Hectic

It has been a hectic few days. On Friday, the oldest came down sick with a sore throat and fever - was feeling a bit better by Saturday night. On Sunday night, well really Monday morning, at 4am, Alex decided to wake us up and he was HOT. So from 4AM till 8AM dad and I are trying to get his temp down. The husband took the 3 older to school, and around 8:15, Alex who still hadn't cooled down much (even with doses of medicine and cooling rags), decided to scare me to death. Alex at about 8:15 went into what is called a febrile seizure. Now, this can be quite normal for kids who experience a high temp, I know this, I'm in the medical field. But it's STILL scary. His eyes rolled back into his head and he started seizing. Luckily it only lasted a few seconds and though groggy, he came back pretty quickly. I immediately called the husband though, said, get home, we need to get him to the hospital. At the hospital he was still pretty groggy, eyes red and of course still a high temp. They gave him some more medicine, did some tests and yes, it's a virus! So, back home, lots of fluids, rest and paracetamol. Alex basically stayed on the couch all day Monday (with me right next to him) and didn't move around a lot. I knew how sick he was just because of this, Alex normally as stated before, is a bundle of energy. Well, by Tuesday, the fever was going down quite nicely, he had a small cough and runny nose, but you could tell he was on the road to recovery. By Tuesday night, he was starting to get back a lot of energy though still tired. Well, Tuesday morning the 4yo decides to get this same bug! So, now I'm dealing with her, high temp, cough, the whole nine yards and then, guess who comes down with it? You guessed, me! So, the three of us yesterday basically stayed on the couch, watched tv and didn't move a lot. When dad and the two older got home, they did the dinner thing (Alex, Linda and I had no appetite though), and so dad entertained those 2 while the 3 of us just stayed on the couch and relaxed!

As can be expected, I missed my therapy appointment. But my therapist was of course understanding.

I did get to the doctor today. She's upped my antidepressant which is good. Hopefully that will help some. Also, she has diagnosed me with rheumatoid arthritis. Now, I've been having problems with my joints for AGES! I went to another doctor like over a year ago, he did a blood test, but because it came back negative, he didn't go any further and basically I've just been living with the pain. Well, today I mentioned it to the doctor and she took one look at my hands and said "you have rheumatoid arthitis." When I explained to her that I had the blood test and it came back negative she told me that not ALL sufferers come back with a positive test. But after examining me, she knows that is what it is. Since I've been on the anti-inflammatory with no success, she's started me on something else. Now, I'm supposed to take this new drug for a few months and she's also going to get me an appointment with a specilist. I really like this doctor. Been seeing her since January and she is just great!

Linda also had her pediatric specialist appointment today (was right after my doctors appointment). Basically it was a "OK, we are on the right track, we just have to continue getting more information." On the 3rd, Linda and I are headed to see an ENT specilist about her ears. Hopefully if we can clear up some of her hearing problems, it may cause her behavioral problems to be lessened. Anyway, a full day!

Off to get some lunch now. Alex and Linda are both laying down and not much to do till I pick up Marie from school.

Ta for now