Just Sick

For the past two weeks we have been riding along on the "sick" train. We have had several rounds of sickness, and each child has had their own share of something. Here's a summary of how it has gone around here.

Round One:
*CJ developed a croupy cough and strep. throat.
*BA had a croupy cough and diarrhea. (And God does provide some humor in the midst of uncontrollable diarrhea. The first five or six "accidents" BA would say something like "Oops, some poop snuck out, Mom." or "Mom, I pooped in my undies again. I'm sorry. Will you forgive me." Don't worry, I didn't laugh at him on the outside...just on the inside! Any of you Moms know what that means?!)

About two days passed with improved symptoms, and then...

Round Two:
*CJ wakes at 11:00 pm throwing up. He throws up about 8-9 times before 3:00 am. We made him a pallet by the bathroom after I ran out of sheets for his bed. He finally gets settled and...
*BA wakes up crying with his ear hurting.

About two days passes and then...

Round Three:
*The night before Easter CJ wakes up puking again. I'm so exhausted by now that I just get everything in his crib and throw it in the washer. I didn't look too closely at the throw up. In fact, after cleaning up so much of it, I didn't even turn his room light on. I just turned on the hallway light. It made enough light in there to see to get the sheets and other bedding. I threw it all in the washer while Ben cleaned him up and changed his clothes. Thankfully, he didn't wake anymore that night. When I woke up the next morning to put everything in the dryer, I found a nasty surprise. His bedding had gum and all sorts of partially chewed candy attached to it. We were so glad this wasn't really another round of sickness...his belly just couldn't handle all the junk from candy in eggs at Grandma's and from a birthday party that same day.

And just when we thought everything was about okay...

Round Four:
*EE develops this nasty cough and congestion. I thought it was a bad cold until I heard a wheeze in her chest. To the doctor's office we went again. Our doc. told us he thought she had asthma- either allergy induced or infant asthma. (It will take a little time to figure out which kind it is.) We had a chest x-ray done to be sure everything else was okay. The hospital said they thought pneumonia was developing in her right lung. Our pediatrician isn't convinced that is was the x-ray shows. He thinks the asthma is making the "pocket" on her lungs. I have to agree with him. She has been the happiest sick baby I have ever seen, and she hasn't had any fever with the sickness. Plus, the breathing treatments work wonders on the wheezing. Also, almost since she has been born, if we go somewhere (outside, shopping, visiting with fam., etc.) she has a hard time breathing that night. Nonetheless, I can say that breathing treatments are much more preferred than cleaning up poop or puke. I am glad it looks like we are on the "well" train now!

(Don't worry...I'm not partial! I don't have any pictures to show when BA and CJ were sick because I was cleaning up too much poop, puke, or going nuts sanitizing everything so that we all stay as well as we can. And goodness, EE is still cute with a mask on!)