping, and we completely missed Casey’s family Christmas because everyone was sick. The Alebis family Christmas was just Zach and I, and Zach (**warning – this is about to get gross) threw-up brownie and milk on my aunt’s white couch. I cringe just writing that. After apologizing profusely she said it was no big deal, plus she had been wanting to have that couch re-done! The small visiting I was able to do was very nice though.
So here’s praying the new year brings health to this house!!!
One of the many things having children has done to me, turn me into a slight germaphobe or a mysophobe for the scientific folks out there. The boys have been miserably ill for more than a week now. Zach has been very sick for ten days now and Casey J is coming on a week. First thing this morning I called the pediatricians office and got an early afternoon appointment. Did I mention we’ve gone through about 3 bottles of Tylenol and 2 bottles of Advil in the last two weeks?
We arrived on time only to find many other sick kids waiting too, they were about an hour behind on appointments. So I sat on the floor (all the chairs were full) with Casey J next to me and Zachary laying on the floor with his head in my lap (he fell asleep as did my butt and legs). After fifteen minutes Casey J began begging to “go home” and there was so much noise in the office (did I mention I have whatever they have – sore throat, fever, etc). We finally got called and Zach did not want them to take his temperature. The doctor also looked at Casey J (his eye is a little pink, a sign of a certain type of virus) and said both of their throats looked bad (why they won’t eat anything) and gave them both a 10 day run of antibiotics. Hopefully that will kick whatever this is in the booty so that they can enjoy their Christmas morning after Santa Claus visits!
The last week and a half of the boys being sick has put me behind on my Christmastime tasks. Cards are done but I have no stamps yet, still need to do a bit more shopping, and we completely missed Casey’s family Christmas because everyone was sick. The Alebis family Christmas was just Zach and I, and Zach (**warning – this is about to get gross) threw-up brownie and milk on my aunt’s white couch. I cringe just writing that. After apologizing profusely she said it was no big deal, plus she had been wanting to have that couch re-done! The small visiting I was able to do was very nice though.
So here’s praying the new year brings health to this house!!!
