Scary Sick!

Sickness has been a craze at my school since we came back from Spring Break, I mean as in this past Monday we had 15 staff members out, not to mention the dozens of students. Then all that disease and funk made its way into my house. Holden has had a cough for about a week now and Hayley out of no-where got a rash on her face and arms, so I made them appointments for last Thursday. Doc says that Hayley has a virus that is causing the rash and Holden has a double ear infection (again). So we started meds and head our way into Friday (all the while now mommy is starting to feel bad).  I stayed home with both kids and we all had low grade fevers, nothing too serious....
Thennn, Holden goes down for his afternoon nap at around 2:15, when he wakes up at 5:00 he is screaming! When I went upstairs to pick him up he is BURNING UP! I mean HOT, so I take his temperature... 104.7, that's correct, you read it right, no need to blink, my 10 month old son had a fever of almost 105 degrees. crazy scary temperature. So I gave him medicine and wiped him down for a long time and after about 2.5 hours his fever was down to 100.9 but it never got any lower. So I start calling my mom, it doesn't matter how old I get, I will never be too old to call my mom for help. Then Chase called his mom, I called our insurance company's 24/7 nurse answering service, then I even broke down and got a hold of my friend Ashley who works at their doctor's office.
The nurse I spoke to told me to take him to the ER, but I really didn't want to do that. I knew he had something going on besides just his ears, because ear infections don't cause temps that high, and I didn't want him sitting in the ER with all the other sick people catching whatever they had. So I decided to just keep him at home and watch him. Chase and I decided that if it started going back up again, if it got above 102 then we would take him to the ER. Other than that, we were going to watch him all night. So that's exactly what we did, we got up every hour and a half and checked the kids. Hayley's fever wasn't as high as Holden's but she was sick too. We went back and forth between motrin and tylenol every 3 hours, watching his temperature. It ranged all throughout the night but finally at 6 Saturday morning his fever broke! Thank goodness!
I called the doctor's office just to check in with them to see if I should still bring him in, but they said that since his fever broke, just to keep an eye on him.

I'm surprised at how calm I stayed (even through the crazy amount of phone calls). I guess with baby number two that happens, cause if that would've been 3 years ago and been Hayley, I can almost 100% guarantee I would have been at the ER.

Both kids are feeling better now, Holden still has a nasty cough, but he is his smiley self again. Hayley was still running a low grade fever yesterday, but she seems to be okay now. They were snuggling on the couch yesterday morning watching cartoons. So sweet.

In the midst of all this, I forgot how bad I felt. It wasn't until the end of the night each night that I realized how sick I felt, I didn't have time to feel bad, I was too worried about my babies. I finally broke my fever yesterday, and went back to work today, back to the germs...
I just hope the worst is behind us... hope y'all stay healthy!

"Yes little one, I love you as the stars love you, constant and bright above you, giving you joy and peace and wonder. I love you as the stars love you, forever, and ever, and always"