Sickness at our house

All 3 kids have been sick. Justin first and then the twins followed suit. Just the general common cold...runny nose, watery eyes, cough, etc. After about 4 days of fever we decided to take the twins to the instacare. Fisher was diagnosed with restricted airway something or other and was ordered to have breathing treatments over the next several days. Hunter was diagnosed with pneumonia and given amoxocillin.

After 1 1/2 days Hunter still had a fever and was eating and drinking almost nothing. Tyler took Hunter to the ER early this morning and was admitted to the hospital. He was diagnosed with RSV. We were told that the pneumonia was a misdiagnosis. Hunter was pretty dehydrated and very sick. After one day in the hospital and being hydrated by IV he is looking better. His RSV is getting worse as his body is more hydrated and able to secrete more mucous. He is still not eating or drinking much of anything. Hopefully he will improve and we will see if he can come home from the hospital tomorrow or the next day.

I stayed with Hunter for most of today at the hospital. I missed Justin and Fisher. I learned that I am so thankful that I am able to stay home with my kids everyday. I am so blessed to be a stay-at-home-Mom. I am also so thankful for supportive family. Thanks to all who have helped us get through the past couple of days and weeks.

Justin and Fisher are hopefully on the mend and will get some good sleep tonight.

Sick kids are no fun. However, the lows are only temporary. The good outweighs the lows in so many ways.

By the way, before Hunter got super sick he was able to get from his bum to his belly and from his belly back to his bum! This is a HUGE milestone for him. We are hoping that this sickness does not set him back too much.