Family Tradition Part II

Last time I wrote I informed you of our marathon of illnesses over the last eight weeks and the marathon hasn't ended. As I said in the previous post, N had the stomach flu Sunday and Monday and L had it Wednesday. Well, D kept things going by being down for the count with the tummy bug Friday and part of Saturday. I know when a bug is bad when D is wiped out on the couch and does not eat much. He did, however drink his Diet Dew (ick!), so he wasn't completely deprived.

Friday night we had tickets to attend a Christmas event featuring Santa and a train ride at a local state park. This would be our third year attending the event, but Daddy was too sick to go. We called Grammy and asked her if she wanted to go. I knew I'd have to twist her arm pretty hard (ha, ha), but was able to talk her into it. :)  We had nice, warm-ish weather and the rain that was in the forecast held off. It was a wonderful night....However, I do believe N picked up another bug while we were there. I don't know if got him at the cookie decorating table, craft table or the pool of fake snow, but it got him. And it got him good as he went to bed with a cough and runny nose. The next morning he woke up with rosie red cheeks and a fever of 103.5. Eek! I suspected he'd be bitten by the strep bug that's going around, but needed to confirm that. I wasn't able to get him into his pediatrician on Monday (they've been inundated with illnesses) so we went to  a prompt care and my suspicions were quickly confirmed with a strep test. This was my first go around with Strep. N missed school Monday through Wednesday of this week. His strep has gotten better and his fever is gone (thank goodness), but his cough has gotten worse. It seems to be aggervated by cold air and physical activity. So we'll see how that goes..Anyway...I continue to disinfect when I can and hope L doesn't come down with anything!