While most of you spent New Year's Eve ringing in the new year, I was celebrating my 30th birthday. How, you ask? By taking care of my sick family. Jenna got RSV and was a sick puppy! She managed to share it with her brother (no big surprise) and he was a sick puppy too. And to top it all off, now Brian is sick.
Jenna still has a junky cough and runny nose but it's nothing compared to the horrible cough and gobs and gobs of snot she was drowning in a few days ago.
Jacob's cough started 2 nights ago and has been pretty constant since then. So much so that after trying EVERYTHING in my bag of tricks (and being a pedi pulmonary nurse, I have lots of tricks!) I ended up taking him to an urgent care clinic for a chest x-ray. Thankfully, it was fine and they told me to keep doing what I'm doing. Great, thanks for that advise!
I've talked to one of the docs I work for several times in during the past 24 hrs. Today, we tried giving Jacob some cough syrup with codeine but that didn't even seem to help. Poor guy! He is better today than he was yesterday so I know tomorrow will be even better.
Brian went to the doc this morning and was told he has an upper respiratory infection. Got him some drugs so hopefully in a few days he'll be feeling better. I'm crossing my fingers and praying that God protects me. I seem to be pretty immune to the kid cooties but we'll see!
As for the big 3-0, I'm fine with it. It doesn't seem to phase me, actually. It sounds a little weird but that's it. My parents came over and bought me my favorite Chinese food (since the kids weren't up for going out) and Brian came home from work early and brought a yummy ice cream cake.
My daddy bought me a LAPTOP for my birthday! It is so awesome I still can hardly believe it. He kept saying he was going to buy me one but my parents don't usually spend THAT much money on gifts so I didn't really think he was going to do it. I had a feeling he was going to only because he kept bringing up my "birthday present" over the last month.
He's a stinker though and tried to trick me. He brought in a big gift bag. When I opened it, there was a wrapped box inside. Inside that box was another gift bag with another box......when I finally got down to gift it was a wireless mouse. Then, he told me to go look behind the recliner where he had hidden the laptop!
Jacob picked out a talking Batman birthday card for me and Brian got me a new hair dryer (I've been whining about needing a new one for a while) in addition to our Rockette's outing. The Rockette's Christmas show was awesome and a having a date night with my hubby is priceless!
Happy New Year to All. May 2010 be full of wonderful memories!
4 years ago
2 comments:
Happy Birthday, Hannah!!! Welcome to the 30 and Fabulous Club! It's not really so bad - I promise. ;) Think of how much you have accomplished in your 30 years...
RSV = NO Bueno! Yuck! We had a wicked round of RSV hit our house last January, so I totally feel your pain. Thank goodness that your kids/hubby have a RN to take care of them. They are in good hands, for sure!
I hope that everyone gets back to 100% very, very soon! We'll be praying for all 4 of you!
Oh the joys of motherhood. So glad your family had an expert taking care of them! Can't believe you are only 30! Such a young pup! Hope to see you Tuesday.
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