Sickness Central... this is Kristen and I'll be your nurse!

Well, you all know how much I LOVE being a nurse... sorry to report I've had some good practice in nursing this week.

Cole started coughing and running a fever last Sunday morning, so I stayed home from church so he could get some good rest. He slept most of the day and wasn't too in to eating. He went to bed at his normal time and when Eric and I checked him before going to bed his breathing was increased. He was taking 50 breaths per minute... long story short, by the time I left with him for the emergency room, he was taking 62 breaths a minute. They admitted him to the hospital early Monday morning. His tests came back positive for RSV, pneumonia and brochiolitis. While we were in the hospital they gave him breathing treatments and suctioned mucous out of his little nose/lungs with a tube. We were released to bring him home on Wednesday.

Within an hour of getting home from the hospital, Sadie began coughing so hard that she threw up. Lovely. She seemed to be better the rest of Wednesday evening and most of the day Thursday until she did the same thing at supper time. Nothing like someone puking at the dinner table. This morning she woke with a fever and did the whole coughing bit again... I must say, I never thought that I could handle puke, but I'm passing this test with flying colors and haven't even gagged once. Ended up taking Little Missy to the doctor this afternoon and she has strep throat. Neat, huh!?

All I can say is that it's a good thing that we only have two kids. I might go crazy on round three. :)

So... there's my week in a nutshell... and why you haven't heard from me until now. :) I better get going... I'm sure it's time for some body's dose of Amoxicillin.