The First Sick Day

Well it was bound to happen - we sent Danielle to day care and, on her second week, she picks up a cold.

We're not totally sure if Adam gave her something as well, or if she gave him something as well.

I had emailed the doctor several times when she started getting a cough and was told not to worry unless she got a fever or threw up.

Wednesday of that week, Adam took her to Urgent Care after he picked her up from daycare. They told him the same thing. So, that night, when she had a massive spit up, I got a 911 text from Adam while I was at a mahjongg tournament.

I met them at urgent care, which, of course, was closed by then. So it was off to the hospital. Since their Urgent Care was closed as well, we ended up in the ER. At the end of the night they found she had .... a cold.

Saturday night hiits and she is still coughing and congested - but it's a wetter cough (fun). So it was back the hospital - and we missed the pediatric Urgent Care by 7 minutes - seriously? 7 damn minutes and our co-pay goes from $20 to $100!

So it was back to the ER - and, this time, the doctor took an X-ray. There was no radiologist - but the doctor said there might have been a little haze. As a precaution, we were given Amoxicillin (at least it smelled better than the Poly Vi Sol we've been giving her).

We were told to come back the next day as a follow up.

Of course, the next morning - Adam, who had been starting to feel like crap, sounded like the Walking Dead. So, as I took Danielle to Peds Urgent Care, Adam went to regular Urgent Care.

Her diagnosis: Possible Pneumonia
His diagnosis: Severe Bacterial Bronchitis - and a Z-pack

If either was sick, I  could have going to work... well...work, but with two sickies, it was up to mommy to stay home a good chunk of the week.

I couldn't leave the house because Adam couldn't hold or feed Danielle - and until Adam felt better, he couldn't leave the house either. Luckily - several places deliver in our neighborhood.

A little over a week later - both are A-OK. Adam still has some cough drops; Danielle finishes the last dose tonight. And mommy never got sick (yay!).

Being sick is no fun, but being well in a house of sick people sucks!