On Monday and Tuesday night Lillie had really high fevers. Tuesday night at midnight Lillie woke up with a sad cry. We took her temp to find out she was sporting a 103 degree fever! We called our advice nurse, who said to bring her into the doctor in the morning.
Jack had an appointment to be circumcised the next day, so we just doubled up the appointments. It was a horrible day! Jack was circumcised, the doctor told us Lillie had the swine flu AND pink eye in both eyes, we found out Jack's billiruben levels went back up to 17.9 (they were 14.4 on Monday) and I came down hard with the flu that night.
Anyway, it's Friday now and we've just been on the 'survive' mode. Lillie's flu is considerably better. She's on day 4 or 5 and her symptoms should be lessening. Mine, however, is peaking! I've had chills all day, uncontrollable shaking, a high fever, a sore throat, a little bit of coughing, and extreme fatigue. Dustin came down with it this morning, after taking every possible supplement and washing his hands every 10 minutes in pursuit of dodging it. Poor guy.
Jack's been to the doctor 4 times this week. His poor little feet have been pricked so many times! The doctors think that his billi levels went up because of a condition called "breastfeeding induced jaundice." It's where my breast milk apparently has too many amino acids for his little liver to break down. I've had to stop nursing for the past 1 1/2 days and supplement him with formula. It's apparently suppose to make his billiruben level plummet. I'll go back to nursing tomorrow and supposedly his levels will stay low. If they go back up, then it's something more serious, like an infection or disorder. The good news is that he's been in a completely different room than the rest of us, and my mother-in-law (bless her heart) has been feeding him today since Dustin came down with the swine flu also. He's as healthy as can be (well, besides the jaundice thing).
We were suppose to be moving this weekend, but that's obviously been postponed. Dustin's company is still deciding between Homestead, FL (south of Miami) or that office job in San Diego. At this point, I don't have an opinion about where we go. I just know that everything will work out.
... and hopefully we'll look back on this week one day and laugh! Then we'll know we can make it through ANYTHING life throws at us.
7 comments:
You poor thing! What an awful week! My kids have had fevers all week too and Jayne has developed a croupy cough. We're headed to the doctor today. No fun!
I'm keeping you guys in my prayers. Hang in there and keep that good attitude!
That sounds so horrible! I wish we could do something to help. Thank heavens for Milan and Julie! I do have some frozen BBQ pulled pork for you guys but I don't know if you'll be able to use it, so just let me know. Let us know if there is ANYTHING that we can do to help!
I wish I could be there to help you guys out! I could at least hold baby Jack or play with Lillie. Hang in there!
Oh my goodness!!! That sounds terrible, I'm so sorry you all have the flu. Good luck, you'll feel better soon. Keep us posted on little Jack.
if having a new baby isn't already hard enough! just think how easy things will feel when you're all better! Jack sure is a cute baby.
I really hope things get better for you guys soon! I am so sorry you are dealing with all of this right now!
You guys already are making it through EVERYTHING that is thrown at you! I don't think I could make it quite as well. Tyson would have to drag me ha ha. I'm so glad you're all feeling better!
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