Sick Sick and More Sick

Well, I got some 365 pics up, Days 24-31 and Days 32- 38 but that's about it. I'm still not feeling fantastic and I don't really wanna throw something on here for Lily's 6 month update and Andrew's scout adventures, so I'm waiting until I feel better to do it right.

We've had the flu and viral infections in our house. THE WORST!

I had a horrific cough that hurt so badly my diaphram was sore from all the coughing.  When I went to the doctor he prescribed me a cough syrup that I was to take every 6 hours.  So, I got home with it and as much as I don't like cough medicine, I was looking forward to relief. I put on my anticipatory cough medicine taste face and swallowed. Wait. What? This was the BEST TASTING COUGH SYRUP I have ever had!  About an hour later, I told George that I felt dizzy.  Looked at the bottle: "May cause dizziness".  Ok.   That night I was at least finally able to sleep. No more fever and cough under control. Hallelujah!  Still exhausted and generally run down, but at least some sleep.  At this point, Lily still wasn't sick (thank God).   The next day, I decided to actually look up what kind of cough medicine I was taking since I didn't recognize the name on the bottle.  "Hydromet" on the bottle.  No clue what that was.  It's a form of hydrocodone.  Of course, reading all about that, I was thinking, "Well, they made it taste good." 

Here's the thing about me.  I don't do medicine.  Unless ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.  About 8 years ago, I had vicodin prescribed to me for something...I never took one.  I take tylenol as a last resort. Not to say I suffer, but medicine is last resort for me.  I think that our society is too quick to push pills for things and when they are truly needed, sometimes ineffective.  That's just a generalization, of course and at times in my life I have taken Imitrex and Zoloft...I used them as I needed them.  Anywho... back to my cough syrup...

No wonder I got relief... from a narcotic cough medicine.

~Reagan arrived 2 weeks ago with a cough.
~Andrew woke up 3 days later with a horrible fever, sore throat, flushed face, lethargy. (He's also not a sickly kid.)  His lasted 5 days.  Cough came later...Still lingering cough today.
~Next up was George. Same story as Andrew, but add in the cough. ALL. NIGHT. LONG.
~Finally, me. I got it all at once too.
~A few days later, Lily woke up with a cough. :(  Congestion, cough and pathetic cry. Poor baby.

So, we affectionately refer to this year's illness as the time Reagan tried to take out the family. 

p.s. Reagan is sick again.

Lord, help us.