Sickness strikes....



Our sick camp....

Well the past week has been great fun at our house.  Of course I'm being sarcastic!  Last Tuesday, I came down with a GI bug, luckily it only lasted 24 hours.  Then on Thursday afternoon Blake got the bug.  By Friday night he was doing much better so we decided to go forward with our "girls" trip to Chicago.  I am so thankful God kept the worst for us until we got back (although I had no idea at the time.) 

Saturday Blake was good and enjoyed his day with Daddy.  On Sunday afternoon he started to fall ill again.  By that evening he was really sick again and complaining of his throat hurting.  So I took him to the doctor on Monday.  He confirmed he just had a GI bug and to keep the fluids in him to prevent dehydration (he was showing beginning signs). 

On Tuesday afternoon, he was showing some improvement.  When Lauren arrived home from school that afternoon she was sick and by that night she was fully out for the count.  By Wednesday afternoon, I was down for the count again!  Blake was feeling good all day Wednesday but by Thursday afternoon he was feeling bad again.  Lauren was and I were doing much better though so that was a relief! 

Today I took Blake back to the doctor and the doctor first thought he was still just fighting this nasty GI bug that is going around.  To be sure though, he ran a strep test on him to rule that out since he had complained of his throat even though there was no visible signs of strep.  Well sure enough, he had strep!  So after an antibiotic shot and some Omnicef we are hopefully on the mend.  I've never been so thankful for a strep diagnosis, simply to know we could do something to help him!  I'm so thankful the GI bug has exited our house.  Let's just hope I didn't jinx Bradley on getting it yet!