siiick family

A couple of weeks ago S. got sick and then better. Then last Wednesday he got *really* sick with an upper-respiratory thing. He stayed home from school, swimming, and pretty much everything the rest of the week. He is just now getting better. A little over a week ago L. was pulling on his ears and I took him to get checked out. No infection, just sinus congestion. Last weekend I got really sick with an upper-respiratory thing which seemed to clear mid-week and left me with a raspy voice. Then I started coughing Friday night and haven't stopped. It is mostly a dry cough so I am not too worried, but it is painful and I cannot sleep and it is painful. Last night I started feeling fluish and now I am congested again. On Friday, L. started with a runny nose and coughing. We were up much of last night with him and his wet, bad-sounding cough and my dry, very uncomfortable cough. I took L. to urgent care today and he has fluid behind his left ear and his right ear is infected (puss and everything!) That explains the excessive crying. The doctor believes he also has bronchiolitis. This explains his poor appetite and trouble nursing. He has lost half a pound in a week. He also cried through the exam then fell asleep while being examined.

He is on antibiotics for the ear infection now as well as regular ibuprofen for pain and fever. He is really, really sick. Sicker than I remember S. ever really being at this age and sicker than S. was recently.

Oh, and Peter had a couple of weeks of back to back sinus things so life around here has not been fun.