Hello Blog followers!
I'm sorry I haven't written in a while, but it seems to be that time of year where sickness has hit our house. For approximately over a month, Lily and Violet have both been down with colds that are not only creating runny noses and bad moods, but also they literally have SNOT coming out of their eyes since their congestion is backed up in their sinuses. I know... gross... sorry for the info.
On Sunday I started with a sore throat that progressively got worse as the day went on. By Monday morning not only did my throat hurt, but my ears hurt horrendously! I waited out going to the doctor on Monday thinking that maybe this weather was the cause and I was having an allergy attack. By Tuesday morning I really needed to get to the doctor. I waited over an hour to get in to see the doctor, (when I had an appointment at 10:15- and didn't get in until 11:30)for him to tell me that I had Strep Throat, and both of my ears were infected. I was given a prescription decongestant and a Z pak.
It's now Friday and my ears STILl hurt. I've been taking pain killers for them, but I think it might be time to call back the doctor and demand drops or something. I forgot how bad ear pain can be. I haven't had pain like this since I was like 12 years old. I have a new found compassion for my kids when they have ear infections. I was literally up last night from 2am-6am with a wide awake Violet and a throbbing left ear. I didn't even realize that I was crying from the pain until I was rocking Violet and felt all of these tears on my face. I know... woah is me... :-)
Chris is now sick, which just kind of amuses me. Men are such babies when they are sick. The world must STOP when they don't feel good. In his defense, he let me sleep this morning until 8:15 and got up to feed Violet. It was nice to sleep at least an hour last night. He visits the doctor today and hopefully they give him a strong antibiotic.
God bless doctors. They truly make a difference in people's lives. My SIL is a radiologist and although I don't have to see a radiologist as a primary, imagine where the world would be if we didn't have trained professionals reading our MRI's and X-rays for us? When I was being seen by a neurologist for my migraines and he was having me take all of those brain scans, I found out that a girl I went to high school with's dad was a radiologist at the center where I had my Brain Scans done. I put in a call to her and she assured me that her father would be the one to read my MRI's and let me know what was up. It was nice to feel like Doctors are people... not just DOCTORS.
I've had a lot of bad experiences with Doctors as well....but I would like to think that my good experiences out-weigh those bad instances. I love my OB- he's the typical hottie old man and he's very gentle-which is kind of essential as an OB. I also love that he's a DO and therefor is trained to treat the person as a WHOLE and not as a symptom that needs to be treated. He also told me with my last baby that when someone told me I was looking overly big being pregnant that I should tell them to "shut up, my Dr. says I'm fine!" LOVE HIM! If anybody needs the name of a fabulous OB/GYN in the Philly area, let me know!
I hope you are all healthy out there! Keep washing your hands. If you need a great exfoliation treatment for your hands because like me, you wash them so much let me know! Satin Hands is awesome!!! (and I just happen to know this fabulous Mary Kay consultant!)
Remember gang! At least it isn't you!! (seriously... my ears are killing me!)
Amanda
I feel bad that you are still in pain, Manda. I have only had one ear infection in my life and I very clearly remember it. It was sixth grade and I had to wait in the principal's office for my Mom to pick me up to go to the doctor and the Principal, Mr. Trustman, was very scary! He had a glass eye and never spoke a word but he did tell me "Sorry your are sick, Miss.
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