We all made it through the holidays and our birthdays without being too sick other than the occassional runny nose. Then February and March showed up and all the bugs arrived, too. A stomach bug that hit Ethan and Emma, an ear infection for Kylie & Emma, and a few diarrhea bugs that got us all sick. Just before St. Patrick's day, I came down with bronchitis that was treated with inhalers. After a couple weeks I still wasn't better so I had a chest exam that came out clear but the dr switched me to another inhaler to try in a few days if I wasn't feeling better.
By this time it was Easter weekend and we headed to the Cape on Good Friday. I used the new inhaler in the morning and that afternoon when we were settling in at Grammy's house, I went into a coughing fit and couldn't catch my breath to breathe. Christine called 911 and I took a trip in the ambulance to the ER. After some breathing treatments, another chest exam and being put on Cortizone, I felt a bit better and headed back to the condo with JP. Kaitlyn was still awake and asked me why the big ambulance took me away and whether or not the men in the truck were nice to me and did I wear my seat belt in the ambulance and was I safe? I assured that there was nothing to be afraid of, yes the EMT's were nice and helped me feel better, and that I wore my seatbelt and was safe the whole time I was gone. Her response, "Oh good- when can I go in an ambulance????"
The following weekend was my bi-yearly trip to the cape with some friends. I spent much of the time coughing my head off which I'm sure everyone greatly appreciated- and ended up with a sinus infection on top of the bronchitis..... I went on another round of antibiotics. A couple weeks later I just started to feel a little bit better and I came down with a vicious flu bug that left me feeling miserable and weak for over a week. Finally my doctor told me to just stay home, rest and avoid all germs possible so I could completely recuperate and get my strength back. By now it was Mother's Day weekend so I spent Mother's Day and the next few days in bed until it was Emma's turn to scare us all.
Then that Wednesday Emma had a febrile seizure and we called 911 for her and spent 6 hrs in the ER with her. Her fever was 105.9. They discharged us, told us all was fine but to return if it happened again. Well, Thursday night I was rocking her and she had another seizure so we headed back to the ER and they ran a battery of tests on her over 8 hours time including a spinal tap :( THey kept us overnight Thursday and Friday and her temp never got over 100.5 again thankfully. (Thursday at the ER it was 106.2!) They think it was Roseola- she was back to normal by Monday but it took me a while to get over the horror of it all. Finally, I started feeling better- less coughing but still lots of back pain from having pulled so many muscles from coughing so hard for so long..... It was a BAD spring to say the least.
And then just before our Memorial Day weekend away to the Lacoffs on Long Island, Ethan came down with diarrhea and vomiting and then Kylie came down with the same thing....By Saturday, everyone seemed well and we ventured to the ferry in CT to ride over to Long Island with Becca & Hester. It was a fun trip on the baot and the kids had a great time racing up and down and all around the decks. JP and I loved it because it's very rare for there to be a 1:1 ratio between adults and kids! Needless to say, that night after a great day of sun and catching up with friends, I came down with the stomach bug, too and Kaitlyn ended up throwing up in Rachels' room during the night which woke up the household. The next day JP was sick, too and by MOnday when we began the trip home both JP and I were drained while the kids all seemed to be back to 100%. It took another week for us to both feel back to normal. CRAZY!
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