Sickness

We have had quite a bit of sickness in our household over the last week. I've had a terrible cold, complete with migraines and nausea. Seth decided to follow my lead and get a cold too. Poor kid has felt terrible. He started out with a cough, fever and runny nose. I thought he was getting better yesterday, he acted like he felt better, wasn't running fever, and was just more active. We had Will's parents, sisters and their families over last night for a study. After Larry & Vickie and Richard & April left, Amy and I looked at Seth and saw that his breathing just didn't look right. So we picked him up and listened to his chest. He sounded terrible. He was wheezing very badly! So I decided to take him to the ER. Amy offered to go with me so that Will could stay home with Meredith and so I wouldn't have to drive to LR by myself late at night! Children's Hospital was wonderful!!! The waiting room was SUPER full. There were very few seats open. But since Seth was wheezing, they got him right back. We were in our own little curtained room in no time. About 57 people (ha) came in to listen to him breathe, all of them felt so sorry for him - he sounded TERRIBLE!!! After a breathing treatment with a super cool dinosaur mask, a dose of steroids, a chest x-ray, teaching Momma how to use an inhaler for him, and Momma and Aunt Amy getting a little delirious, we headed home. Diagnosis: Wheezing! lol So, for the next 4 days he is on a steroid and an inhaler.

He seems a lot better today. He's still coughing, but isn't wheezing!!! Seems that the medicine is doing it's job and making him all better. I'm so glad!

Will is fantastic. He got up to get ready for work, and went to the pharmacy to get Seth's medicine. Seth screamed for his Daddy the whole time. I was so exhausted that I felt like I was going to pass out. I hadn't slept in about 4 nights because of us being sick. While Will was at the pharmacy, he called work and explained what's been going on. He got today off! So he came home and took care of the kids so I could go back to bed. I slept until almost noon!!! He fed the kids lunch and put them down for a nap. I got up around then, and he is napping now. He's exhausted too.