Sometimes it's not Plan A but Plan B, Plan C or even in our case more like Plan D. We were supposed to leave for FL and our Thanksgiving holiday last Friday. But after Kenley's pink eye on Monday/Tuesday, I got sick and stayed home Wed afternoon/Thursday and then Clay got sick Thursday/Friday. I stayed home Friday too since it was already off and the rest was nice. I went to Urgent care on Wed night but was sent home with the "it's just viral" diagnosis and told to let it run it's course. So Clay was on the same track.
So evenutally we loaded up and headed south on Saturday morn and it was a great day of travelling. We made it out of the house by 8:30 which was only 30 min later than anticipated. Kenley did great in the car and happily played, talked, sang, slept, and watched things zoom by. We stayed in a very nice Holiday Inn Express somewhere in Alabama and had a very restful night. Clay and I were feeling a little down still but doing better for the most part. However Sunday was a different story. Kenley ran a fever starting Sunday around lunch and it was a LONG drive the rest of the way to A. Val's. When we got there we took her temp officially and it was 104F. She was a burning bug! We called the dr on call (as it was a Sunday) and were advised to go to the ER to find the root cause of the temp. After a few hours at the local pediatric ER we were sent home with an ear infection and a round of amoxicillin. Pumping Tylenol and Ibprofren in every 3 hours we were able to break the fever in a little over 24 hours. LONG LONG 24 hours!!! She was so clingy and so fussy but aren't we all when we don't feel good?
Monday was a blur since Kenley was sick. Tuesday we went to a nice lunch at the Fisherman's Wharf (the fun post to come later with pictures) but I started feeling even worse. My throat was raw and swollen. It felt like cotton balls were blocking the way and my right ear was starting to hurt. I didn't want an ear infection so Tue afternoon after some searching online, I found an urgent care clinic considered to be "in-network" for our insurance and spent about 2 hours waiting and seeing the dr. They were nice and diagnosed me with an upper respiratory infection and pharyngitis (which is just a nice way to say a really PISSED OFF throat) They gave me a steroid shot to help the swelling and an antibiotic shot and instructions not to nurse for 24 hours (which worried me as the only thing we could get Kenley to drink when sick was to nurse but I was sick of being sick so I went for it). I was feeling better within a few hours. I felt good all day today but I'm starting to get that feeling again so I'm busting into my new antibiotic and thus not nursing for the next 5 days. (Sounds like a good time to quit in my book! Wish me luck.. I don't want any clogged pipes.)
Then to add to all of this nonsense, Clay started feeling worse yesterday and last night it got even worse too. So today, he headed to the urgent care place and came home with antibiotics and cough syrup. Boy aren't we a healthy bunch.
SO all in all, after a day delay, a trip to the ER, and two trips to an urgent care, the Brockmans have 4 prescriptions, had 2 shots, and I met my health care deductible for 2011 already. FUN FUN FUN!
Stay tuned for the "fun" post with the pictures and stories of the visit in FL thus far.
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