So Much Sickness

I guess we just can't escape sickness in this house. A couple of weeks ago Michael came home with a cold that really knocked him out. He bounces back pretty easy, though, and was better after a couple of days. Last week I caught it. I hate to say I caught his cold because it's not really just a cold. It's the runny nose and cough but it knocks you out. I was absolutely exhausted and so Michael stayed home from work on Wednesday so I could rest. And I did. I slept almost the entire day. It was exactly what I needed. Afterwards, I still felt like I had a cold but just the runny nose and cough, and I can handle that.

Well, of course it wouldn't be fair if Nate didn't catch it too. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights he was up every couple of hours. He was having difficulty breathing lying down so I would rock him back to sleep. He wasn't sleeping but 10-20 minutes in our laps during the day. He hasn't been eating at all. It is now Wednesday and since Saturday he has had 4 nilla wafers, a few fries, a few ounces of pediasure and some raviolis. He's sustaining on milk and water. He has been fevering, which just broke today. He's been extremely fussy. He just wants to lie on our laps. It's so sad. Monday Michael stayed home from work again to help me (since my "cold" seemed to be getting worse again) and neither of us had gotten any sleep over the weekend. We took him in to the doctor and they ran a flu test and it came back negative. The doctor heard some wheezing in his chest so he wanted to check for pneumonia. So we headed over to get x-rays done. That was negative too. So 3 1/2 hours later, we went home with a diagnosis of viral infection with nothing they could do but let it run its course.

I also went to the doctor Monday in the afternoon because the night before I blew my nose and it felt like I blew out my eardrum. I was in so much pain I couldn't sleep. Well, I didn't blow out my eardrum (so I don't ever want to feel what that would feel like) but I do have a severe ear infection. Michael went back to work today (Nate is finally sleeping better at night) and I am scrubbing the house down. I am so tired of all this sickness and I wish it was warmer so I could open the windows and air this house out.