week in review

     well this last week started off slow and steady...monday anyway...

     tuesday we all went to pick up kaila since wednesday the big storm was coming and so there would be no school, she stayed wednesday night also.  thursday she went home and everything was normal, friday came and she came here early morning because she wasnt feeling good.  i went and picked her up and we started our weekend.

     saturday morning i woke to take kaila to urgent care, she had a temp of 102 and was shaking and just not feeling well.  i took her in and they took a strep swab, a flu swab, and a chest ex ray to rule out pneumonia.  we left with a prescription for lots of fluid and tylenol and a positive test for flu.  in my attempt to find a silver lining no matter what is going on i latched onto "its not the puking flu..." i thanked my stars for that let me tell you...

     so i call kaila's dad to let him know what was going on and ask him if he could come and pick kaila up and take her to his house for the rest of the weekend.  this was to avoid the rest of my house getting sick and is she were to be at my house she would be quarantined to her bed watching movies until her fever was consistently broke.  well to my disappointment he said that although he didnt have to work the next day he too was not feeling well and couldnt take care of kaila because he was sick and wanted a nap.  so kaila stayed with me until monday night.  i decided to keep her at my house an extra day to make her fever was good before she went back to school.  no reason to infect other kids and josh had to work so i knew it would be tough to find someone to watch her especially sick.  i love my kids and when they are sick you see the mama bear come out of me. 

     kaila was in her bed for three days.  she got out only to shower, eat meals, and go to the bathroom.  even when she was feeling really good i still had her watching movies.  thankfully her fever seemed to break last night so she came out with the family after todd took bradley home.  i hope he was away from her enough to stay flu-free.  liz didnt meet a flu-free fate.

    this morning she hadnt made a peep and it was 9am...so i went in and found her in her crib her hair plastered to her face, pink cheeks, shaking.   i had a dentist appointment at 10:30 so i called the dentist cancelled and called liz's doctor and scheduled.  i took her temp and it was 103.8 so i got the Motrin and a Popsicle and some juice and tried to pump as much liquid in her as possible.  it was scary.  her hands were shaking and she was so full of fever.  long story short the doctor says her flu test is positive and prescribes her some antiviral meds to shorten the length of the flu for her.  with a little couch therapy, movies, liquid, tylenol, motrin and love she has a very low temp and is active at least as much as she can be on the couch.

   i have been feeling not so great but i think too that i may have been psyching myself into my symptoms.  i hope that at least.  i cant get sick.  im mom, i have to be there when everyone else gets sick.

   i would like to end this week in review blog saying a HUGE THANK MY STARS to my husband Todd Ontis.  this man is my partner for sure...while i am trying to keep kaila company now and then in her room, constantly checking on her to see if she needed anything or take her temperature, bring her food, get her in the shower....and taking her to the doctor one day, liz another...my husband was doing laundry, cooking meals for the family, doing the dishes, cleaning the bedding not only for me to make me feel better while i was feeling sick he changed and washed all of kaila's too.  he sprayed the whole house down with lysol for us thank god!!  this man has my back, is a wonderful father, is a great provider, and a wonderful human being.  this man is my soul mate.  thank you for having my back, picking up my slack, letting me take care of the girls, keeping bradley and liz happy while i had to give my attention to kaila...youre the best todd and i will never let you forget it.  thank you for being you, marrying me, and making me the luckiest woman on earth!!