Trade in time!

So Dan tells me to day that it is time for a trade in.................. he does not mean his car, he does not mean my car.......................... ME, he wants to trade me in.
Last Tuesday I start with my cough and sinus gunk but this time I am going to try and tuff it out. Yeah that got me all the way to this Tuesday with a trip to Urgent Care, 10 day of steroids and Antibiotics and the best part a cough so hard that I bulged out my disk in my lower back. Oh yeah and a referral to see a pulmonologist. So now I am starting to question?????? Everyone keeps telling me that the 1st year in child care you get sick a lot. So my question is, Have I paid more in co pays and prescriptions this year then what money I made?????
Wow this is one question I want to find the answer to, but I don't think that Dan will want to know the answer!!!

Boy do we have some catching up to do!

so here we go:
Easter was awesome! We enjoyed a great Breakfast, hunted some (I mean 9 dozen) Eggs, relaxed, Aunt Gail joined us for some Easter ham and off to bed. Non eventful day except for that snow storm we would have off and on.

So Monday morning 3/24, we are on spring break and boy do I have plans for us. I go to the gym at 5:30 am to get my work out in before anyone wakes up. I am going to have everything straightened up and when the kids get up we are going to get out and enjoy the nice weather, but wait who is that waking up at 6:30 am running a 102.5 temp?? oh of course, let's see the only Bloomfield child to not have the flu yet. EMILY.
So to the doctor we go, cause if it is the flu we are getting Tami flu. Yup we are positive. To Walgreen's. To bed. Great start to our spring break!!!

so Tuesday 3/25, yeah this is the day we would have spent at the ZOO. Yup home with the flu.

so Wednesday 3/26, yeah today would have been that day we were going to get a hotel room with the Rybaks, take them swimming, and have a great time!. YUP did not happen. But we did manage to go to the park for an hour. It did us all a lot of good, even Emmie. but then back home cause she still was not completely better.

so Thursday 3/27, so this is the day that I think might be our turn a round she is breathing good, she is up and moving and getting stir crazy, so I talk to Cheryl and if there are not changes by noon we are off to the Holiday Inn St. Peters for a little swimming, and playing with our friends. We meet up there at 4 ish. swim for an hour, Danny had a soccer game so we took the kids to watch, then picked up dinner from Pasta House, took it back to the pool with us and played till about 10:30 ish. Got everyone ready for bed and the REAL FUN BEGINS.
Breathing disaster!!!!!!!!!!! Em is up all night just coughing her head off. about 4 am she wakes up just barking like a seal. I fly out of bed, get her treatment started, and throw on my cloths (the best part was Cheryl and I had adjoining rooms), so I tapped her door to tell her Em and I were off to the back of the Parking lot (Barns St. Pet). I am so bad that I did not even put her in a seat belt. CROUP! yuck I hate that. Cus this stupid illness only is horrible at 2,3,4 and 5 am.

So FRIDAY you know where we were??? Yup home with Croup. We did go back to school on Monday, but goodness what a s**tty spring break! We had to miss Bailey's 1st out door game cause Em had to be home (she really never even wanted to get out of bed or her pj's)

Twas the night before Easter and all through the house....

oops....... that would be Christmas! Ha, just kidding! So Friday started as a much better day for Bailey. We had our carpets cleaned that morning so the kids got stir crazy having to stay off of them (i think this was the only time I asked them to play on there webkinz and they didn't want to). Anyway, our neighbor Melissa stopped by and as I was in the driveway talking to her, Bailey started one of her cough attacks, so we went in to give her a nebulizer treatment (Yes, they were still Emily's) and that was not working, she could not catch her breath, and was having trouble talking, and kept gaging like she would throw up. All right now I have had enough!!! Off to St. Joe's West we went. Only to wait and wait and wait. (this is all about 6:45 ish i think) We were sitting with people who had been there since 3 PM. They had no pediatric beds available! At this point she had calmed down, and I was thinking maybe we could go home and go to urgent care tomorrow for an x-ray. Just then they called us to the 1st room. Took all her vitals, got the scoop and told us that they were getting ready to release 5 kids from the er and we were 3rd on the list. (Oh yeah, for got to tell you about 3 families left after we discussed the 4 hour wait, bad for them to wait all that time when it was less then 30 min from being seen at this point, but awesome news for us). So anyway, we get called back wait about another hour to be seen by the DR. then get x-rays (at this point now there are only about 3 families total there). In the end, Bronchitis........I should have known that.............. for Pete's sake, I have only had it 8 times since July 07 (seriously I really have had it 8 times).

So, the jest... I was going good by giving Emily's treatments, she is feeling a little better each day, gets tired by 4 ish, and in bed tonight at 7pm sound to sleep!

Danny and Emily had there first outdoor soccer games today, Bailey had to skip hers today.

Hope the Easter Bunny brings you lots of Candy!!
Sleep tight!

We are getting better!

So today is Friday and it is our first day fever free and up off the couch for over a 2 hour time frame. Her cough is not as bad today (I was giving her albuterol treatments of Emily's for the past 2 days and they were working). I am not letting her play soccer this weekend (I have not told her that either yet.) But I want her COMPLETELY WELL. We got the carpets cleaned today, house smells awesome. I have opened windows (closed the doors to that room) and I am airing out the house little by little. We have Spring Break this week after Easter and I really want to do some fun stuff, so we need to stay healthy!!!

Have a good weekend!
Jeanne

Tuesday, day 3 for Bailey

Today is day 3 of the flu for Bailey. She does okay during the day but come 5 pm the fever spikes, and we have been going till about 3 am with the high fever and her up crying that she feels so bad. Remember when 2 weeks ago I told you Danny Boy was a GREAT patient. Yes, let me tell you he is my choice of patient. Even though he would run high fever there was no crying and if he did wake up at night, it was short lived. She is making me really tired. Tami flu is not the medicine of choice that is for sure. She keeps asking if we can just go to the doctor and they can give her a shot to feel better (yes, we will all be getting the flu shot next year) but she would rather get a shot then take medicine. I don't get this kid!!! I did get 2 doses of The tami flu in her yesterday (each one the threw up within 10-15 min) and now today she is refusing cause she said it will make her throw up again. (I do have to say in her defense, I smelled the stuff and yuck!) She says "It tastes like poop" Cheryl wants to know how she knows what poop tastes like!!!

Wish her well! Oh yeah by the way, our Doctor sent Emily a prescription of Tami flu out to take so that she will not get it!! YEAH, we just MIGHT be DONE with THIS JUNK!!!!!