What a weekend!
Wednesday night after a few hours of frustration dealing with an unusually cranky baby - we I decided to contact AK's pediatrician to see if we could get a late sick appointment. After nearly an hour of not being able to get through on the phone lines we finally got in touch with the nurse and she questioned us on AK's symptom's and said she would call back after speaking with our doctor to let us know if we should come in that night or just wait until morning.
We ended up at the doctors office just after 6pm, 3 lab test later we discovered our precious baby girl had picked up a nasty virus known as RSV. While this virus has the potential to be quite dangerous for very little ones - it is not as bad as it sounds or seems. The best way I know how to describe my experience with this virus is to call it a "glorified cold". Imagine the wost sounding cough and congestion you can think of and then imagine that coming from tiny AK. On top of the RSV she also had a DOUBLE ear infection! And if all that were not enough she has been teething, and we could see a whole row of teeth starting to bulge in her bottom gums. Needless to say AK was not a happy camper. With RSV being so contagious we were told to stay home with her until the cough was not consistent and the runny nose was not constant - so here we are on Sunday still inside. I quickly came down with the exact same symptoms as my precious baby girl - which our pediatrician warned may happen. Matt had these symptoms close to 2 weeks earlier - so obviously we've been passing this around. Don't worry we are not going anywhere else until we get well - we want no one and I mean no one to get this junk. AK has been such a trooper through this whole thing - while there is no medicine to treat RSV she did get an antibiotic to help clear up the ear infection. We lifted the head of her mattress to help her drainage and allow her to breathe a little easier at night and I've added a regular size pillow to her crib to elevate her even more - She seems quite comfortable with her big girl pillow in her bed and it only proves more to me how fast she is growing!!
Speaking of growing up fast - my high school graduating class just celebrated our 10.5 year reunion this weekend. A Special BIG THANK YOU to my Mom for driving up so I could attend this even down in Dothan, AL yesterday.
For those of you that don't know my graduating class only had 15 people in it, so this was not your typical reunion. I would say close to half of us were in attendance for this cookout gathering. I wish I had a picture of the group to post today, but I don't - hopefully I can post it soon. We had the greatest time reminiscing about the "old" days. I haven't laughed that hard in a long time. I know that in the grand scheme of things 10 years is not a supper long time - but were really begin to feel "old" or should I say "older". It's really no surprise, but still overwhelming to know that we are all mostly married or getting married, and several of us have children. Its amazing have fast 10 years of your life can go by. While its been a whole decade it felt like it was just yesterday as we would start sentences with the phrase, "You remember that time..." It was as if our tight knit group never went 10 years without seeing each other. I am so grateful to my parents for putting me at Emmanuel Christian School all those years ago. Most people probably remember high school through the eyes of their clique, but not us - our entire class was the clique! It was so great to see everyone, meet their spouses, hear about their children and find out what everyone has been up to these last 10 years. I am proud to have grown up with such a great group of men and women!
Please keep AK and I in your prayers - we are staying in quarantine for 1 more day before we attempt to at least go back to my work and hopefully her school. We are getting a little stir crazy and would love to not have running noses and a yucky cough.
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