Ok...so I'm not really angry. Just over illnesses. After the kidney stones, I became pregnant. Which is great news! But then the pregnancy sickness and exhaustion came on strong. I tried to keep super busy as to not let myself crawl into my bed.
Then, came on the bronchitis. Alexis' croup. Then an ear infection to finish off her illness. Chad got it too. Then Carter. Plus Carter had to finish his of with an ear infection. I think it was like 7 visits to the doctor. Half being to urgent care.
Just as Carter seemed to be getting over it I was reaching 13 weeks (the end of my pregnancy sickness.) That was last Friday. I was feeling on top of the world. I woke up and started cleaning. Chad looked at me funny. And I said, "Yep. I'm back. The baby no longer controls me."
Saturday confirmed it being true. We went to dinner. Not really in celebration but it could have been.
As we were finishing up and telling the kids to finish eating...Alexis started complaining her stomach hurt. An excuse? Full? I thought of both. That's when her complaining turned into full blown screaming & crying. It escalated so fast I looked at Chad in shock. It wasn't like her to do that. He was inclined to think it was a show. I told him she would not do that and something was wrong.
So I escorted her out of the restaurant leaving Chad, Carter and our friends behind. She could not control the screaming despite my pleadings. People just stared. I held her in the car till she had just about cried herself to sleep.
She slept the rest of the night.
And woke up with a low grade fever. My parents were speaking in my ward so we went for that. Plus, Alexis would have been devastated to not be able to give her talk in Primary. (I'm not joking.) So, Chad took her home after her talk.
Sunday: low-grade fevers and horrible headaches.
Monday: High fevers, horrible headaches, midnight screams from the headache...then causing her to throw up...literally from the pain at 3:30 in the morning.
Tuesday: Same as the day before. But came on even stronger. She threw up again from the pain. Plus, that stomach pain that it started with Saturday night came back.
Wednesday: Low grade fevers. Headaches.
Last night, I finally got to sleep through the night. I checked on Alexis on my way out to work at 6:15 am. She was fine. Phew! It might be the end.
I came home from work just now and Chad confirmed it seems it is the end. The 4 day flu. It was horrible. Because she never complains about stuff like that. The weird thing is it escalated at night. So Chad and I could never sleep soundly.
Chad kissed the kids goodbye so he could head out to work.
And he says, "Amber, Carter feels warm."
99.8 WHAT THE HECK! Who ever made up the rule that kids can't be sick at the same time. The second kid only gets sick after the first one is better. I'm over it! So here we go again...another 4 days I'm guessing. That's if Chad and I can stay well. That will be a miracle. We're doomed to be sick for 5 months.
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I am so sorry. That stinks. It is so true that sickness never hits everyone at once. It has to go from person to person. Lame. :p
I just hate that! All I have to do is hear someone throw-up and I think, "Oh my gosh, two days of hell, and then someone else will get it and it will start all over again." It's really like a tsunami, all you can do is brace yourself for the hit!!!!
That's horrible- poor kids. Hopefully, it will just be the kids that are sick...
So glad to at least not be controlled by a baby!! Enjoy that for a few more months... congrats again- so excited for you.
I'm glad I'm not the only one having this problem. I could have copied this post, changed the names and it all would have been true. I keep waiting for it to end. And now there is swine flu at my son's school, if we get it, I give up. Hope yours feel better soon.
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