illness

It really doesn't seem fair that there's still nasty flu bugs going around when the weather is still warm here, but I guess they don't care what the temperature is outside...tis the season! And, we've all been hit with it! Brian of course only got a little sniffle for about a day, but poor Landen and Abrie have had the nasty drainage for about 2 weeks! We took Abrie into the doctor last week because her poor right eye was draining so much (she had a blocked tear duct) that it looked like this:

She was also having having some pain in her right ear, and there was some nasty crusties that I was cleaning out of her ears everyday...worse in her right ear. Come to find out, she had and OUTER ear infection! Supposedly uncommon for babies, but of course, one of my children would get it. Because it's not common for her age, there was no medication for it (it would require some kind of ear drop), so we ended up clearing it up with a good old hydrogen peroxide mixture and a cotton ball! She'as STILL draining! But, my little chubster's gained a whole pound in a month! (which can only take me a day ;).

Landen's had his share of it too. Along with the drainage, he always gets a cough. It's always been that way, but he started to get a low grade fever on Halloween, so we took him to the doctor the next day, and they found NOTHING wrong with him, and just thought it was a virus. Well last night (the day after we took him to the doctor), he spiked a temp. of 102 degrees! After phoning the "nurse line", we took him to an urgent care where they found a left ear infection and white patches in the back of his throat which tested negative for strep, but they're sending it out for a culture to be sure. He had strep a year ago with scarlet fever, so they wanted to be sure. Again, strep is not common in children Landen's age either. I'm telling you, if it's rare, my kids will get it! They're also sending a urine sample out to have it cultured because he had elevated protein in his urine. But, thank goodness for antibiotics because he's already feeling better!

I've also had some of the congestion, but it's mostly gone now! Thank goodness! I guess once we all get better, we should go get a flu shot!