Down for the count....

Well, not really DOWN, but definitely OUT. Out of school that is!!! A few weeks ago Ty came down with a not-to-nasty cough and I thought for sure she was getting another case of strep. After swollen glands, but a negative test for strep, we pretty much let it run its course.

About a week later, Trey wasn't coughing, but had a little breathing issue. Nebulizer treatments weren't working, so I dropped Tay off at daycare, took the day off, and got the two older ones into the doctor. After 2 hours in the doctor's office, 3 breathing treatments, 4 prescriptions, 2 over-the-counter meds, and a double diagnosis of walking pneumonia, we were finally able to head home and settle down for a rest or four. Ugh....YEAH right. Our settling down really consisted of me having to bribe them to lay low and not engage in wrestling matches every 5 minutes. Guess that's why it's called walking pneumonia, because there's NO WAY, just by looking at them that you could ever tell they were sick! I ended up staying home with all three for two days. By the end of the 1st day, Trey & Ty both were ready to get back to their normal schedules. Trey was actually in tears at one point because he didn't want to miss another day of school. Poor fellow...

Our days were filled with lots of coloring and those awesome, little beads that you arrange in a design and iron so they form a melty shape. (Thanks, Damen & Caden...we LOVE them!!!!) I think it's beyond fair to say that there was even a little stir-craziness going on!!! These pics pretty much sum up that 48-hour stretch of our bout with walking pneumonia here around the Weite House. That walking pneumonia which I didn't even think was possible to contract during those record breaking days of extremely HOT temps!!!!

Following doctor's orders!!!

Staying on top of the dosages of these and the over-the-counters was a little crazy. I may or may not have had to pull out a calendar to mark start dates, amounts, and dosage times.

Not sure what's going on here....this is about 5 hours into the 1st day. Pretty sure it was at least 110 degrees outside, so that option was out!!!

LOVE this pic...Tay is trying her best to strike the exact same pose as Ty! Too funny!

Cheese!

Silly Sisters...

Fishy lips!

Posing with Big Bro!

Posing with our masterpieces!!!! (And, these were only about half of the finished products!)

Gotcha!

Weite kiddos, here's to a HEALTHY remainder of the year!!! I don't think the coloring books can handle another round of that.....

Nothing Breaks My Heart More Than....

seeing one of my kiddos sick or hurt...that helpless, "I'd do anything to switch spots with you and take your pain away," feeling is just AWFUL!!

Here's a picture that I just snapped of Trey Man, who had to be picked up today from kindergarten (THANK YOU, Grandma Marcia for ALL your help today with Dr. appointments and rides) because his temp got up to 103...

Poor. Fellow.

Hope you get to feeling better soon, Big Guy, and we'll be spending the day together tomorrow getting you all rested up and ready to head back to school.....

You'll be back to normal in no time!!!

((And...a message to those germs....please, feel free to STAY AWAY from the others!))

Thank You, LYSOL....

So, gotta love (not so much) the timing of the latest round of sickies at the Weite House. Up until the birth of Miss Taylen, we had pretty much avoided all sickies, aside from Tylee's 2 week bout with strep and two rounds of antibiotics, ALL winter long.

The yucks decided to make their grand entrance a day before Taylen was born and it seems as though, up until Wednesday of this week, we battled one thing after another. Nothing major, but just a bunch of viruses, that have to run their course as we were told many times by the docs, and JUST enough to make this Momma a nervous one. I mean, I even STAYED at the hospital until 8 pm on the last day possible, just to give those at home a little longer to battle the bug.....

Nothing like bringing a two day old baby home to a coughing two year old who wants to "hold her" and "touch her face," a Daddy who has to sleep on the couch until he feels better, and a four year old that says his ear hurts so bad that he won't move a muscle (who didn't even end up having an ear infection, it was just another part of the "virus"--UGH!) I know she's supposed to be protected through me, but it still worries me like crazy considering all three mentioned above were running low grade fevers, hovering around 100 degrees, at one point or another and the last thing the nurse told me at the hospital was to head straight to the emergency room if Taylen's temp went above 100.4 degrees. A rectal temp was not what I was wanting to have to take on a 3 day old!!

So, THANKS to Lysol, Lysol Wipes, and a BUNCH of hand washing, it seems as though the yucks have made their departure for the time being. PLEASE, PLEASE stay away until next flu season!! (I'd hate to see what things would have been like without our flu shots....ugh!!!) And, enough with the "pink" sheets posted around the kids' school....

Here's to everyone who's under the weather feeling better ASAP.....and, Reach out and Touch this.....



Oh, and have I mentioned that it's SNOWING again!!! Enough already...I want those temps in the 60's back for good!!!