Ugh. Sinus infections took over our house for a couple weeks. I am happy to say that as of now, I can just about report a clean bill of health for the Cicci's...thankfully!
It all started a few weeks ago with Rudy. He was the first to come down with the sickness. He was waking up at night, coughing, crying, lots of gunk in his eyes, snot all over... a mess. The poor kid looked miserable. And to top it off, he was so dried out he started getting horrendous bloody noses. And I mean horrendous. We are talking blood like I've never seen before out of a nose. Of course he hates to have his nose or face wiped off, so trying to keep a kleenex to his nose was near impossible. Picture this... Me trying to keep a cloth next to his face, while he resists and runs around the living room, crying and screaming, throwing himself on furniture, whipping around...basically blood was all over. Rug, couch, Rudy's clothes, my clothes. Yuck. Then the next day he woke up from a nap with a bloody nose. I was at an appointment so John had to handle the masacre by himself. When I got home and saw his room, I would have guessed he lost a limb. His sheets were covered, clothes, John's clothes, his rug, the bathroom was a mess because he went straight to the tub... yuck, yuck, yuck. Not only were these bloody noses a mess, but huge blood clots were coming out. I was concerned part of his brain fell out (I may be exaggerating a tid bit, but it was so disgustingly huge). And John said there were several clots the next day, too. We let him sleep with us when he woke up in the middle of the night (which was usually around 11pm). Sleeping with a 2 year old shouldn't count as sleeping. Especially a sick one. Rudy wanted to lay on top of me. Either straight on top of me (so that when he lifted his head up to cough, it was directly in my face) or with his head on my stomach and his feet on his dad's. And very restless sleep, being sick and all. Poor guy. Oh and he refuses to have covers even touching him. He must be warm blooded because John and I were freezing! After a few nights of that, I took him to the doc and he was full of fluid. Everywhere. I had called about the bloody noses previously, but they didn't seem concerned and said to run a cool mist humidifier...between that and the antiobiotics, Rudy was finally getting some relief!
Sick boy on our way home from the doc
The same day I took Rudy to the doc, I took my car to the shop. It had been making some screaching noises whenever I pushed on the brake. Two hours and $800 later and my car was fixed! Sigh. I needed all new brakes, roters, pads (whatever the technical words are.. I needed the whole sha-bang). John was at work, so Gran was with me. She was nice enough to buy us lunch afterwards :)
Avery was showing similar symptoms, but not as bad as Rudy. We took her with when we went to the doctor, but she was ok enough to not get meds. But the doctor said if she got any worse to call and she would send over a prescription. Well poor girl got worse. In fact, she is now on her second round of antiobiotics, but they seem to be doing the trick. For several days, she was not her happy go-lucky self. She was clingy, whiny, crabby, hardley would crack a smile... it was pretty awful seeing my normally content, go-with-the-flow, happy girl looking and feeling so miserable.
Needless to say, John and I both ended up sick. I am on an antiobiotic now, but feeling much better and John is almost back to normal, too.
Plus side - we now have 2 cool mist humidifiers that also work as a small night light and a sound machine. And with the winter season approaching, I have a feeling they won't go unused! And speaking of winter season, it is comforting to know I have brand new brakes and parts when the winter weather comes.
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