Oh My!

Who might have walking pneumonia?? This girl! I went back to my OB today because I have had a horrible cough since Thursday that has only allowed me to sleep for about 2-3 hours a night. I called Friday to make the appointment so it's not like I waited this long; they just didn't get me in any sooner. Anyway, she examined me and gave me an antibiotic prescription. I also had to get blood drawn...again...to check my white count among other things. I thought I just had a sinus infection or something but apparently my lungs sound like crinkling paper. Bonus: I got to hear the baby's heartbeat and it sounds very strong! At least my current ailment isn't holding the baby back; he or she has been doing cartwheels in my belly! Sometimes it makes me giggle and sometimes it makes me cringe. Either way, it's a wonderful feeling :).

Update on the Kiddo

After a few days of up and down fever but no more throwing up, he seems to be much better. Since his temp was fine one minute and shot up to 103 suddenly a couple of times, I am still keeping a pretty close eye on him but he is definitely acting more like himself now. So yay for that!

In other news, we got the garage cleaned yesterday...we can now fit one car into our two car garage. At least it's progress :). We know what we need to do to organize it but it's gonna cost money for all the shelving or storage units so we'll have to get them one at a time. We also have some boxes for recycling and stuff for Goodwill so that will empty some space too. The rest just needs to be sorted and organized. Definitely a step in the right direction!

I'm Trying

I am going to give a really good effort this year to blog daily. It may only contain one or two words that happened to pop into my head but it is what it is. I missed the first few days so owe an additional one after this to "catch up" but after that, I'll keep up...that's my New Year's promise. (and we all know how much people stick to those). I still have some previous events to blog about but just don't feel like it tonight.

Today started off ok but rapidly went down, up, down. It was a normal school day so I took Bucky to school this morning, which was not quite as cold as it was yesterday AM. I got a call about 1100 telling me that my kiddo had just thrown up "all over" the bathroom. I said, "I'll be there in a few", hung up my phone, grabbed my keys and went to get him. He looked pitiful. It was obvious that this was not a random event. When I got him home, I took his temp, a whopping 101.6, gave him some tylenol and let him watch cartoons on the couch. He fell asleep and woke up feeling better. He even ate a little. I didn't give him any more Tylenol since he was acting like himself. During his nap, my purse arrived...oh, did I forget to mention that I left it in Florida when we were visiting over the holidays?? Of all the things I could have forgotten, I forgot my purse...but my wonderful parents FedEx'd it to me and I got it today. I felt lost without it.

When we sat down for dinner, Bucky was starting to act tired and sickly again. He didn't eat much at all and barely ate the ice cream his daddy got for him so we knew something was not right. I took his temp again...now at 103.6. More tylenol and a warm bath while he was screaming. He just didn't feel good. After the bath, his temp was still around 103 but he went right to bed. I have been periodically checking his temp and it seems to be slowly going down but we have the alarm set for his next dose of meds. Poor little guy...