We have all been sick A LOT lately.......not sure if it's the stress of Roman possibly going to WA to work on a project for a year, or the change in temperature, or what???
A couple of weeks ago (at least I think it was a couple of weeks ago......the days just blend into each other), I was at the ER with Cameron for hip pain they couldn't figure out until 3am. Poor thing, I was out with some friends and Roman was putting the kids to bed & had started to walk down the hall. We're not sure if he did something to it jumping down off our bed (cuz it's kind of high) or what......but he was crying, pretty hard for over 45 min. when Roman called me. You can just tell when something is not right with your child. He had iced it and given him some ibuprofen I think, but even me picking him up, like a baby, laying down seemed excruciating for him. We decided that I would take him to Urgent Care......he didn't even want to sit in his car seat, he wanted to lay on the floor of the van....and I wanted Roman to get Sidney in bed ASAP. It was late and Carter was already asleep. At the U.C. the Dr. took his hand and walked him down the hall to get a Popsicle......she ended up having to carry him back because it was hurting him.......while she was pushing on his leg and hip he was shaking in pain......and he didn't want his Popsicle.....that was a huge clue that something was wrong right there! They couldn't x-ray his hip there, so they referred us to an ER and even called for us to make sure they took our insurance. While walking from the car to ER Cameron got sick........the Dr. there was manipulating his leg and having him move it too & he seemed to be able to do more. They thought maybe he had strained it, or had a virus in his hip, but the x-ray didn't show anything. He was in so much pain, it hurt him so much to lay on his back.....and then having to straighten his legs, he was screaming and telling me was he was all done, he felt better, he wanted to go home. They did some blood work and started an IV. The labs didn't show anything except that he was maybe constipated. This kid usually goes 2-4 times a day! I guess he hadn't gone as much that day? Anyway, they decided to do a CAT scan.....but he threw-up the contrast....they decided to do the test anyway.....I had to keep carrying him from the gurney to the table. The CT didn't show anything either......but it didn't help that he was moving (which I thought he did amazingly well for a small child in a lot of pain! He didn't move that much.) So after all that they sent us out into the night, with Cameron only wearing a thin gown....so I took one of the blankets to wrap around him......Carrying him, the diaper bag, my purse, a bag full of his blanket & clothes he'd thrown up on took my poor baby home. The next day he was fine. I followed up with our pediatrician and they said he seemed fine too. It was very strange......and all I know is that there was something VERY wrong with my child! The next week Carter got sick late on Halloween night, but seemed to be feeling fine the next day. I wasn't so lucky......I got sick Wednesday night and got less than 3 hours of sleep and felt just awful all day on Thursday. Then Roman got sick Sat. night. NOW the kids seem to be getting a cold....they sound a little stuffed up, with runny noses, a few coughs......AND lovely diarrhea off & on. Plus, when I picked Sidney up from school today I could as soon as I saw her that she wasn't feeling well. She had a temp of 102.2! I felt SO bad! She told me this morning that she didn't feel well, but she says that a lot, I think she thinks she's missing out on things while she's at school, and she seemed fine, so I made her go to school. I gave her some ibuprofen & a cool cloth for her head and set her up in the playroom with a new video I just happened to have stashed for her : ) It's times like these when I love that I buy ahead! Oh yeah, and I'm sick again too.....I'm not sure if it's a cold or what? It's mainly just my throat. I have laryngitis and my throat is really dry and scratchy. My inner ears hurt off & on too, but that's probably related to my allergies. SIGH.......so tomorrow we are staying home, I'm hoping to actually fold 2 weeks worth of laundry and watch movies & play board games with the kids. I was supposed to be in the boys classroom tomorrow too, but we're all staying home : ) Maybe I can squeeze in a post with pictures of much healthier times.
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