When we traveled to see my brother outside of Cleveland in November, his whole family had been sick. My brother even had had walking pneumonia. We left early!
I returned to quickly develop bronchitis lasting through early January.
Luke was sick on and off throughout the Christmas and New Year's holidays. One day it was a fever. Then he was fine. The next day he vomited. Then he was fine. He even threw up while at a friend's caroling party. Guess who had to clean it up? Things settled down when school started up again and we were back to routine.
Then a sore throat returned for me. It was like swallowing through razor blades. I could barely sleep - even when Mitchell did! I promptly got to the doctor who prescribed a 2nd Z-pack. And thankfully it took only a couple days for me to feel better once on the antibiotics.
This past Sunday I noticed Luke had a rash on the backs of his legs and stomach. As he has an allergy, I feared he somehow got a hold of peanuts. I gave him Benedryl and he really never felt bad.
Except Mitchell had a similar rash on Monday and woke up Tuesday with a 104 degree temperature and shallow breathing. We got him right to the doctor who did a strep test and gave a nebulizer breathing treatment. He was miserable! Poor kiddo. Actually it was kind of scary. Not a chance of rest at night. Chris and I took 2 hour shifts holding Mitchell and gave him his medicines. Today he seems a bit better, but threw up on the sitter. Yucky.
The pediatrician also wrote a script for Luke saying the rash he had was also an indication of strep. I didn't know you could get strep without other symptoms. I'm also guessing that's what I had myself.
In the end, I'm pretty sure I'm turning into one of those people who just talks about their ailments.
Must all get healthy now!
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