Kayzee celebrated the 100th day of school with a dress up party. Here is what she picked to wear...
Memphis had his wax museum presentation. He had been working on this project for awhile. Parents were invited to walk around the classroom and push the red buttons and the students frozen as wax museum figures based on the famous person they chose came to life and shared a little about their famous figure. It was so fun. Memphis was Thomas Alva Edison and he did so awesome!
A not so Happy Valentine's Day for us this year. At the end of January me and Danny decided to separate (that's the crying part mentioned above). He left January 23rd and it's been a hard adjustment for everyone. Memphis cheered me up by bringing me home a rose. So lucky to have this Valentine in my life right now. Love this sweet boy of mine.
The day before Valentine's day Kayzee got a really high fever and she said her throat hurt really bad. I thought it was strep so I took her to the doctor. Nope. Turns out she had the horrible flu going around. NOOOOOO. The doctor said me and Memphis would get it for sure so just plan on being home the next two weeks. When I heard that I just cried inside. The kids only ended up missing a week of school each but I missed two. It's really hard missing school when you are a teacher. But I am grateful I was able to find subs the whole time and that I didn't get the flu as bad as my kids so I could still take care of them because they were so miserable. Kayzee missed her class's Valentine's Day party she was so sad. She kept saying it wasn't fair because she also missed Thanksgiving being sick. I don't blame her for being so sad. I love this beautiful girl of mine.
We all snuggled up in my bed for the two weeks. We didn't get much sleep between the fevers, sore throats, and nasty coughs.
Then the flu got scary. All 3 of us ended up in the bathroom at 4am because we all couldn't breathe. The only thing that seemed to help was a very steamy bathroom. I kept praying that we would get better but we just kept getting worse. The dr had prescribed Tamiflu and it was supposed to shorten the flu and lessen symptoms if you caught it early enough but apparently it's hard to find in fluid form for kids. I went to a lot of pharmacies before I found some and it was $60 each!!!
Eventually Kayzee got better which was a relief. She cried for 4 days straight she was so miserable. Her throat hurt the worst. But Memphis only got worse. One night at 3am he couldn't breathe at all and it scared me so much I rushed him to the emergency room. The doctor and nurses there said I did the right thing because he was in really bad shape. As soon as we walked in they could hear him struggling to breathe and rushed him back to a room. They ran a bunch of tests and took some x-rays. Gave him some breathing treatments and an IV of fluids and a steroid to open up his airway. Memphis was so brave and didn't cry at all even when they were putting in the IV.
So miserable poor guy. Tests came back and they diagnosed him with quite a concoction of illnesses. Flu, croup (crazy at his age), bronchitis, and pneumonia. He was still on Tamiflu but he also got a steroid, an antibiotic, and an inhaler to help him kick all the sickness going on in his body.
I seemed to kick the flu but then I got a horrible sinus infection. It was horribly painful so I got to the dr and got an antibiotic and a nasal spray. Whew! Can we just be done with sickness for awhile?
Through all this and trying to take care of everything while being sick we have been so blessed with wonderful friends, neighbors, and ward members helping us out. All of their small acts of service were such a blessing and I am so grateful for everyone who came rushing in to help. We had bags of groceries brought to our door. So many dinner meals and enough for leftovers for lunches that I didn't have to make anything the whole time we were really sick. We had men in our ward come give all of us a priesthood blessing. Some women cleaned my kitchen and some took home our dirty clothes and did laundry. Like I said...BLESSED! There are so many wonderful people in my life it makes the hard times easier. Now I just need to pay it forward!
Memphis had his last Basketball game of this season. He didn't get to play in the last game because he was still on all his medications and had no energy or breath to play but I am so proud of how much he improved over the two months. He said he had so much fun and wants to play again next year. Way to go Memphis!
March so far has been a little bit better. Can't wait for warmer spring weather and spring break!
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