This week has been full of highs and lows.
Monday it snowed, and Wednesday it was in the 70s and the kids and I spent the whole afternoon at the river walk riding bikes and roller blading and playing at the play ground. We all got sunburned. Wednesday seemed to be the perfect day. We had a picnic, and everyone played so well. We ended the fun with ice cream cones. Shanon and her kids met us there, and at the end of the day, Ian took all eight of our children home so we could have a girl night. It was fabulous! We shopped and window shopped and ate and came home at 10:30 to find Nathaniel broken out in some mysterious rash.
Highs and Lows.
I spent Thursday morning at the doctor with Nathaniel. His ankles swelled up with wide pink bands and had spots all over them. By morning his wrists had the pink bands and his whole body was spotted even on his palms and the soles of his feet. I had no clue about what was going on. The doctor checked his ears, nose and throat, looked at the spots, said "I have no clue" about the feet and ordered a strep test. It was positive, so she treated him for strep throat and told me that the rash should go away as the antibiotics fight the bacteria.
I came home to find Gabriel laying on the couch with a fever and a sore "neck." They would not give me a prescription over the phone, so we ate lunch and loaded everyone up to go back to the doctor. She had pity on me after she saw Asher and Elizabeth's bellies (already rashy). She gave me six prescriptions for strep throat medicine, and I filled four of them yesterday.
So, I'm at home now with 5 kids- 3 have Scarlet Fever, 1 has strep throat, Micaela seems fine. My throat is getting scratchy. Ian went to work. Since he won the awesome man award for Wednesday evening, I'm sending him alone to the church's men and boy's camp out tonight. He's excited to go play frisbee golf and have a little solitude.
The boys are sad to miss the camp out, but the doctor gave them the all clear to go tomorrow if they feel like it.
Highs and Lows.
I only paid for two kids to visit her yesterday (YEAH- it could have been five). I had to take Nathaniel for something else less than a week ago, and I bought five prescriptions. So between all of that and the gas driving my behemoth to and from her office, I've spent just under 450.00 on medical this week. OUCH- that hurts. But having healthy, happy kids is worth it :)
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5 comments:
Might want to run spell check. Rollar blade and soar throat look kinda funny. You are a wonderful wife. Love you.
Ian
Thanks, hon. I've always said I'm a spelling dunce, but looking at it critically I'd say my weakness is less about spelling and more about carelessness. Oh well. Can't be perfect at everything, right? You'll forgive this one, eensy, weensy flaw? There's so much more that I'm perfect in- hehe, I'll stop :)
That's quite a week!!! I just have a sick kid with a horrible runny nose and cough, oh, and possilbly five teeth coming in. I'll be glad when they get here :) I wish I was there to help you watch the kids. Hopefully today you can have a movie day with them. We miss you all terribly.
Michelle
=( Wow. You had quite the week! I hope you didn't catch it. What is the difference between scarlet fever and strep throat?
I discovered 2 days after my husband left in January how mommy really can't get sick--I got the stomach bug right alongside Autumn and Eli. So, I really hope you didn't get sick too! =(
Isn't it great when doctors are willing to write prescriptions for our other children when we're there for one visit?! Our pediatrician will do that too and I've been so thankful for it!
What a week. I hate it when the children are ill and to have so many at once is quite a chore. I hope you're all feeling better by now and you are in another "high" rather than "low" cycle.
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