Really SUCKY Virus

Really Sucky Virus.  The abbreviation is RSV.  Okay....it really stands for Respiratory Syncytial Virus.  Caleb started feeling sick on Monday, May 12th.  He missed school on May 13th, 14th, 20th, 21st, and 22nd.  For some reason this year the Kindergarten classes got out a week early so he missed the last 3 days of school.  He was so sad.  He took a pink rose to his teacher, Mrs. Barker, and told her that he was going to really miss her.  It was adorable.

Over the weekend of May 16th - Luke & Alexa started acting sick.  So Monday afternoon I took them to see Dr Dawson.  He swabbed their noses & they tested positive for RSV.  I was MAD.  I kept these little darlings at home & around family only for the 7 months of cold (Oct - May) and they still got this stupid virus!  I am grateful that they didn't contract it when they were 2 months old & more fragile.  But it was still REALLY scary!  AND - Taylor & Rylee had both started coughing.  My mother was a brave soul and yet again my saving grace.  She took the girls for 3 whole nights so that I could care for Caleb & the babies.  Casey works a swing shift - so I don't have help at nights.  Which consist of dinner, baths, teeth brushings, story time, and just trying to keep everyone happy.  I am so glad for her help!!  Total bummer though - today she isn't feeling the greatest.

 

Luke has been a tough little fart.  He was pretty bad for a couple of days and now he just has a super disgusting snotty nose.  Caleb has slept so much this past week!  One day he was coughing so hard that he was throwing up.  Poor kid laid on the bathroom floor for about 15 minutes hacking his poor lungs out.

Alexa got the short straw of this whole deal.  Not only did she get diagnosed with RSV on Monday - we found out on Friday that she also had a double ear infection.  They gave her a shot of antibiotics right then and there.  Thanks goodness!!  We were in the hospital a total of 5 times getting her some fluid.  She is NOT interested in drinking her bottles!  She fights me so hard with trying to get any motrin or cough syrup in her.  It always ends up with me having to change her clothes.  But - she does love here breathing treatments.  She almost always stops sucking her thumb and just breathes it all in.  I have 5 different lists hanging on my fridge with different columns.  One for each child.  With a column for motrin, cough suppressant and the nebulizer.  My brain can't handle keeping track of who had what when.

When we went in for fluids the guy that was sticking her with the needle tried to poke it in a vein in her head about 3 times.  I wanted to stick a needle in his eye!!  She was so sad!  He then tried her foot & was in on his first try.  Why didn't he start with that?!?!?  They wrapped up the needle and it stayed in for 3 days.  Then we had to get a new one in her hand.  She loves her hands.  The one that had the needle in it usually goes behind her head.  At least they didn't stick her thumb sucking hand!  One week later - she is finally starting to feel better!!

These two hams haven't been to bad.  Rylee gets some pretty goobery eyes and wakes up with a fever.  Once the motrin kicks in she feels much better.  Taylor has a hacking cough - but she sure has her spirits high.  She's been cracking me up lately.

Here is Rylee one morning BEFORE the meds kicked in.  Both of these girls are medicine junkies!  Taylor gets so sad when Rylee gets medicine and she doesn't.  They love the stuff.

So excited for this next week.  I'm going to disinfect this germ infested place and hope that everyone is feeling MUCH better!  Fingers crossed that Casey or I don't get sick!!