Sunday, July 10, 2005
Everybody's sick!
Starting last Sunday as we were about to leave Chicago, all of the kids have gotten sick one by one. First, it was Miles then Mahlon and now Mira. Mira has it worst of all - fever, congestion, cough. She slept about 3 hours last night. The boys are feeling better; however, they're still not 100%.
Now, I'm starting to feel a little run down. I'm going to try and fight it off until Thursday. I have to fly to San Francisco (and back!) on Wednesday. Should be a fun week.
UPDATE: 6:15PM - Mira is now at the hospital. Her fever hit almost 104 and that was with Tylenol. Her cough has progressed to sound a lot like croup. So Amy took her in at the advice of her doctor.
UPDATE: 10:00PM - Mira is back from the hospital. Her fever is down a bit. They gave her a steroid shot that should help open her airway while she gets over the croup. She is very run down and her little voice is hoarse. She did perk up when we gave her a Pedialyte popsicle.
Starting last Sunday as we were about to leave Chicago, all of the kids have gotten sick one by one. First, it was Miles then Mahlon and now Mira. Mira has it worst of all - fever, congestion, cough. She slept about 3 hours last night. The boys are feeling better; however, they're still not 100%.
Now, I'm starting to feel a little run down. I'm going to try and fight it off until Thursday. I have to fly to San Francisco (and back!) on Wednesday. Should be a fun week.
UPDATE: 6:15PM - Mira is now at the hospital. Her fever hit almost 104 and that was with Tylenol. Her cough has progressed to sound a lot like croup. So Amy took her in at the advice of her doctor.
UPDATE: 10:00PM - Mira is back from the hospital. Her fever is down a bit. They gave her a steroid shot that should help open her airway while she gets over the croup. She is very run down and her little voice is hoarse. She did perk up when we gave her a Pedialyte popsicle.
¶ 6:16 PM 
Comments:
Amy is pretty freaked out. Even though she is a nurse, it's totally different when it's one of your own.
BTW, thanks for the hydration tips. I have been drinking tons of beer and wearing one of those foil sweatsuits. Turns out that was wrong.
BTW, thanks for the hydration tips. I have been drinking tons of beer and wearing one of those foil sweatsuits. Turns out that was wrong.
posted by 
sMoRTy71 : 8:23 PM
sMoRTy71 : 8:23 PM Wow, I'll be praying for your daughter, thats a high fever. Her hot hot heat dance clip is easily the best thing ever on Vimeo.
Orange juice is the best for a developing cold as it contains easily absorbable vitamin c. Get the lots of pulp stuff, don't get the kind with added calcium. Also taking massive amounts of Vitamin C via pills (like 1000 mg at a time) seems to knock infections right on their ass.
Orange juice is the best for a developing cold as it contains easily absorbable vitamin c. Get the lots of pulp stuff, don't get the kind with added calcium. Also taking massive amounts of Vitamin C via pills (like 1000 mg at a time) seems to knock infections right on their ass.
posted by Jim_Rock : 10:46 PM
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And you need to drink some juice. Stay hydrated. Get some rest. (I'll bet you didn't know any of that before I told ya, right?)