Well, as promised six months ago, here is the continued story of our 2012 sickness battles.
Instead of breaking it down by family member or month, I think I will just do an overview, since so much time has passed. That way I can move on to more updated info. :)
So, there was more time spent in 2012 with a member of our family sick than not. No, that isn't an exaggeration. I was looking back through facebook posts, and man!, were we ever sick a lot! Looking back, there were literally only two months that I didn't post about someone being ill. And, that's not including the day to day stuff, like sinus/allergy stuffies, that we are ALWAYS dealing with!
There were two major issues, though, that need to be mentioned. Both of the youngest kiddos were hospitalized last year. Each for about a week at Children's hospital in OKC.
Beth's visit was in the first of May. She had been stuffy over the weekend, and I took her in to see our doctor on Monday. She was immediately admitted into Weatherford Regional, then medi-flighted to Children's. It was the scariest time of my life! She was put in NICU and kept there for three days, then transferred to a regular room for 4 more days. The cause of all this drama? A respiratory infection and resp virus.
Then, 5 short months later, we went through the exact same thing with Zack. Luckily he wasn't as critical, and we got to avoid ICU. But, he was in Children's for 6 days, for exactly the same infection and virus.
Those were our exiting sicknesses. Everything before, in between, and after was much calmer. Several ear infections, strep several times, and many fevers, stomach bugs, and tons of sinus/allergy junk.
So far, this year has been a little calmer. But, more on that in a future post.
