Misty

This morning when we walked to school it wasn't quite raining, but it was misty.

I went to the doctor this morning.  I don't have strep.  It’s pharyngitis - a virus.  She just recommended drinking tea and taking ibuprofen if needed.

I rested most of the day.

Morry and I walked to pick up the boys.

A little while later I left to tutor.

I got home around 7:15pm and we ate leftover Chinese food for dinner.

The boys are getting ready for bed now.

Sicky

This morning I took both boys to the doctor. I was able to get a 8:00am appointment for them. Evan still had a fever. Noah seemed ok, but he still had that cough. I was worried they could have strep.

The doctor said Noah was fine. She did a strep test on Evan, but didn't think that was what he had. The test came back negative, so he just has a virus. She suggested Mucinex if he's coughing a lot and just to give the virus some time. I was glad it wasn't strep.

I dropped Evan off at home with Morry (who worked from home this morning) and took Noah to school.

I had a 10am hair appointment, so Morry said he would stay with Evan.

We went in separate cars to pick up Noah. Evan stayed in the car with me. Morry ran in the get Noah, and then I took both boys home. Morry went to work after that.

Before dinner Noah and i went to HEB, did some grocery shopping, and picked up dinner for us there. Morry and the kids had pizza. I had fish and couscous.

Evan seems to be feeling a lot better now. He ate pretty well and doesn't seem to be coughing as much.

Now, it's time to get them to bed.

Noah to the Doctor

Last night Noah was coughing a lot, so we made a doctor’s appointment for him. Morry took him to the doctor at 1:00. We thought it was best for me not to go to the clinic where there would be a bunch of sick kids. Noah just has a virus, probably the same one Evan and I had. They tested him for the flu and it came back negative.

While Morry and Noah were gone I took a walk with Evan.

Once Morry got back with Noah, I put the boys down for naps. They both slept well and I was able to nap a little too.

One of the mom’s club moms brought dinner for us tonight. This has been really nice to having to make dinner.

After dinner I tutored. One of my students who I normally meet at the library came to our house for tutoring. Morry and the boys played upstairs while I tutored.

Evan and Noah just got baths and are in bed now. Evan is still up, but I think Noah is sleeping.

A Virus

Hello, everyone, this is Morry. Rachel asked me to step in and write the blog.

So as Rachel mentioned last night, Evan had a fever before bed. Given that he was 3 days into a 10 day antibiotic, he shouldn't have had a fever. So the doctor wanted to see Evan first thing in the morning. Rachel took him in and he has a virus on top of his sinus infection. Rachel pointed out that Evan has basically been sick non-stop since the end of October. The doctor felt that was pretty normal for a 2-year-old who now goes to pre-school two days a week. She said that next winter should be better once he builds up some immunities. But in the meantime, the poor little guy has to suffer.

I had to work today, and I had to go in as I was interviewing two people. One person I interviewed first thing and the other person I interviewed at the end of the day so I had to be there the whole day.

Rachel said that Evan was acting very sick today. He laid down on the couch and watched TV, something he's never done before. He ended up falling asleep on the couch too - another first. In the afternoon, Lynn/Grandma took Evan upstairs, and he ended up falling asleep on her in the game room.

Meanwhile, Rachel and Noah met me for lunch. We were going to go to Dong Nai, a Chinese/Vietnamese restaurant but it was closed, so we ended up at Freebirds which is a burrito place. Noah had a good time there. He was very excited and squealed really loudly over the very loud music being blared. It was really nice to see Rachel and Noah for lunch. It was also the first time we were out to eat without Evan, but with Noah.

When I got home, I went into Evan's room to get him up from his nap. He was awake and acting somewhat normal. His eyes were glassy and he still felt warm, but his mood was normal. When he came downstairs, Lenny/Papa made him a smoothie which he was very excited about. I think it was a magic smoothie because instantly Evan was back to his normal silly self. Evan got a GeoTrax plane for Hanukkah/Hanukah/Chanukah and he was very excited to play with it. He also wanted to play with Noah's train gift. For dinner, Evan ate a ton of macaroni and cheese, as well as tomatoes and pickles. It was really good to see him eating so well. He had barely eaten in two days.

After dinner, we gave the boys baths. Evan still had a fever but it was much lower. Now both boys are sleeping. Hopefully it's a good night.

Until next time...