2 down, 2 to go

There has been several posts floating in my head this past week or so that I've been meaning to write out, but I never got around to it. Partly because I've been dealing with some sick kiddos.

Nicholas woke up yesterday morning and I noticed one of his eyes was red. I suspected it was pink eye, but  prayed it wasn't. After talking it over with Rick, we decided to put some Visine drops in his eye and let him go to school.  By the time he came home, it was no better. I called his Dr's office trying to get him in, but they didn't have anything available until today. Hindsight, I should have just kept him home and called the Dr that morning. But isn't everything different in hindsight?

                                    

The Dr's office was quite eventful. While we were in the "sick" kids waiting room, there was a guy waiting with his son. The 2 boys were talking a little bit and starting to play together. That all changed when the guy asked what was going on with Nicholas's eye and I told him we suspected pink eye. Nicholas all of sudden became a leper. I can't say I blame him, I wouldn't want my kids exposed to something so contagious.

To top it off, when we got to the Dr's office I noticed Ben was a little warm. By the time we were called and got back to the room, he was burning up. Now I have 2 sick kids, but what better place to get sick than a Dr's office?

We ended up seeing a Nurse Practioner who said Nicholas definitely had pink eye. I told her he had also been complaining of a sore throat. After checking it out, she said it was quite red and wanted to run a test for strep. She said if it came back positive, we would have to check Ben in and test him. Thankfully, it came back negative. Though she did say there was still a chance it could be strep. We have to watch the boys for the next 72 hrs and if they weren't any better, we have to bring them back in.

When we got home Ben wanted to do nothing but sleep. I put him down and he was out for 3 hrs. He could have sleeped longer, but I wanted to get something in him considering he didn't eat lunch.

So at the moment both kids are sick and both Rick and I are ok. I'm praying we don't catch anything. Otherwise it's 2 down, 2 to go.