A Simple Life: The good, the bad and the ugly

July 26, 2014

The good, the bad and the ugly

The good news is, Alison is growing like a weed and lost her second top tooth at the pool today!

The bad news is, we've been battling hand, foot and mouth for over a week. Last week, Eli had a fever and a sore throat. I took him to the doctor and she said hand, foot and mouth is going around like crazy. About the time Eli got better, Colin got it really bad. He never ran a fever like Eli did, but his entire body was covered in sores...like even sores on his ears, nose, back of his knees and bottom. He was in so much pain he didn't eat or sleep much for 2 days. It was terrible. I also took him to the doctor to make sure he didn't have strep or an ear infection along with the virus. We were there early in the morning and the doctor said Colin was his 4th patient that morning with hand, foot and mouth. Colin didn't want anything on his body and would only eat ice cream (and yes, there is a bike in my dining room because it was the only thing that kept him happy):

Just when I thought I could see the light of everyone being healthy, Alison woke up with a slight fever and complained that her neck hurt. I've been reading a lot about hand, foot and mouth this week and had read an article that said viral meningitis can come from the disease. When her neck pain didn't go away after some motrin and ice, we took her to the ER. Thankfully we were able to see a doctor fairly quickly who was confident that she did not have meningitis. He clearly has treated it before and knew exactly what he was looking for and dealing with. He said she must have just pulled a muscle but told us to come back right away if she got really sick. She didn't and has seemed fine since then, but her neck is still bothering her.

Praise the Lord, everyone is healthy today! Colin looks a little less like a leaper and his smile has returned to his beautiful face.