Thursday, April 18, 2013

5 Dr appts, and an ER visit in a matter of 19 days.

I am SO sick of being sick. 

Visit #1:  March 29th - Pneumonia hit this lady the weekend of Easter.  I went in did the blood work, the chest x-rays and got 10 days of antibiotics for my nasty cough.

Visit #2 (ER Trip):  March 30th - My dear hubby came down with the norovirus as soon as my pneumonia-induced fever of 102.5 broke. (Evening of March 29th).  Aaron spend all Friday night in the bathroom.  By Saturday he had a fever and couldn't even keep a glass of water in.  I called urgent care and they suggested heading straight to the ER since he seemed dehydrated.  I spent Easter weekend trying to recover while caring for a sick husband and baby.

By mid week we were finally starting to feel human again. 

Visit #3: April 6 - Urgent care for Aaden.  We woke up to a congested and wheezy baby.  We brought him in since it was the weekend and we were hopeful it wasn't pneumonia.  Croup and a prescription of steroids for him.

Visit #4 and #5:  April 12 - Aaden had gotten better earlier in the week, only to retract again.  The weekend was coming so we wanted him checked again.  He got more steroids and an antibiotic for his sinus infection.  I went in because I had been extremely tired, nauseous and had a bunch of sinus pressure.  My doc did some blood work and said everything seemed okay.  That I was probably just battling a cold.

Visit #6 - April 16 - Back again for me. I had a fever again and a sore throat.  Got a negative strep test and a "we don't know what's wrong" diagnosis.  I got another batch of antibiotics and I'm still hope sick in bed.

I've been tired, stuffy, had a cough, a fever on and off, and a bunch of other random symptoms over the last three weeks.  I've canceled more plans than I've attended.  I've missed 3 days of work and who knows if I'm going in tomorrow.  I.am.so.sick.of.this.

I'm thinking this is all due to the fact that Aaden started daycare.  We were healthy all fall and winter!  But in the last month that he's been in daycare, I've been sick for 3 weeks.  Luckily Aaden has only had croup and a stuffy nose (pretty normal for kids) versus the flu or a fever.  I'm very thankful it's been me and not my adorable little boy.

I'm just praying for warm weather, that it will hopefully be the solution to this stroke of sickness.

And I can't wait for all the bills to start rolling in.  Thankful for good insurance and a flex account. :-)

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