Human Again

WARNING!!! This is a Long post!

I thought about titling this post 'Sick of Being Sick', but I liked 'Human Again' better! Anyways, This past weekend I've had sick kids and it has been no fun. Friday morning Chloee woke up with a fever of about 101.5. She had a runny nose and a cough also. So I gave her tylenol and just figured that she was getting a cold like my mom had. She was pretty much herself, she just wasn't nearly as spunky. All day her fever came and went, then in the middle of the night she spiked a fever of 104.3. I gave her more meds and prayed that it would come down. She fell back to sleep and in the morning still had a fever of about 103.5. She was really congested and sounded bad. I kind of panicked for a little bit, thinking that I would need to take her to the E.R. I talked to Travis and my mom and decided to wait for the Insta-Care to open at 9. By 9 she sounded a little better but she still had a fever up in the 103-104 range, so I decided to call our pediatrician and get their opinion. They said to just make sure she had plenty of fluids and rotate tylenol and motrin to keep her fever down (which I was already doing). I felt a little better.

Ok, so let me tell you what I was going through up to this point. I was fine Friday, just bummed that she was getting sick. Saturday on the other hand, I was a mess. I felt very conflicted, being so worried, but at the same time wondering whether I was over-reacting. I spent a ton of time searching the internet for help and advice, and a ton of time laying on the couch holding her while she tried to sleep. I probably took her temp every five minutes and tried to keep myself calm.

As the day went on she seemed to be getting worse. She stopped taking her meds, and her fever never went below 102. She just laid on the couch looking miserable. At about 3:30 I took her temp and she was up to 105.3. That's when I decided to take her in to insta-care. My mom went with me and Travis left work to meet us there. They checked her out and tested her for strep, checked her ears for an ear infection and tested her for a urinary tract infection. Everything came back negative , so they sent us home with a prescription for amoxicillin and the instructions to take her to the E.R. if she didn't improve in a couple of days.

She was about the same all the rest of the night, and now Parker was showing signs of sickness and had a fever. Sunday morning she woke up and her temp was down to 99! Yippee! Her temp stayed down all day on Sunday, but she was extremely fussy and only wanted me. Parker on the other hand had a fever off and on all day with it spiking up to 105 also. Seeing Chloee recovering helped us not to panic so much about Parker. Luckily Travis stayed home from work to help me out!

Now back to me again, I didn't even get dressed yesterday, I lounged on the couch holding Chloee and watching movies most of the day. It was our Stake Conference weekend, and we skipped both the evening session on Saturday night, and the Sunday meeting. I skipped out on my presidency meeting and on a practice for New Beginnings this week. I felt so guilty for not going, but knew that I needed to be at home with my kids. We haven't exercised since Wednesday, and I didn't even think about cleaning my house. Needless to say by the end of the day yesterday I was exhausted mentally and was feeling pretty low spiritually and physically. I felt like a zombie.

So this morning when I woke up I decided that I needed to take care of myself a little bit. I got dressed! and started cleaning the house. I also got out of the house for just a few minutes to run to the grocery store for more wipes. I worked on Personal Progress, and have definitely felt more human today! The kids are both doing much better today, thankfully, and I have been able to get back to a somewhat normal schedule. Who knew that I would be so grateful for the opportunity to do the laundry and dishes!! I am definitely grateful that I get to be at home to take care of my kids, but I am also very grateful that they are at a stage where I can get other things done too! (Normally!)