End of Winter Woes

I cannot wait for spring. In a nutshell, our last 6 weeks have went like this: Caleb gets a fever. It's high. It's 105.5. We go to the hospital. We come home. We see the pediatrician. We battle the fever with cool baths, baby vicks, and round the clock motrin and tylenol. We take antibiotics. On day 4, the fever goes. One day later, Gavin gets a fever. It's high. We battle his fever. Cool baths, motrin, sleep. We see the pediatrician. We take antibiotics. On day 3, it leaves. Following day, Owen gets a fever. It's high, but not like Caleb's or Gavin's. We see the doctor. We take antibiotics. We take motrin, tylenol. We are all miserable. On day 4, Owen's fever goes. We get a break for 2-3 days. Then Caleb gets a fever. Repeat above sequence. When it goes 4 days later, Owen gets the fever. This time it's accompanied by a horrendous cough. Caleb has white sores in his mouth. Owen coughs incessantly. The both go to the doctor. Caleb has thrush. Owen has a lung infection. Guess what? We have new antibiotics. We will take them and then we will fall down in the corner in a heap of exhaustion. I cannot wait until this is over.

When Caleb is sick, I worry. He coughed so hard. He was miserable, crying and wanting to be held. His fever was incredibly high and he had a seizure from the fever. It's horrible. When Owen gets sick, I spend the week in a knot. He has issues with breathing as it is, so any kind of chest/lung congestion and cough just means you watch constantly to make sure he isn't turning blue. You wait because at any moment you could be rushing him to the hospital. It's downright scary. Thank God, his O2 sats have been okay. Thank God we have nurses. I am not sure how we would get through these times without them. At one point, some of them would take over giving Caleb a dose of Motrin at 4 am because it was time and they were awake. Thank God.

I cannot wait for the spring to come. I want the winter to go and take with it the coughs, fevers, runny noses, and misery. Bring on the allergies!!! Just kidding.