What A Week!

I'm not going to lie . . . this week has been rough! We have had rough weeks since having two little ones, but this week topped them all. It all started last Friday.

Lily woke up with a fever of 102.2, but had no symptoms - no coughing, runny nose, pulling at ear, etc. We took her to the doctor and found out she had an ear infection and strep. By Friday evening, her fever was down to 99 and she was acting like she felt fine. 

On Saturday afternoon, she started breaking out with these tiny red spots all over her body. You can kind of see them on her arm in the picture above. She didn't scratch them or act like they bothered her, so (after searching online) we decided she had Roseola.  On Sunday, Jacob and I took turns going to church so we could keep the kids home. 

We put calamine lotion on the rash we thought was poison ivy and put the socks on to keep him from eating the lotion.

We had plans to go eat lunch with Jacob's family and supper with my family on Memorial Day. Everyone was feeling/acting fine and we thought we were in the clear from the sickness since Lily had been fever free for 48 hours and Levi hadn't come down with anything.

Near the end of our time with Jacob's family I started feeling kind of bad. By the time we got home, Levi and I both had fevers. I felt so bad I could hardly move! Both kids went down for naps, so I lay down too. We slept about 2 hours! I felt great after the nap and both of our fevers had gone down.

My family said to come on and visit with them because all of them had already been sick/exposed the week before. So we went and the kids played the the sprinkler and went to the barn to see the animals. After a little while I started feeling really bad again. I had no appetite and just felt awful. We came home and I crashed.

Tuesday I was sick, so so sick. Thankfully Jacob was home to help with the kids! I was feeling much better by Tuesday night.

In the meantime, Levi started getting the same kind of rash as Lily, but he also had a different kind of rash on his arms and hands (you can kind of see it in the picture). The different rash was like fluid filled bumps. At first we thought it was poison ivy because after I got some of the fluid on me, I started breaking out on my hands and feet. I was so confused how I got it on my feet! I noticed Levi had it on his feet too.

On Thursday, we headed to the doctor. Turns out it wasn't poison ivy, but Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease. Who knew?! After examining Lily, we found the same bumps on her hands and feet. The pediatrician thinks Levi picked it up from Children's Hospital when he had his surgery, but who knows.

Praise the Lord we are all on the mend now, and Jacob hasn't come down with any of it. . .yet! I've been pumping him full of vitamin C, garlic, and vitamin D!

I think the worst part about all the sickness is that we haven't seen our families very much! It's been really hard.

We have made a lot of memories as our little family though! We've spent a lot of time playing in the kiddie pool, one night we grilled pizza, we put the kids in the bike trailer/jogging stroller and went for a walk, we've read a lot of books and had tons of snuggle time!

Strep, Roseola, and Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease all in a week's time! Crazy. So thankful for His sufficient grace this week!

I'll be home with the kids again tomorrow, but I'm hoping to tune in to some live webcast services on Sermonaudio.com. Hope y'all have a great Lord's Day!