Beware of the Plague!

We have been sick for almost a month now! One person starts feeling better just as another one starts coughing again!
Tyler first said he wasn't feeling well the Monday before Valentines's Day and wanted to stay home from school, but me being a mean mom, gave him some ibuprofen, and triaminic and sent him to school (I told him if he didn't feel better by lunch, he could come home. When he asked his teacher after lunch if he could go home, she told him no 'cause he was running around fine at PE! Glad Mrs Geisler thinks like I do!).

Anyway, by that night he had a fever and a sore throat and fell asleep early on the couch. I sent his teacher an email the next morning telling her he was sick and she told me 2 other kids in their class had strep and one of them sat behind Tyler - Great! So I took him to the Dr, just sure it was strep, but no, she called it the paraflu virus, basically a really bad cold with laryngitis, and just to rest and drink fluids, etc and he could return to school once the fever was gone. I Hate taking the kids to the dr when they say just rest and drink fruids, what a waste if a time and a co-pay! Oh, and by the way, try not to let the baby get it, 'cause it could be really bad RSV for him! Ya, Thanks!

Well sure enough, we all got sick on our Disneyland trip. The rest of it goes away pretty quick, but we just can't shake the cough, which is wonderful at night! This is Brayden's first cold, so he doesn't know what to think! I've spent countless nights with him in the recliner so he could be upright and both of us could get some kind of sleep! I finally took him to the Dr yesterday, and he has his first ear infection and thrush (which is lovely for me too). To top it all off, they no longer recommend giving children under 2 cold medicine, so they no longer sell it for infants! So we both just get to be miserable until it goes away!