Sick Kiddos....The Winter From Hell!

So far, January 2017 has seen the most sickness in our house. The realization that winter has barely begun and the weather is just going to get worse, probably causing more sickness is really gut wrenching. Most of the sickness has been contained to Nora, BJ and myself. Thankfully, Oliver and Brynn have shown immunity to it all!

To start the month, Nora came down with RSV. Respiratory Syncytial Virus, a virus that affects the respiratory tract, can cause problems with breathing in children under the age of 2 (webmd.com). The scary part of RSV is some children end up being hospitalized due to low oxygen saturation. Thankfully, we caught Nora's early enough that her O2 Sats were 98% and her wheezing was decreased with a steriod. Not the oral, mind you! She threw up the oral steroid twice before I finally took her back in to get the shot instead. So much easier to struggle once with the shot rather than waste all the oral steriod by her throwing up.

We went through the breathing treatments and she began sleeping better but was still coughing. After about ten days, the cough finally went away and she was able to return to daycare after a week of being diagnosed. I'm scared to even look at my PTO right now! I am lucky to work in an environment that understands these obstacles and we all do a good job of working together to help make sick days less stressful.

Following Nora's RSV, I came down with a horrible cold followed by BJ. For almost five days I was in bed by 6:30pm. The kids were so amazing during this time because they knew I wasn't feeling good and went to bed easily and quietly even though it was an hour and a half before their usual bedtime. BJ's didn't seem to last quite as long as mine but still just as miserable.

We finally had all the bugs out of the house and then the last two days Nora has been randomly throwing up 

:( We don't know what it's from or what triggers it. She threw up once on Tuesday right before supper but came right back and ate her supper with no trouble. She threw up again last night but after drinking some water, she was fine. I slept with her on the couch just to be sure she didn't throw up again which made it pretty uncomfortable and restless all through the night. We don't know if she ate something as she has had an obsession with the trash lately. Gross. Or if she really has the flu bug. No fever, no fatigue or decreased energy. Just random puking ralleys. 

I am so over disinfecting and spraying and having poor kiddos sick. I am so over winter...

Dear God, Help us get through this season of illness and keep Oliver and Brynn immune! Amen