Sick, sick and sicker...

Yep, it is 4:00 a.m. EST and I cannot sleep. I have been up since 2:30 and don't think I fell asleep until midnight. I have an upper resp. infection and it has been a long time coming. Dale came down with something (we will leave it undiagnosed since he refused to go to the Dr) that resembled bronchitis on Christmas Day and so ensued the battle our family has been waging ever since. After a week, Ava ended up getting sick. She has been an extremely healthy child up until this point, we have been so lucky... little did I know that I was in for two weeks of hell for my little pumpkin. She woke up New Years Day not feeling well and by the following Monday I had her in the Dr. to find out she had a nasty sinus infection. After a week of antibiotics, she seemed much better. Took her in for her 1 week follow-up and that very night she started showing signs of being sick AGAIN! Two days later we are back in the doctor and she now has CROUP, requiring her to take steroids to reduce the inflammation. I was familiar with the CROUP because my friend Keirsten's daughter Olivia has had it quite often and it is miserable. Named for the awful bark-like cough I am guessing. It is awful and you feel so bad because you just want to help them breathe and stop the cough that literally chokes them. Well, now almost a week after that... Mom has finally succumbed to the BUG! UGH! At least I went to the Dr. and got a Z-Pack, hopefully I will be better soon! Gotta love winter and all the crud it brings!