On my way to feeling better....

Update on the sicknesses we've been experiencing around here: (I'll make it as short as possible) Ever since Saturday, March 7 I have been very groggy and had a lot less energy and strength than normal for me. My throat was a bit sore, but nothing major, or so I thought. This feeling continued off and on, but mainly on and especially at night and in the mornings, until late, late Thursday night March 26 when I started feeling really bad right before I went to bed. I got up and went to the after hours clinic where they told me it would be about a 1 and a half hour wait, so I said never mind and came home to bed! The next morning I woke up feeling sicker than I had in the previous weeks, but not as bad as the night before...until that evening when it seemed to get worse again, so I headed back to the after hours clinic and they saw me right away. I was told that I had a horrible ear infection in my right ear (an ear infection? I was like "what?" I'll have to ask my mom the last time I had one of those! I was probably 4 or 5!) Anyway, my left ear was filled with fluid on the verge of being infected, my jawline and neck were swollen, my face was sensitive to the touch, I had sinusitis, and I was running fever that I didn't even know I had. I was given a shot, atibiotics, and some medicine to help clear my sinuses. I was told I would feel a bit better the next day, but significantly better in 2 days. I felt like crap at this point and I was still worried about Peyton, who was very congested as well, so I had given him medicine and some breathing treatments, which seemed to really help him.

I spent the next week in bed. Daddy had to take off work Monday to help with the boys because I could not really get up and had very low energy and strength. Tuesday, March 31, I was on my own with the boys because Paul had to go back to work and we didn't have anyone to help...to say the least, it was a miserable day for me! Tuesday night I was lucky to have my sister come up to help on Wednesday and watch the boys so I could relax and get some rest. But, Tuesday night, things were really, really bad and my jaw hurt so badly that at times it was hard to speak. My head was pounding with no relief and Paul and I decided I should go back to after hours to see what was up. I still had all the same things, but now my throat looked worse and things obviously had not improved, so I was told to stop taking the antibiotics because they were not effective and given another antibiotic and steroids....yay, just what I wanted, to gain all the weight I had just lost back! But, I thought that at least I may be feeling better because of them, so I went with it! Wednesday Nanny was a HUGE help, going above and beyond just watching the kids by cleaning too! Wow, I am so lucky to have such an amazing and awesome sister! Thank you Nanny! Thursday, I was on my own again and it was the first day in a week, that I actually felt a little better and started to get some strength back and I actually got a bit of relief as the headache started to subside! Today, I feel about the same as yesterday, more strength, but I still have a sore jaw, I am still congested, my ears are still sore and I still feel a lot of pressure in them, and I don't have all of my energy back, but I think I am on my way to feeling better soon! I hope anyway! As for Peyton and all the boys, they are congested again, or still, but for the most part, they seem to be doing well!

I have learned 2 things from this long and annoying sickness experience:
1) The next time I know something is not right with me, I will go see a doctor! As opposed to this time of just letting the sickness build up, mostly to prove to my husband that I am not a weanie, only to get it extremely bad later! I will probably continue getting sick when the kids do since I spend every day with them, until they are a bit older and they don't get sick so often!

2) I have the greatest husband, friends, and family in the world! Thanks Amy and Paul for really helping me out when I needed it! Thank you to all my far away friends for checking on me! I probably should move closer to my mom, sister, family, and friends so that I have more help when situations like this happen again! Thank you Charmaine and Steve for helping bring and pick up Paul for me too....as ALWAYS!