Posted in General Musings

.. we're ALL going to the doctor. I have had it with this &$#%! cold. We are going on week 3 of this nasty thing. My son and I have had it for 2 weeks and my daughter, as previously mentioned, got it this past Thursday. She and I went through a weekend of fever and chills and I now have a bad sore throat.  To top it off, she's now gotten pinkeye and I started her on eyedrops for it yesterday. All I had before was just a lot of coughing.

I called the docs office and made an appointment for this morning. The lady making appointments said the office is full of patients with this thing and that it just lingers and lingers. I hope he can give us something to help get us over this thing. I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. Well, maybe my worst.

So, no school again for us today. Maybe we can get some things in this afternoon, but I'm not going to push it with the way we are feeling. What a way to start our first homeschooling year - we haven't had a lesson yet where we are all healthy!!  Grrrrr.

UPDATE:  Cass has an ear infection (that explains the fever/chills) and she'll be needing those eyedrops. The doc also gave her something for the cough. I have .. and I can't believe it... infected tonsils (that explains my fever/chills). He said you don't see that often where tonsilitis sets in following a viral cold. My throat is so sore, and I can' t swallow well. I don't even feel like eating and neither does Cass. I think this is the first time in my entire life that I've had tonsilitis. Wierd! He checked Josh all out and said just to keep up with over-the-counter meds if he needs them, but that he is just fine and to go back if he starts having any difficulty breathing.

He said to wait until bedtime to give Cass the cough medicine because it makes you very drowsy, but she was sooo sleepy this afternoon and nearly in tears from the cough. I figured if she's sleepy anyway ... give her the medicine. So I did and she's now resting soundly. Thankfully, without coughing.

This completely sucks, but at least we have the meds to get it over with now.

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