My Crazy Weekend with Sick Kids
By Shar19
@Shar19 (8231)
United States
June 22, 2010 9:02am CST
Schools over and now the kids are sick. What's up with that???
So the last day of school was on Friday. Great news right? Wrong! My son woke up Friday night crying with a bad croup cough and was having trouble breathing. We called the doctor and they said to take him out in the cooler night air or put him in the bathroom with the shower turned on to make the room nice and steamy to help him breath. So after all that we put him back to bed and were awake every few hours going through the same thing with him. Saturday morning his nose was running like crazy and he still had the cough. I called the doctors and got an appointment for the first thing Monday morning. So Saturday during the day he seems not too bad with the cough, still a runny nose though.
Saturday night comes and he wakes up at 12:30am coughing a little but it's tolerable. We calm him down and he goes back to sleep. At 3:00am my daughter comes to me saying she doesn't feel good. She rushes into the bathroom and gets sick. For the next four hours she is in and out of the bathroom throwing up. Sunday she's on the couch all day just sipping some water here and there. Thank goodness they both slept through the night Sunday night without any problems.
Finally Monday morning comes and I take them both to the doctors. Doctor checks out my son and says he probably already went through the worst of the croup so he doesn't need any medicine. I told him about my daughter and he said she probably just had a 24 hour bug.
So that was my weekend. Anyone else go through anything similar?
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@Lakota12 (42600)
• United States
22 Jun 10
My weekend went better than that just took 10 hours to drive the 500 miles to the town I was to stay in for family reunion the motel I got cheap and it was realy nice no bugsssssss . also no bathtub so showers it was rand daughter went with me my brother and his wife came around 7.30 after they went to see the new baby boy born that day lots and lots of hair! thats thier 21st grand baby
Then Sat got up went to eat breakfast and I dont know what they cooked the omlet in but it was nasty ate 2 bites of that but filled up on hashbrowns and toast went to the park where the reunion was had a great time visiting with the ones I knew and meeting and getting to know other.
The drove back SUnday we were a very good tired!
@kimbers867 (2539)
• United States
23 Jun 10
You poor thing. I can remember growing up and my brother was always sick every holiday, vacation, etc until he got his tonsils out.
Luckily I haven't gone through this with my own kids. I think it is worse because the weather is warm making everyone miserable.
@lilybug (21107)
• United States
23 Jun 10
My son started coughing the last day of school and he had lots of phlegm. The doctor said it is just drainage from his sinuses caused my his allergies. I hate that he was feeling bad, but I am glad that he didn't get really bad till after school was out.
@sahm01 (22)
• United States
22 Jun 10
My husband was off for and entire week. My son ended up sick and had to have breathing treatments for the entire week! My husband got a cold and felt like crap so he couldn't really help! Now he is back and work and everyone is healthy....oh well. So much for a fun filled week!
@ellie333 (21016)
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22 Jun 10
Hi Shar, All the time, they seem to be sick at weekendsand school hiolidays never during school time, which is great for me in a way otherwise I would have to miss of work, just one of the joys, not, of parenting. I suffered terribly with croup when I was young and my nana used to mix me up butter sugar and honey and lemone into a cup and it really helped soothe the throat. Glad they are both well again now. Huggles. Ellie :D
@dragon54u (31634)
• United States
22 Jun 10
I remember those times! They seemed as if they would never end, both boys sick in bed one after another and the nights I sat up with them, desperate for rest. Now they both remember those times fondly, not because they were sick but because they knew I would take care of them, hug them and always make them feel better.
You'll live through it, it's awful and you hate to see your children suffer but these times create precious bonds and memories.
@Bethany1202 (3431)
• United States
22 Jun 10
Sorry to hear that, doesn't sound like a very fun or relaxing weekend at all! I hope everyone's feeling better now!
