Since I've had lots of questions about how things are going at the Webb Infirmary, I thought I'd give a quick update of the latest happenings....
~ Troy: has literally slept the entire week! I never knew the body could need so much rest all at once. Yesterday was great, he and Camrie had a 2 hr snooze, then they met me and Tanner on the stairs as I was headed to lay Tanner down so we kid swapped and he and Tanner slept for another 2 hrs. I got lots done during 4 hours of naps! (every toy that could possibly go in water had a nice clorox bubble bath!) Troy had a CT chest the other night which showed nothing exciting other than he still has pneumonia. We will go visit the pulmonologist next week to see why his o2 keeps dropping. He seems to be coming around tho. Today he was among the living and was up most of the day, tired, but much better. The days have all run together and he talks about doing things today that he really did yesterday!
~Braxton: Successful toothfarying Thursday night! (Whew) Not only did the toothfairy LEAVE the bag (why does there have to be a bag anyway? I never put mine in a bag!), but she left the money IN the bag too. He was quite impressed with it all! Today he made a great cabin out of Lincoln Logs, and has reminded me frequently that he is the only one of my kids that is not sick.
~Tanner: 100% better than last week at this time. Omniceft is a true gift from the pharmacy gods! Now if there was something his Aunt Caroline could concoct to tame his wild side and attitude, and bossy mouth!
Tonight I asked him to clean up his bucket of train tracks that had been knocked over, he said " No Mom, Camrie did it!"
~Camrie: Add Zithromax and Rondec to the prior post's list of meds that we have accumulated in the past few weeks! I took her in today to be seen again. No strep, but a very red throat, very stuffy nose, cough that has gotten much worse, and not much of an appetite. Troy gave her the 1st dose of Zithromax and she threw it all up, so we had to have another rx called in so she would have enough to finish the whole course, and no our insurance won't cover the 2nd prescription b/c we filled one already this morning. I love FSA cards!!. She has been up in the middle of the night every night for the past 2 weeks, we've been spoiled since she as slept through the night beginning around 2 months. This morning my little princess pooped in the tub, just as I got out- thank heavens! and to finish off the day, as I was about to put her in bed tonight, she woke up, coughed, and hacked until she projectile vomited all down the front of me, and had a little giggle and smile as I headed to the tub (which btw was cloroxed to the hilt this morning). She has started to jabber so cute the last couple days and crawled about 2 steps last night.
~Computer: has yet to recover, not sure the Geek Squad can even revive it. Time of Death...today. Cause...complete mystery. Sure glad for Troy's laptop!! and tax returns for a new one.
We have managed quite well this week despite being down one parent. Yesterday, I turned off the heat, opened the doors and windows , used pretty much a whole can of Lysol and cleaned everything, AGAIN! Washed pillows, pillowcases, blankets, toys....Once I was almost offended when our elder's quarum president said they could tell we worked at the hospital because our house always smelled so clean...just like a hospital - great! He must not spend much time there is my guess?? So I made sure to burn my sugar cookie candle for a really long time to mask the 'sterile clean smell'. All of this has really reinforced how much I do appreciate all Troy does for me, I am so blessed to have him. Also thanks to Nick and Paige for helping out, what would we do with out them. I am just glad all this has happened before they leave for Europe this Wednesday. Seems like life always happens for us right before they leave town \:)
Anyway that is our report. Thanks everyone for your thoughts and concern. We love you all.
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Sick, sick, and more sick!!
I'm just going to give the super condensed version of our holidays...It was awesome!! and move right into January/Febuary!! The last few weeks and on into this week has been a rough go. Is it possible to have more sickness in my house??? I sure hope not!! It all started with Camrie a few weeks ago with goopy eyes, runny nose, cough... etc...you know what I'm talking about - there's one bottle of amoxocillian in the fridge. Next bring on Tanner, bilateral ear infection and tonsilitis, deep cough - add 2 more bottles of the same yummy, pink, antibiotic in the fridge. Our house is sooo humid, with 2 humdifiers going!! Enter Troy, leg edema, severe fatigue, hypoxia (low oxygen for you not-so-medically inclined folk), high temp, horse voice, usual stuffy nose & sore throat. The worst Braxton has is a loose tooth! Me, trying desperately every night to wipe EVERYTHING down as good as possible!
Saturday, in the wee hours of the morning, I find Troy running out to the truck to get his pulse ox and thermometer, his o2 is in the low 80's and high temp. He makes a visit to the InstaCare later to have a chest xray that shows pneumonia, yet he has no cough or chest pain. He talks Dr. Welsh out of admitting him and much to my dismay comes home to 'rest' on the couch. By that evening I load Troy, Camrie, and Tanner haul them to the Instacare to have them all check and rechecked. Camrie is ok, Tanner still has bad ears and rattley lungs - swtich to omniceft. Troy, by now is dehydrated, still hypoxic, dozing off every 10 sec and having little mini dreams (my personal fav - the one where we are cleaning out the garage and he is telling me to make sure the beer boxes are covered up in the back of the truck so we can take them to the dump. WHAT THE HECK?? I promise we have not become wild partiers!)
The Marshall's to the rescue!! they were so great to meet us at the IC , trade us cars and take the kids home to bed while I took Troy to the hospital. It took 4 pokes, and 2 nurses to get and IV, due to no fluids, he had the H1N1 swab, which was negative. The nurse had never done the swab before so Troy had to talk him through how to do it. After a ton of IV fluids, everything settled down enough that he could go home Monday. He still doesn't feel 100% but is a bit better. His o2 has dipped down a few more times so he is on a concentrator at home with about 25 feet of hose so he can roam around. I hate seeing him with oxygen on but it has helped some.
Monday night I came home with a migrain and sick to my stomach, so he sent me to bed for an hour and I felt guilty when I got up to find dinner finished, dishes done, homework done and kids ready for bed. Troy is amazing even when he is so, so sick, and did way to much for just getting out of the hospital that day. We both spent Tuesday home asleep all day.
The kids are doing better, and Braxton lost his tooth today. He called and told me it was ready to be 'tooth-fairyed' tonight. Hopefully this time the tooth fairy learned his/her (contraversy at our house over the tooth fairy's gender...)lesson last time that if Braxton leaves his tooth under his pillow in a baggie..DO NOT TAKE THE BAG!! It caused great stress for that child.
I'm ready to move us all out for a few days, have my house fumigated and then move back in! Hopefully everyone is on the mend and we can get back to our usual selves. I mean really, how much fun is the superbowl going to be with a bunch of drugged up sickies on the couch??? Sorry, no pictures, apparently our computer can't be left out, and seems to have caught a bug of it's own , and is temporarily out of commission...GREAT!! My work is done here for the day, so home I go :)
Saturday, in the wee hours of the morning, I find Troy running out to the truck to get his pulse ox and thermometer, his o2 is in the low 80's and high temp. He makes a visit to the InstaCare later to have a chest xray that shows pneumonia, yet he has no cough or chest pain. He talks Dr. Welsh out of admitting him and much to my dismay comes home to 'rest' on the couch. By that evening I load Troy, Camrie, and Tanner haul them to the Instacare to have them all check and rechecked. Camrie is ok, Tanner still has bad ears and rattley lungs - swtich to omniceft. Troy, by now is dehydrated, still hypoxic, dozing off every 10 sec and having little mini dreams (my personal fav - the one where we are cleaning out the garage and he is telling me to make sure the beer boxes are covered up in the back of the truck so we can take them to the dump. WHAT THE HECK?? I promise we have not become wild partiers!)
The Marshall's to the rescue!! they were so great to meet us at the IC , trade us cars and take the kids home to bed while I took Troy to the hospital. It took 4 pokes, and 2 nurses to get and IV, due to no fluids, he had the H1N1 swab, which was negative. The nurse had never done the swab before so Troy had to talk him through how to do it. After a ton of IV fluids, everything settled down enough that he could go home Monday. He still doesn't feel 100% but is a bit better. His o2 has dipped down a few more times so he is on a concentrator at home with about 25 feet of hose so he can roam around. I hate seeing him with oxygen on but it has helped some.
Monday night I came home with a migrain and sick to my stomach, so he sent me to bed for an hour and I felt guilty when I got up to find dinner finished, dishes done, homework done and kids ready for bed. Troy is amazing even when he is so, so sick, and did way to much for just getting out of the hospital that day. We both spent Tuesday home asleep all day.
The kids are doing better, and Braxton lost his tooth today. He called and told me it was ready to be 'tooth-fairyed' tonight. Hopefully this time the tooth fairy learned his/her (contraversy at our house over the tooth fairy's gender...)lesson last time that if Braxton leaves his tooth under his pillow in a baggie..DO NOT TAKE THE BAG!! It caused great stress for that child.
I'm ready to move us all out for a few days, have my house fumigated and then move back in! Hopefully everyone is on the mend and we can get back to our usual selves. I mean really, how much fun is the superbowl going to be with a bunch of drugged up sickies on the couch??? Sorry, no pictures, apparently our computer can't be left out, and seems to have caught a bug of it's own , and is temporarily out of commission...GREAT!! My work is done here for the day, so home I go :)
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