My Week in Review!!!

Well where do I start? I guess last Friday is the best place. The boys were in Memphis with Momma and I got a call 1st thing Friday morning around 6 that Connor had right at 103 temp. I met my mom at the dr's office and found out that he had what we were pretty sure was a viral infection but she gave us an antibiotic just in case he continued to complain with this ears and throat. Well Saturday rolled around and he started coughing. By Saturday night the fever was still going up to 103 and his cough had turned to a croupy sound. We got literally maybe an hour of sleep 10 min at a time Saturday night. Momma kept the boys here while Josh and I went to church. When we got home from church, Connor wasn't much better and it only got worse Sunday night. I had already been about 48 hrs at that point on about 2 hrs or so of sleep. Needless to say that didn't change much. Sunday night was even worse. He got to a point he couldn't breathe and was panicking and I was VERY close to taking him to the ER. We gave him some cough meds and took him into the bathroom with the steam going and he seamed to calm down some. The fever stayed up pretty much all night. First thing Monday morning I took him to the dr and that is when she said she wanted to admit him into the hospital. He wasn't breathing well and the cough was terrible. He was dehydrating and just wasn't well at all. We went straight over there and they had to take blood which was AWEFUL b/c he got so upset that he got short of breath and couldn't breathe. They gave him a breathing treatment and put him in the Oxygen tent. He was so pitiful and crying. I was alone at the time so it was all I could do not to break down with him. Josh was still at work. He had to work half the day b/c others were out and I promised him we were ok. In retrospect I think I let on that I was better than I was. Anyway the nurses wouldn't even start his IV right then b/c he was so short of breath. Once he calmed down they finally came in and started it. My grandmother came to be with me until Josh got there so that was good. It was still all I could do not to break down. He was just lethargic and very pitiful that first day but then seemed to pep up later that evening. Tuesday was a lot better but they still wanted to keep him one more night just to be sure he was on the uphill. Then came the worst...his IV became infiltrated so they had to remove it and start another. This was even worse than the first time. Luckily Josh was there but by this time I was so exhausted and emotional that him screaming "Please Mommy no" just broke me and I was crying right along with him. And it doesn't help that he has my vains and they roll and blow. It took two sticks that time and it took FOREVER. By the time it was over he could barely breathe and was crying so hard that I couldn't take it! Once I had him moderately calmed down, I broke!!! I had to go to the bathroom until I got myself together. He continued to improve and I sent Josh home Tuesday night so he could work Wednesday. I stayed by myself Wednesday night and he got even better and we got to come home Wednesday afternoon.

Wednesday morning however they called me at the hospital and said Eli had 103 temp. Momma took him to the dr and he has the same thing...THE CROUP!!! We have made a home-made tent at home. Last night though his fever went up to 104 so I was up half the night trying to get it down. We are working on getting Eli better now b/c I don't think my emotions or my body can handle any more hospital stays. Hopefully he will be better after today! Well that has been my week in review. I am needless to say COMPLETELY exhausted and TOTALLY ready for our vacation in a couple of weeks. If we can get the kids completely well, we plan to go to Birmingham, AL and take the kids to the zoo and stay in a hotel. They are SO excited!!!