We have been going on almost 2 months of illnesses around here - normal for my DS2 as he has asthma and allergies, so the fall is brutal. Not normal for my DD6 who is the strongest and healthiest kid we know. DS has ear tubes, and was weaned off of his asthma meds this summer, but is back on to 1 puff per day. He also got his adenoids out in April and we have seen a huge improvement with both surgeries.
DD6 - Doc/hospital said DD6 caught a superbug virus that is going around our city big-time. Tested for mono, strep, and various other illnesses that all came back negative. No H1N1 or seasonal flu as she didn't cough and her chest x-ray was clear. She is almost back to normal, except her throat is still very swollen, and doc says this is from scarring due to a rough couple of months of swollen glands, minimal coughing due to postnasal drip, high fevers and 2 rounds of antibiotics that didn't work as she had a virus. Went to school yesterday for first time in 10 days (half day) and she did well. She is still tired, but is ok.
DS3 - Various illnesses such as hand/foot/mouth, high fevers 1x week or every other week, very bad colds, coughing and sore throat. Monday afternoon took to docs...again... and he said more than likely viral as well but took a throat swab that came back negative. Went home and by 11:30 that night, we were in emergency for 6 hours. They took him right away as his fever was holding steady at 105.2 for hours upon hours and would not go down with meds. Now, both of my kids spike very high fevers, very quickly and so we've been on the Tylenol/Motrin protocol for years, but it didn't work. Doc and nurses were worried, so they increased the dosage and put him on drip with fluids. This seemed to work as his fever came down and we left hospital at 6:00 am. No sleep for Mommy and Daddy for 24 hours...They took lots of bloodwork and most came back negative - I say most, as they are still waiting on some tests (have to grow the cultures). Said superbug virus more than likely as well...
Kept both kids home on Tuesday for rest. DS was doing well - eating, resting and playing, considering what he had been through that night. That afternoon, small temp of 101, and hospital said to give meds in order to see if it came down. It did, so we went outside for fresh air - he had a great time, came back in and temp was 102, so more meds and that was it. Had a great night's sleep for first time in 5 nights, and no fever yesterday for 24 hours. We thought we were out of the woods!
Fast forward to last night at 2:00 am, I checked his temp as he felt warmish, and it was 101.7! Oy! We left him for a bit, but then gave him meds at 5:00 as it was holding steady - it is now 99. My mom has taken day off of work and will be caring for him today at home. We thought he could go back to school today, considering yesterday, but no go...
We can't figure out what is wrong with him? We are now thinking a sinus cold as he has major drippage that is alternating between clear and green/yellow, and he now has a postnasal drip cough. Doc didn't want to give him antibiotics as he had them 3 weeks ago for his throat. We will call docs again today for the umpteenth time, and see what he says...
What do you all think? He has had moderate to high fevers of 101 - 105.2, on and off for at least 7 weeks now, with all of the above symptoms, plus sore eyes (I read this in some other threads on here as well) and very tired. He had a really good 8 days or so, and now this week, he's down, despite us keeping him away from his sister, fresh sheets/towels each day, no sharing cups, washed all toys, etc. Both kids have been in private school since 13 months, so their immune systems should be used to it by now. School doesn't have any major stuff going around anyway - just talked to both principals and his teacher last night.
What would you all suggest? DH and I are professionals who are missing work - we don't have much help as our parents are younger and work themselves, as do siblings. We are starting to get very frustrated with the whole situation as we are missing out on lots of stuff. We are most worried about the kids though, especially the baby as he is only 27 months, and has spent so much of it sick.
Tiger
DD6 - Doc/hospital said DD6 caught a superbug virus that is going around our city big-time. Tested for mono, strep, and various other illnesses that all came back negative. No H1N1 or seasonal flu as she didn't cough and her chest x-ray was clear. She is almost back to normal, except her throat is still very swollen, and doc says this is from scarring due to a rough couple of months of swollen glands, minimal coughing due to postnasal drip, high fevers and 2 rounds of antibiotics that didn't work as she had a virus. Went to school yesterday for first time in 10 days (half day) and she did well. She is still tired, but is ok.
DS3 - Various illnesses such as hand/foot/mouth, high fevers 1x week or every other week, very bad colds, coughing and sore throat. Monday afternoon took to docs...again... and he said more than likely viral as well but took a throat swab that came back negative. Went home and by 11:30 that night, we were in emergency for 6 hours. They took him right away as his fever was holding steady at 105.2 for hours upon hours and would not go down with meds. Now, both of my kids spike very high fevers, very quickly and so we've been on the Tylenol/Motrin protocol for years, but it didn't work. Doc and nurses were worried, so they increased the dosage and put him on drip with fluids. This seemed to work as his fever came down and we left hospital at 6:00 am. No sleep for Mommy and Daddy for 24 hours...They took lots of bloodwork and most came back negative - I say most, as they are still waiting on some tests (have to grow the cultures). Said superbug virus more than likely as well...
Kept both kids home on Tuesday for rest. DS was doing well - eating, resting and playing, considering what he had been through that night. That afternoon, small temp of 101, and hospital said to give meds in order to see if it came down. It did, so we went outside for fresh air - he had a great time, came back in and temp was 102, so more meds and that was it. Had a great night's sleep for first time in 5 nights, and no fever yesterday for 24 hours. We thought we were out of the woods!
Fast forward to last night at 2:00 am, I checked his temp as he felt warmish, and it was 101.7! Oy! We left him for a bit, but then gave him meds at 5:00 as it was holding steady - it is now 99. My mom has taken day off of work and will be caring for him today at home. We thought he could go back to school today, considering yesterday, but no go...
We can't figure out what is wrong with him? We are now thinking a sinus cold as he has major drippage that is alternating between clear and green/yellow, and he now has a postnasal drip cough. Doc didn't want to give him antibiotics as he had them 3 weeks ago for his throat. We will call docs again today for the umpteenth time, and see what he says...
What do you all think? He has had moderate to high fevers of 101 - 105.2, on and off for at least 7 weeks now, with all of the above symptoms, plus sore eyes (I read this in some other threads on here as well) and very tired. He had a really good 8 days or so, and now this week, he's down, despite us keeping him away from his sister, fresh sheets/towels each day, no sharing cups, washed all toys, etc. Both kids have been in private school since 13 months, so their immune systems should be used to it by now. School doesn't have any major stuff going around anyway - just talked to both principals and his teacher last night.
What would you all suggest? DH and I are professionals who are missing work - we don't have much help as our parents are younger and work themselves, as do siblings. We are starting to get very frustrated with the whole situation as we are missing out on lots of stuff. We are most worried about the kids though, especially the baby as he is only 27 months, and has spent so much of it sick.
Tiger
, and I feel the same way so here is a 
for me.
. I pulled my kids out of school for 6 days to go to Disney last month. Since we have been back they have missed several days of school. The first week we were back it was the H1N1 flu, then allergies and infections, stomach bugs and everything else. Just today I find out that my son has mono. 
I had my 16 year old at the dr yesterday, and he said that she has a sleep disorder. Now I'm thinking she may also have mono, but he didn't test her for it. 
