against all your children being really sick at the same time. Just to preserve the sanity of mothers. Ok, here goes -
Victoria - began complaining of a stomach ache and running a fever yesterday morning. After several sick to her stomach episodes I took her to the doctor. She went to the doctor for the first time on Feb. 26th and has been seen 5 times since then. She tested positive for mono. Yes mono, she's 7. The doctor thinks her spleen is enlarged which is causing her pain and she has to have an ultrasound done on Monday morning. She also had her CT scan done last Friday and it showed massive fluid build up and chronic sinusitis, so out are coming the tonsils and adenoids on the 7th. So to sum up for her, mono, RSV, and chronic sinus infections with a surgery in 11 days. She is very weak and rather pathetic and is breaking my heart because she was always my "go, go, go" girl.
Olivia - by default has mono and had RSV. She is doing better with the mono than Victoria but definitely has her off days when she is very tired. I mean the kind of tired where she stays in bed all day and doesn't want to go play with her friends or anything. Now, RSV in older kids is really just like a bad cold and Victoria made it through that without anything more. But Olivia has significant asthma which is no longer under control due to the RSV bout. That is why she keeps wheezing and her lungs are itchy and she keeps asking for CPT. She has a chest x-ray Monday morning to make sure that is all it is, and has started the dreaded oral steroids. Orapred is a definite love/hate relationship. It works to dry her up, but it makes her a giant ball of emotions run wild. So, for Olivia - mono, RSV, and an asthma flair up that still isn't under control.
Tomas - If he has/had mono I couldn't tell. Luckily, it doesn't really DO anything to you except make you tired (sore throat and fever in the beginning - but we are well past that) and give you the enlarged spleen which goes back to normal eventually. The RSV episode still has his airways slightly inflamed and the doctor said that could take up to two months to go back to normal. He is already a month out and getting clearance for the surgery in 2 weeks, so by the time he is on the schedule he should be fine. So, for the time being he is the healthiest of the bunch, which is quite funny in an ironic kind of way.
Me? I'm just rolling with it. As I posted on FB this morning if I wasn't living it I wouldn't believe it!
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I would readily sign and pass that law into legislation!!I say enough for your household ... praying that along with spring comes the blossoming of healthy children for you.Have you sent a message to the big Guy and let him know you cry uncle?Worth a try.
ReplyDeleteHoly crap. So sorry. How in the world are YOU avoiding it (the germs)??!! Hopefully you have those "good" kids who at least sleep in their own beds!
ReplyDeleteYa know I'm with Kristen above, Holy crap, along with other things i couldn't put into print. ENOUGH!! What can I say, I'm praying for you!!!!! ALL.
ReplyDeletepoor kiddos, i hope they are all feeling much better soon! i feel so bad for all of you, i can't imagine taking care of three really sick kids. just doing that with henry is brutal. thinking about and praying for you guys as always.
ReplyDeleteWow! You've had enough sickness to last a long while. When one of my daughters was 18, she had mono and I have never seen her so sick. Hope the spring weather will bring some good health to your house.
ReplyDeleteI'm telling ya girl, they all seem to happen at once! I can't believe that when Jax was so sick with metapneumo that his asthmatic brothers didn't catch it. We caught a break on that one!
ReplyDeleteMan, I hope you all get feeling better soon. We haven't experienced Mono but I hear it's nasty. Hopefully it will warm up soon and everyone will start feeling better.
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