Sick of Being Sick

Since I have been back at work, our family has been struck with illness several times and I am sick of it. The crazy part is that we keep getting sick on the weekend. On one hand, it is nice because nobody has to miss work, but on the other hand it has made for some pretty awful weekends.

Claire had a little bug two weekends ago. Nothing serious…just a low-grade fever and a very tired, clingy girl. But it made for a long, tiring weekend nonetheless.

Then last Thursday Charlotte came down with a 101 degree temp. Since she is still pretty young, we were advised to take her in. I brought her in Thursday night and they ran every test under the sun. After 1.5 hours they determined she had the start of an ear infection and we were off to get antibiotics. We were advised to bring her back in if her fever got in the 102 – 103 degree range. Late in the day Friday her fever reached 103. By then our pediatrician was closed, so off to Children’s we went. One of the ER doctors found what looked like a potential rash on her leg and the combination of the high fever and rash was enough to admit her for close to 48 hours. They were concerned that she could have something more serious like sepsis, which is a type of blood infection. Luckily, everything turned out just fine (she was discharged Sunday afternoon)and she is back to her healthy, happy self. She has even been giving us lots of giggles the last few days!

After two weekends filled with sick kids and lots of canceled plans (including an all-day birthday celebration for myself), I am hoping that we stay healthy for awhile!

Due to all the sickness, I have been awful at taking pictures. Here are a few from healthier days!