Im actually almost too embarrassed to own up to this but PC got home from the hospital around noon. The rest of the day was uneventful. We put the kids to bed. We watched TV. We decided to go to bed since we didn’t sleep well the night before.
As we start to doze off Nathan [...]

Filed under: Is it Tuberculosis? Yep., Is it an ear infection? Yep., Is it pneumonia? Yep., Is it strep? Yep., Weekly trip to the ER.

Uncle.
The very short version of the story is that PC has to get a PPD (tuberculosis) test every year. This year he tested positive for exposure. Because of the holiday all the clinics we’re closed and he went to the ER once he got the result. And because the ER doctors don’t routinely deal in [...]

Filed under: Is it Tuberculosis? Yep., Is it pneumonia? Yep., Is it strep? Yep.

Why would I move into a bubble? Oh, well. Ha ha. Glad you asked. Funny story.
Mackenzie had her 18mo check up today. I so looked forward to these checkups with Nathan, excited to see how he was measuring up and learning what to expect for the coming months. Mackenzie, well, she’s a second child. [...]

Filed under: Is it pneumonia? Yep., Is it strep? Yep.

Nathan had a rough night last night (read: there was barf). But today was a huge improvement. He kept all his food down and was taken off IV fluid. It seems his abdominal pain has subsided and he didn’t have any more of the panicked breathing episodes. Unfortunately his lung function hasn’t improved enough and [...]

Filed under: Is it strep? Yep., Nate the Great

I got to the hospital just as Nathan was finishing his CT scan. Thankfully it wasn’t appendicitis, it is however pneumonia. As I watched him shaking, having trouble breathing I felt so helpless and at fault. Which, is dumb, its not like I ignored his pain, I took him to the dr. yesterday, I did [...]

Filed under: Is it strep? Yep., Nate the Great

So. We left off yesterday’s story with Nathan having a stomach ache and me feeling like crap. Because of his chronic congestion those ear infections can sneak up on us rather quickly, and since Nathan woke us up at 6am I figured I could be the first caller for an appt. While there the [...]

Filed under: Is it strep? Yep., Nate the Great

I’ve been sick *continually* since we got back from the states at the end of August. Dudes, Im sick of being sick. I’ve been to the dr. and gotten the “oh-its-a-virus” diagnosis numerous times. I went in to have my throat violated by a q-tip again last week and well, its not strep A, its [...]

Filed under: Is it strep? Yep.

Today has been a long loooong day. I can’t really complain because I didn’t have to do the hard work- PC was up all night with Nathan on bucket patrol. He stopped throwing up around 5am so thankfully the puking was short lived. However, because of my well documented fear of vomit I really could [...]

Filed under: Is it strep? Yep., This Is My Life

For the love. What has it been- a whole six weeks since the last infection? On the upside, I don’t feel entirely like shit like I did the last time. Last time my ability to function was hovering somewhere around 0.25. That is to say my only concern was that my kids were breathing. This [...]

Filed under: Is it strep? Yep., This Is My Life, someday you'll look back at this and laugh...someday