Apparently the "Bug" isn't through with us yet! Abby has come down with strep. The hope is it doesn't make the rounds through the house. She is feeling okay, other than a sore throat and swollen tonsils, which are making it hard for her to swallow. She has no fever so she isn't feeling very sick. We kept her home from church last night as we don't need to infect the rest of of our friends! Saturday will be day four on antibiotics so Nathalie's birthday party wil be unaffected.
Abby's goat, Dunkin, is now four days overdue. Dunkin's mother always went four days overdue, so we are anticipating that today is the day. Lucy is due tomorrow and she has always gone two days overdue in the past. We are figuring for a Sunday delivery.
Tomorrow is my day off at the daycare center. I will be going there in the morning and bringing baby chicks, grown chickens, an empty bee hive, and some baby goats. All week we have been doing "farm" activities in preparation. I am hoping the weather gets warm so we can do most of it outside!
Showing posts with label bug. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bug. Show all posts
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Monday, February 16, 2009
Monday, February 9, 2009
The Final Tally
Total family tallies from THE bug:
2 kids on antibiotics
1 severe case of tonsilitis
6 infected ears
5 ruptured ear drums
4 days of school missed
24 children's ibuprofin chewables
20 tylenol meltaways
8 dayquil gelcaps
3 sick visit co-pays
10 hours of lost wages
1 trip to school to pick up sick kids
highest fever: 103.2
most days with a fever above 100 degrees: 3
5 hours of movies watched
2 puzzles completed
15 books read
3 boxes of tissues (before we switched to just using toilet paper rolls!)
AND Hannah never got sick!!! We've decided to sell her immune system to Pfizer and make millions of dollars!
2 kids on antibiotics
1 severe case of tonsilitis
6 infected ears
5 ruptured ear drums
4 days of school missed
24 children's ibuprofin chewables
20 tylenol meltaways
8 dayquil gelcaps
3 sick visit co-pays
10 hours of lost wages
1 trip to school to pick up sick kids
highest fever: 103.2
most days with a fever above 100 degrees: 3
5 hours of movies watched
2 puzzles completed
15 books read
3 boxes of tissues (before we switched to just using toilet paper rolls!)
AND Hannah never got sick!!! We've decided to sell her immune system to Pfizer and make millions of dollars!
Thursday, February 5, 2009
4H and THE Bug
Sam was hired for the 4H position! He starts officially on February 13th. In true 4H fashion, they have told him to expect it to take up to six weeks for his first paycheck and the other items necessary for the job (laptop, keys, promotion materials). It looks like it is going to be a very fun position. One of the objectives is to create and "After-school" 4H club at the Dolphin Center. Sam is looking forward to it because these clubs will be centered around projects that (for the most part) don't involve animals. He will be promoting 4H's new initiative: Science, Engineering, and Technology (a.k.a. SET).
Rachel and Samantha are over their fevers but are still hanging on to their coughs. Sam checked Nathalie thsi morning and announced he's 99.9% sure she has strep. So somehow between two dentist appointments at 9:30 and 10:00, dropping off paperwork at the 4H office, buying bread (cause the last loaf which I opened this morning was moldy!!!), and work at 1:00, I'll need to squeeze in a run to East Lyme with her.
Hannah and I are the only ones who haven't been sick. Sam is hacking but no fever, and Abby is very stuffed up and coughing, but no fever. Whatever this thing is, it is nasty! The day care was really quiet with a lot of kids out because they or their parents are sick.
Rachel and Samantha are over their fevers but are still hanging on to their coughs. Sam checked Nathalie thsi morning and announced he's 99.9% sure she has strep. So somehow between two dentist appointments at 9:30 and 10:00, dropping off paperwork at the 4H office, buying bread (cause the last loaf which I opened this morning was moldy!!!), and work at 1:00, I'll need to squeeze in a run to East Lyme with her.
Hannah and I are the only ones who haven't been sick. Sam is hacking but no fever, and Abby is very stuffed up and coughing, but no fever. Whatever this thing is, it is nasty! The day care was really quiet with a lot of kids out because they or their parents are sick.
Monday, February 2, 2009
THE Bug
We've got the BUG. Rachel started on Sunday morning. She was complaining of having a headache after breakfast so we gave her some tylenol and went on with our morning routine. About 20 minutes before we had to leave for church she threw up. Everywhere. Not a spot between her room and the bathroom did she miss. So we took her temperature: 102.7. Guess she wasn't being melodramatic!
So I stayed home with her and cleaned up the mess, while Sam took the other girls to church. Rachel slept the whole time. After lunch Sam stayed home with Rachel while I went with the other girls to my Dad's birthday party.
About an hour into the party I notice that samantha is being unusually quiet. I quietly feel her forehead and she is quite warm. When we got back home, her temp was a toasty 102.
Sam and I start trying to figure out how we are both going to go to work in the morning, as he can't call in sick and it is too late in the evening for me to try and find someone to fill in for me. It is decided that when I get to work I will start looking for a replacement. Thankfully my boss was understanding and flexible enough to change her plans for her day off and fill in for me. So I am home and both girls still have fevers of 101. Hopefully it will break soon!
So I stayed home with her and cleaned up the mess, while Sam took the other girls to church. Rachel slept the whole time. After lunch Sam stayed home with Rachel while I went with the other girls to my Dad's birthday party.
About an hour into the party I notice that samantha is being unusually quiet. I quietly feel her forehead and she is quite warm. When we got back home, her temp was a toasty 102.
Sam and I start trying to figure out how we are both going to go to work in the morning, as he can't call in sick and it is too late in the evening for me to try and find someone to fill in for me. It is decided that when I get to work I will start looking for a replacement. Thankfully my boss was understanding and flexible enough to change her plans for her day off and fill in for me. So I am home and both girls still have fevers of 101. Hopefully it will break soon!
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