Feeling totally yucky

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Feeling totally yucky
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Mon, 11-27-2006 - 12:02am

I got my kids' cold!! UGH!! I haven't had a cold in like 8 months, but sure enough, as soon as they get sick, I get sick. Justin was sick first, then Tessa & Jenna. They were The Booger Girls all last week. Now I came down with it, as of yesterday. My throat hurts to swallow, my head is congested, I can't breathe out of one side of my nose, my muscles hurt, and now I feel like I'm getting a nasty cough, because I have that scratchy painful itchy feeling. YUCK! And I'm alone tonight. Michael's at work.

I took a prescription decongestant today, and passed out on the couch under an afghan for half the afternoon, and felt somewhat better. I just hate being sick, especially when I can't take the day off and just sleep, because of the kids. No rest for Mommy. Although I got some good rest today because Michael was home and watched the kids, but when he's at work, I have to keep going no matter how I feel.

Then Jenna was pulling on her ear this morning. I asked her if it hurt and she nodded. Michael got the otoscope to look at it, and she ran screaming upstairs. Ever since the flu shot, she's no fool. She's not letting Dad come near her with medical equipment! She lay in the upstairs hall screaming and kicking at him! You'd think he was torturing her on the rack! It took a bunch of coaxing and him telling her a story for her to finally let him look for 2 seconds! I swear this child is getting worse and worse at letting us do anything to her. Even dressing her can be a pain. But sure enough, he said her eardrum was red, so he had an amoxicillin 'script called in. Getting her to take the medicine was another nightmare I wanted no part of, and left it up to Dad. He's a pro at medicating kids, and it still took him forever, and she spat some of it out. She was gagging and fighting. I'm going to have to take her in to the hospital where he works to get him to give the amoxicillin to her, because I really don't think I'm going to be able to get it down her throat.

And I'm just feeling worn out. . . Time to go take a hot bath. . .

This kinda sucks. My 6 month healthy streak just ended!! :(

Sofia




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Registered: 03-26-2003
Tue, 11-28-2006 - 5:33pm

Thanks everyone. I'm a bit better. Still coughing a lot and stuffed up and no energy, but at least the aches and pains and sore throat are gone. Jenna is still a total nightmare to medicate. I told her it's yummy bubblegum medicine, but she didn't buy it! She told me it was yucky, and I was wrong! I think she spat out most of the dose I tried to give her this morning, even though I followed Michael's instructions as to how to shoot it down the back of her cheek. He gets to medicate her tonight! Lucky guy!! And tomorrow, I seriously think I'm going to take her in to the hospital to eat lunch and have him do it then, because I'm fed up. God forbid she should ever get *really* sick and need lots of medical procedures done!

But her ear does seem to be feeling better. . .

And now Michael got sick, and he rarely gets sick, so this must be a contagious virus! He was all congested this morning, but of course he went to work anyway. The congestion with this cold is just HORRIBLE!!

Sofia




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