Well, Jack has croup. That barking, seal-like cough that works itself up whenever he begins to cry. Which, unfortunately, is a bit on the frequent side since he’s also cutting his first tooth. Bother. We were supposed to have his 9 month vaccinations this morning. Instead, we’ll be seeing the NP for a sick-baby visit… Read More Croup and Busy Days
I neglected to put up a 4 week post for Jack. I’m sorry, but I had a good reason – for 6 days I rarely saw the outside of this hospital room while Jack was sick with RSV and bronchiolitis… Jack and I were on one of the paediatrics wards at Starship Children’s Hospital from… Read More A Week in Starship Children’s Hospital
This is pretty much what my day consisted of: That’s a box crammed full of used tissues. Ick. I am so, so ready to be done with all of the germs floating around Auckland. It’s reaching the point where I want to quarantine my entire family just to have a week where none of us… Read More Self-Imposed Quarantine?
Joe’s still under the weather, poor guy :-/ I hate to say that there’s a “good side” to him being sick, but we’re certainly loving the extra cuddle time.
I had a “bad mama moment” today. I took Joe to boot camp, completely unaware that he had quite a high fever. He’d been fussy and not sleeping well, but then again he’d been like that for the past 2 days. I didn’t read much into it and decided to go ahead, catch the bus,… Read More Bad Mama Moment
Famous words from my mother: “If you feel sick, get out of bed!” The idea behind this line is that when you’re feeling sick, don’t lay around and think about it but get up and get moving. Obviously I’m not talking about the throwing-up-constantly-fever-of-100.2-can-barely-function type of illness, but those times when you just feel yucky… Read More If You Feel Sick, Get Out of Bed!
I’m sending out some “get well soon” wishes for my older brother, D. He’d been feeling ill for a few days and finally went to the local ER, where they ran some tests. Ultimately, they decided to keep him for 48 – 72 hours, depending on his progress and when he stabilizes. His wife, B,… Read More Get Well Wishes for my Older Brother
…that you didn’t have to deal with a sick dog this weekend. What a mess. I’ll spare you the details, but it was coming out both ends. Not fun. I’m used to dealing with bodily fluids because of being a nurse, but I’m not used to coming down the stairs in my own home and… Read More Be Very Grateful…
I just wanted to share with all of you my distaste for the common cold. It keeps you up at night, makes you all stuffy, blocks your ears up, and you have a constant run of fluid coming out your nose and down the back of your throat. Yep – I have a cold. I’m… Read More The Common Cold
