We're out of the hospital, but not out of the woods...
Morgan seems to be making the best progress. Still lots of nose-blowing and a little coughing, but no fever, aches, or nausea. She slept well last night, which is the best news any of us can have right now.
Ryan slept last night, too, which is great. He was up all night with Athan night before last (at the ER, then at home), on top of being sick himself. I'm slowly improving. I was up with Athan quite a bit last night, so a nap will be necessary today for sure. But I'm don't have a fever or nausea at all, my sinuses are clearer, and my cough seems more effective.
As is always the case, Athan has the worst of it. His body just does not fight off infection effectively. Our pediatrician met Ryan up at his office yesterday (yes on Christmas day), and gave Athan a pair of intramuscular injections because of the severity of his double-ear infection. They just walked out the door to go back up there and get another shot. Because of his low muscle tone, Athan doesn't cough effectively, so he's not clearing up much. He asked me to help him blow his nose about every 6 minutes last night from midnight to 4a. I suspect, with all that's going on, he has a fairly constant headache. He can't sleep, which delays healing and makes him unable to cope well emotionally.
Grammy Tammy is here to help! Yay! I've asked her to let us keep taking care of the kids so she doesn't get sick, too. She's restored some order tot he chaos of our house! She did dishes and cleaned out and organized my fridge. She gathered, sorted, laundered, and folded laundry. She jumped in and helped with Athan a bit when his 3-day-whine was more than Mom or Dad could take for a minute.
Also, our many thanks to the outpouring of food and prayers and offers to help. Thanks to Liz, Kathryn, and Melissa for bringing yummy food so we didn't have to cook or shop. Thanks to our kind neighbor Doris for driving me to the ER when I didn't feel safe driving myself, and for taking Morgan back home so she didn't have to hang out at the hospital. Thanks to Layne and Laurie for coming to get Morgan and spending the night with her in a hotel while Athan and I were in the ER, and Ryan was busy caring for us. And many thanks for all the prayers and kind words offered via Facebook, comments here, and texts. We are buoyed by your kindnesses, all.
Morgan seems to be making the best progress. Still lots of nose-blowing and a little coughing, but no fever, aches, or nausea. She slept well last night, which is the best news any of us can have right now.
Ryan slept last night, too, which is great. He was up all night with Athan night before last (at the ER, then at home), on top of being sick himself. I'm slowly improving. I was up with Athan quite a bit last night, so a nap will be necessary today for sure. But I'm don't have a fever or nausea at all, my sinuses are clearer, and my cough seems more effective.
As is always the case, Athan has the worst of it. His body just does not fight off infection effectively. Our pediatrician met Ryan up at his office yesterday (yes on Christmas day), and gave Athan a pair of intramuscular injections because of the severity of his double-ear infection. They just walked out the door to go back up there and get another shot. Because of his low muscle tone, Athan doesn't cough effectively, so he's not clearing up much. He asked me to help him blow his nose about every 6 minutes last night from midnight to 4a. I suspect, with all that's going on, he has a fairly constant headache. He can't sleep, which delays healing and makes him unable to cope well emotionally.
Grammy Tammy is here to help! Yay! I've asked her to let us keep taking care of the kids so she doesn't get sick, too. She's restored some order tot he chaos of our house! She did dishes and cleaned out and organized my fridge. She gathered, sorted, laundered, and folded laundry. She jumped in and helped with Athan a bit when his 3-day-whine was more than Mom or Dad could take for a minute.
Also, our many thanks to the outpouring of food and prayers and offers to help. Thanks to Liz, Kathryn, and Melissa for bringing yummy food so we didn't have to cook or shop. Thanks to our kind neighbor Doris for driving me to the ER when I didn't feel safe driving myself, and for taking Morgan back home so she didn't have to hang out at the hospital. Thanks to Layne and Laurie for coming to get Morgan and spending the night with her in a hotel while Athan and I were in the ER, and Ryan was busy caring for us. And many thanks for all the prayers and kind words offered via Facebook, comments here, and texts. We are buoyed by your kindnesses, all.
