We are under the weather. What would be below under the weather? Under-under? Whatever it is, that is what we are. It has been traumatic.
X had a fever last Monday night (that's right, a week ago), with no other symptoms, but I brought her into the Dr. anyway. Good thing I did, because he checked her all out, ears, lungs, nose, everything all clear, but then he looked at her throat and said "Well, that looks pretty bad". Did a strep test, came back positive, so round 1 of antibiotics. 2 days later, she's worse (yanking her ears, all sniffly, coughy, and nose-drippy) and I've started feeling bad too, despite my constant netty-potting, salt-water gargling, hand-washing, sanitizing-everything state of being for the past 72 hours. I call the Dr. again, and he switches her antibiotic.
Then we go see MY Dr. She doesn't think I have strep, but prescribed an antibiotic for "just in case" I got worse over the weekend. Good thing. Friday I woke up much worse. I called her, she told me to fill the prescription, so I started antibiotics on Friday, and proceeded to get worse daily over the weekend until now. Tomorrow is my last antibiotic, glad it's helping?
Today: X seems to be feeling a little better, at least she has no fever, more energy and wants to play, but she's still got this scary rattly chesty cough, and insane amounts of nose runnies.
Today: I am still worse, can't breathe through my nose half the time, and wake up coughing so hard Ricardo has had to move to the other room. :(
Today: I called both Xaris' Dr, and mine, to mention that we are still not better and are at the end of the course of antibiotics. X's Dr. wants her to do another course, so today we started antibiotic #3. My Dr. wants to see me at 7:45 in the morning. yippee.
Today: Ricardo came home sick from work (which he NEVER does) and went into get checked out: no strep fortunately, but a nasty sinus infection, so antibiotics for him too.
Total, for our family of 3: FIVE different antibiotic prescriptions (plus 7 other meds) in less than a week. I can't remember the last time I was this sick, and that it lasted THIS long.
Sorry for the griping, but I want the sympathy (and maybe advice if there's any out there). Mostly, I just want health!!
Watching Toy Story 3 in bed. Again. I don't mind because she'll actually sit and watch a good chunk of it, which means I can lay down, and maybe even close my eyes for a few....
4 comments:
Oh you poor babies! And I mean that in the most sympathetic voice possible. Susanna has a fever today too, so we've been laying super low, watching Little Women and reading books.
You have my sympathy!! Three rounds of antibiotics? Are you guys antibiotic immune or something? Gosh, those little bodies usually bounce back so fast, it is scary when they don't! Take care, get lots of rest. xxxooo
Dr. says there's been a drug-resistant strep (that has triumphed over Zpacks and other, weaker antibiotics) going around. Apparently we got that one. :(
I'm starting to feel a little better. X definitely is, she's just still congested and coughing.
Little Women--good choice! That might be my next movie!
Thanks for the sympathy girls. I needed it. I hope Susanna gets to feeling better soon!
so sorry. drug resistant strep? wild. The low point of our illness life as a family was the day that all 3 of us (me pregnant at the time w/#4) got the stomach flu. Not pretty.
There's a toy story 1 and 2 and kids love cars and the incredibles. I don't recommend nemo - too scary. Maybe mary poppins? she's lovable. Peter was about 14 mo when we got the stomach flu and we literally watched baby einstein on continuous repeat all day, except for during naps. It's a good solution.
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