Really exciting first blog post of 2011, huh? I just wanted to log this sickness so I can refer back to it and remember exactly what happened and how we treated it. I'd like to get to an ENT and see what can be done to prevent this happening ever EVER again.
12/15 - JTC comes home sick from school. He spiked a high fever that night, then mellowed into cold symptoms. This virus was most likely the initial culprit.
12/18 - Bryan and I have a fun night at a Christmas party, but I start to feel yuck as we are driving home.
12/20 - AJC now showing symptoms with a low fever. Bryan takes him to the doctor, and he gets an antibiotic. Bryan leaves to go hunting. I go to my doctor to "nip it in the bud," as I'm having my normal sinus infection symptoms (plus right ear infected) and can't afford to spend the week before Christmas totally out of commission. (ha!) I get a steroid shot in my right hip and a prescription for Omnicef (antibiotic). I'm also taking Mucinex D.
12/21 - Everyone home from school because AJC has a fever and JTC wants another lazy day.
12/22 - JTC to school for pajama day, but AJC still has a low fever. I'm getting no relief on the meds from Monday, so they call in a steroid pack (Methylprednisolone) for me. The good news is that feeling yucky means AJC is back to napping. Granny arrives. Bryan comes home early because I am desperate. In my head, Bryan will kid-wrangle, Granny will keep us fed/clean and do my Christmas baking, and I will stay in bed. The reality of being the mom hits, and I still do too much.
12/24 - Christmas Eve celebration at Katie's. I'm somewhat functioning. AJC is a whiney mess, though, and we opt out of church. I am thankful that I haven't left too much to do for Christmas morning prep. The sick is in my chest now with a nasty cough to go with it. I add lovely, lovely Tussionex to the evening meds.
12/25 - Christmas morning at home with the boys. I am pretty much out of energy before we even go to Meemie's. AJC whines and cries pretty much all day and does not nap well in a strange room (read: wakes up screaming frequently). At one point, I am sitting on the floor crying because I am so unhappy/feeling crappy/missing the opportunity to hang out with my cousins.
12/26 - I set the alarm, get dressed and head to church solo because it's my day to teach Sunday School. I am forever grateful that no one shows up, and I just sit in our classroom with my Kindle for an hour, grateful that no one needs me for a window of time. I'm the definition of weary. There is no shortness of needing me when I get home.
12/27 - Back to the doctor, because I feel progressively worse. Diagnoses are now sinus infection, both ears infected, bronchitis, etc. Listening to my chest is enough to warrant a chest x-ray, but it ends up negative for pneumonia. My doc changes my antiobiotic to a z-pack, changes my steroid to an inhaled one (Symbicort), and puts me on breathing treatments. I'm still keeping up with Mucinex-D and Tussionex.
12/28 - Bryan and the boys leave for Kingsland without me. I pretty much only get out of bed to feed myself and Ace. I can't tell you the relief not to have to be Mom. Still miserable.
12/29 - A truly horrible day. I woke up an puked. Ate some toast and puked again. That was enough for me to take a pregnancy test, just in case, which was thankfully negative. I start contemplating what it would take to get to a hospital. My mind goes to scary places I don't really want to admit to here.
12/30 - I can't stop crying because my face feels like it is black and blue from the inside. The pain in my ears is bad. My teeth hurt and feel loose. I'm at at least a 6 on the pain scale, and that's from someone who never got above a 2 or 3 after childbirth. I get myself to the doctor, and they are all shocked that I haven't improved. A flu test is negative, so it's just the same old respiratory -itises to the nth degree. I get an antibiotic shot in my left hip (still hurts!), a new antibiotic (Levaquin) to start the next day, a new steroid and vicodin for the pain. If this doesn't help by Saturday, I'm supposed to go to the hospital for IV meds because this is all she's got. I'm still taking Mucinex-D, the inhaled steroid and breathing treatments as needed. Bryan and the boys come home, but he quickly realizes that I am good for nothing. Thank God.
12/31 - I am cautiously optimistic. Vicodin is my friend. Bryan takes the boys to Tara's for NYE and brings home Ahi Towers for dinner (my fave).
1/1 - The sucky thing about feeling better is that responsibilities set in, too. Can't I wait until I'm back to 85%? 80%? At least I have hope. I'm not headed to the hospital, I think. Katie is going to keep the boys tonight, I think. I'm on my own tomorrow. Busy season starts Monday. crap.
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Lindsay, I am so sorry to hear how horrible you have felt over the holidays but I am glad to hear you are starting to feel better. Rest up as much as possible before tomorrow. Hang in there.
Still praying for you, my sweet sweet friend! I am SO SO SO SO SO SO SORRY that you have been so sick. I hate this for you, and pray for your kids to sleep well so you can get through the night without being needed. Ugh. Sometimes it is just so hard to be needed. It would be miserable enough trying to get better all by yourself with your own needs, but having to attend to the needs of so many others when what you need most is rest is just SO STINKIN' HARD.
I love you.
I can't even imagine what it was like to feel that bad! Here's hoping that 2011 is full of much less illness.
Oh, Lindsay!! That sounds terrible!! I hope you feel better soon. Landis, Paul, and me were all sick over Christmas too, but that is nothing compared to what you have gone through. I hope you get rest and heal quickly. Love ya!
Poor you Lindsay! This sounds AWFUL! It is scary that a simple cold turned into such a bad illness that required 2 antibiotics, steroids, narcotics--yikes! I am glad you are on the mend, but it is really sucky to be this sick, especially over the holidays when you just want to be happy and be with your family. HUGS to you and hope you continue to improve.
Hope you feel better soon! Being MOM and SICK is absolutely NO fun at all. Hope you continue to get some help here and there so you can rest up and finish getting well!
I'm sorry to hear just how bad you got. Sounds similar, but worse than what I went through this fall. That was the sickest I've ever been, and it was so horrible. I can't believe you had to go through this during the holidays. I hope you mend quickly and that 2011 is a healthy year for you.
I will never complain about being sick again unless I end up as sick as you were. Glad you're on the mend! (Finally!)
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