I keep telling myself I am not getting sick.   Hopefully it will be short lived for me.  Tommy still had a temp last night so he is home with me today.  Erik didn’t vomit at all yesterday so he did go to school today.  He has an appointment with the psychiatrist for med evaluation so won’t be at school all day. 

LAST NIGHT

I couldn’t wait for my hubby to get home since I was feeling bad and really wanted to lay down.   He got home and brought popsicles for everyone with sore throats.  I gave the boys their meds and went to my room to nap a bit.  Hubby said he would watch the boys for me and care for them for a bit.  

I get all cozy and start drifting off and Tommy come in and snuggles his hot fever filled body up against me cuz he was tired.   Ok…I can sleep through this, I am so tired!   Then he decides he wants to watch TV so he turns on my tv and watches some cartoon.  I don’t care I am dead to the world.   A few more minutes and Erik comes in and crawls in bed with me too.  He wants to color, he says.  Ok….I can sleep through this all.   Where is my hubby? Who is suppose to be caring for the children so I can rest.  Both boys are in bed with me!  So needless to say I didn’t really get any rest, but hubby got his work done on my laptop in the living room.   He was working in there so he could watch the kids…LOL!!   Hmmm..the kids were with me.

I finally got up as the boys were feeling better and wanted to eat.  So I warmed them up some french toast and got them ready for bed.   Erik was in bed early since he was going to try to go to school the next morning.   Tommy was very much awake and didn’t get him to settle down and sleep until after midnight.   He was crying alot in his sleep.  I think it was his throat hurting, I am not sure.  I got up and have him more tylenol.  

TODAY

I have told myself I am not sick!!  I rested this morning with Tommy and now I have showered and dressed to my shoes.   I lysoled down the bathroom again and will tidy up and lysol the rest of the house, 15 minutes at a time.  Time to wash up barf buckets and wash the blankets the boys had on the couches with them.   

I need to get going on some laundry so I can pack for our vacation.  We leave on Sunday.  I have both Erik and Tommy all packed so far.   Hopefully tomorrow Tommy can go to daycare and I will get a few things done around the house.    I totally missed out on the MSSA conference since I had to be home with sick kids.   I will have to find some additional training to go to so I have enough CEU’s for my social work license renewal. 

I also need to pay bills and take care of those type of things before we leave.  I better get going….baby steps……

It really does help to tell yourself your not sick…LOL!! 

I keep telling myself I am not getting sick.   Hopefully it will be short lived for me.  Tommy still had a temp last night so he is home with me today.  Erik didn’t vomit at all yesterday so he did go to school today.  He has an appointment with the psychiatrist for med evaluation so won’t be at school all day. 

LAST NIGHT

I couldn’t wait for my hubby to get home since I was feeling bad and really wanted to lay down.   He got home and brought popsicles for everyone with sore throats.  I gave the boys their meds and went to my room to nap a bit.  Hubby said he would watch the boys for me and care for them for a bit.  

I get all cozy and start drifting off and Tommy come in and snuggles his hot fever filled body up against me cuz he was tired.   Ok…I can sleep through this, I am so tired!   Then he decides he wants to watch TV so he turns on my tv and watches some cartoon.  I don’t care I am dead to the world.   A few more minutes and Erik comes in and crawls in bed with me too.  He wants to color, he says.  Ok….I can sleep through this all.   Where is my hubby? Who is suppose to be caring for the children so I can rest.  Both boys are in bed with me!  So needless to say I didn’t really get any rest, but hubby got his work done on my laptop in the living room.   He was working in there so he could watch the kids…LOL!!   Hmmm..the kids were with me.

I finally got up as the boys were feeling better and wanted to eat.  So I warmed them up some french toast and got them ready for bed.   Erik was in bed early since he was going to try to go to school the next morning.   Tommy was very much awake and didn’t get him to settle down and sleep until after midnight.   He was crying alot in his sleep.  I think it was his throat hurting, I am not sure.  I got up and have him more tylenol.  

TODAY

I have told myself I am not sick!!  I rested this morning with Tommy and now I have showered and dressed to my shoes.   I lysoled down the bathroom again and will tidy up and lysol the rest of the house, 15 minutes at a time.  Time to wash up barf buckets and wash the blankets the boys had on the couches with them.   

I need to get going on some laundry so I can pack for our vacation.  We leave on Sunday.  I have both Erik and Tommy all packed so far.   Hopefully tomorrow Tommy can go to daycare and I will get a few things done around the house.    I totally missed out on the MSSA conference since I had to be home with sick kids.   I will have to find some additional training to go to so I have enough CEU’s for my social work license renewal. 

I also need to pay bills and take care of those type of things before we leave.  I better get going….baby steps……

It really does help to tell yourself your not sick…LOL!! 

Well last night I went into the office to pick up some work so that I could work if needed.   The boys were pretty good for hubby.  Erik was the only one vomitting anymore and he makes it to the toilet.  So easy on hubby.    I am doing my best to fight off getting this.   I have the cough, but my symptoms seem mild to me.   I am taking airborne an immune builder every 4 hours.   Lots of vit C, etc.  

I got up around 8 and passed out meds to everyone and then went back to bed.  We all slept until noon.   Rest and water, just what the Dr ordered.   Everyone took showers and had some soup for lunch.  They both seem to be a little better this afternoon, but we will see what the evening brings since they seem better than get worse, especially Erik.  

When hubby gets home I will probably crawl in bed and sleep a bit as well.   Tommy does not have strep.  The overnight culture was negative as well.  He cries once in a while that his throat hurts so I have been giving him motrin.  

Well off to clean up a bit and refill water bottles for the boys.  I doubt I will be going to work at all this week.  Not a good thing, but hard to avoid.   Hubby can’t take time off as he is in the middle of moving the computer lab to the new center and is really busy!   So I guess I  have kiddo duty all week!   

I am just adding up our out of pocket medical expenses since 3/13/06 and between script refills, OTC meds and office Co-pays we have paid just under $250.00.   CRAZY!!!  I am just submitting this all for reimbursement from my flexible spending account.   I have already spent $900.00 in medical expenses since the beginning on the year.  Isn’t that crazy!   I didn’t take enough out to make it through to the end of the year that is for sure.  Erik’s braces alone are $89.00 a month. 

Just on a healthy month with no medical appointments we have $185.00 in co-pays for monthly medicine refills.  Of course that doesn’t include the $260.00 a month I pay for health insurance.  Yikes!! Almost $500.00 in medical expenses a month in a healthy month.  

But thank God we have health insurance……things always could be worse.  It is just a huge chunk of our monthly budget.  

Ok I am done whining.  I am off to finish up here at the office and head home to my sick little guys!  

I am just adding up our out of pocket medical expenses since 3/13/06 and between script refills, OTC meds and office Co-pays we have paid just under $250.00.   CRAZY!!!  I am just submitting this all for reimbursement from my flexible spending account.   I have already spent $900.00 in medical expenses since the beginning on the year.  Isn’t that crazy!   I didn’t take enough out to make it through to the end of the year that is for sure.  Erik’s braces alone are $89.00 a month. 

Just on a healthy month with no medical appointments we have $185.00 in co-pays for monthly medicine refills.  Of course that doesn’t include the $260.00 a month I pay for health insurance.  Yikes!! Almost $500.00 in medical expenses a month in a healthy month.  

But thank God we have health insurance……things always could be worse.  It is just a huge chunk of our monthly budget.  

Ok I am done whining.  I am off to finish up here at the office and head home to my sick little guys!  

Yep…I have the chills….argh…could I be the next one to be hit with influenza???  Please oh Please…NO!!!   Hubby is on the way home from work so I am leaving to run some errands and find some more of the Oscillococcinum medicine.  I am also going to the office to pick up my laptop since if I am not sick I will need to work from home some tomorrow as Tommy can’t go to dayare tomorrow due to his fever.   I also need to pick up my extra nebulizer at the office to take with to Florida.   Never, never a dull moment in our home!  

Both boys are sleeping so hubby should have it easy until I return home.   I have hit most every surface in the house with lysol, I jsut need to wipe down the kitchen counters yet.   I am off to do that and get ready to leave for a bit.  

Hope everyone is having a great day!!!!  

We are back from the Dr and both boys have influenza.  Erik is on the tail end of it and Tommy is just starting symptoms.  Tommy is running a fever of about 102.  Both boys are vomitting today.   It is a fun time in our house.   The Dr did recommend for Tommy a OTC med that will reduce the flu symptons by 68%.  It is called Oscillococcinum.   I had my hubby come from work for 30 minutes so I could run to the pharmacy.  The Oscillo is pretty expensive, but if it will make them better quick, it is worth it.  It was over 15.00 a box.  Each one of them will need on box.  The pharmacy I was at only had one box so I will have to look for some more tonight.   The Dr said it probably wouldn’t help with Erik since he had his symptoms for a while already, but hubby wanted me to give it to him too just in case it would make things better. 

Both boys are laying on the couch and watching one movie.  Erik has been sleeping more than Tommy, but I think after this movie I will take Tommy to my room with me and get him to take a nap. 

I am off to wipe everything down in the house with lysol and then lay down with Tommy so he will nap.  

We are back from the Dr and both boys have influenza.  Erik is on the tail end of it and Tommy is just starting symptoms.  Tommy is running a fever of about 102.  Both boys are vomitting today.   It is a fun time in our house.   The Dr did recommend for Tommy a OTC med that will reduce the flu symptons by 68%.  It is called Oscillococcinum.   I had my hubby come from work for 30 minutes so I could run to the pharmacy.  The Oscillo is pretty expensive, but if it will make them better quick, it is worth it.  It was over 15.00 a box.  Each one of them will need on box.  The pharmacy I was at only had one box so I will have to look for some more tonight.   The Dr said it probably wouldn’t help with Erik since he had his symptoms for a while already, but hubby wanted me to give it to him too just in case it would make things better. 

Both boys are laying on the couch and watching one movie.  Erik has been sleeping more than Tommy, but I think after this movie I will take Tommy to my room with me and get him to take a nap. 

I am off to wipe everything down in the house with lysol and then lay down with Tommy so he will nap.  

I am home again with sick kids (yep plural).   This morning I started waking around 6:00 and Tommy was snuggled up to me and seemed warm.  We took his temp and it was about 102.  So no school or dayare for him.   I gave him some tylenol and he then said “My tummy hurts and I need a bucket”.   He vomitted and then laid back down.   I am very lucky Tommy doesn’t get that worked up about being sick.   So he was fine after that.  We snuggled in bed and watched TV until about 8:30.   Tommy is very upset about not being able to go to school today.  They were putting on a little show for the parents today.  It was a circus and he was a clown.  Luckily I bought tickets to the circus for when we get back from Florida, so that seemed to make things better for him.   He is convinced that since his headache and vomitting is done he can go to school.   Hard to understand when your only 4. 

Erik was up a bit last night complaining about his throat to the extent he was in tears.  I had him gargle with salt water and everything else I knew for sore throats.  So I am taking them both to the Dr today.  I need to make sure they aren’t really sick before we head to Florida.   Tommy has had double ear infections in the past and since he doesnt’ complain you don’t know until they nearly burst.  That would not be good on a plane!!!  Tommy was exposed to strep again last week since my daycare provider had it.  So need to get that checked out again!

Today I will be wiping down door knobs, handles and light switches with lysol to make sure we get rid of the virus in the house.   I am off to get Tommy dressed and ready to go to the Dr. 

I am home again with sick kids (yep plural).   This morning I started waking around 6:00 and Tommy was snuggled up to me and seemed warm.  We took his temp and it was about 102.  So no school or dayare for him.   I gave him some tylenol and he then said “My tummy hurts and I need a bucket”.   He vomitted and then laid back down.   I am very lucky Tommy doesn’t get that worked up about being sick.   So he was fine after that.  We snuggled in bed and watched TV until about 8:30.   Tommy is very upset about not being able to go to school today.  They were putting on a little show for the parents today.  It was a circus and he was a clown.  Luckily I bought tickets to the circus for when we get back from Florida, so that seemed to make things better for him.   He is convinced that since his headache and vomitting is done he can go to school.   Hard to understand when your only 4. 

Erik was up a bit last night complaining about his throat to the extent he was in tears.  I had him gargle with salt water and everything else I knew for sore throats.  So I am taking them both to the Dr today.  I need to make sure they aren’t really sick before we head to Florida.   Tommy has had double ear infections in the past and since he doesnt’ complain you don’t know until they nearly burst.  That would not be good on a plane!!!  Tommy was exposed to strep again last week since my daycare provider had it.  So need to get that checked out again!

Today I will be wiping down door knobs, handles and light switches with lysol to make sure we get rid of the virus in the house.   I am off to get Tommy dressed and ready to go to the Dr.