I Want the Sickies to Leave Our House!

Greg and I are both sick now. Seems like it's been non stop for about a month. Ana started with her first bout with wheezing three or four weeks ago which resulted in her being prescribed Pulmicort, an inhaled corticosteroid. We had a heck of a time getting her to take that medication, and she improved in a day so we were wondering if it was indeed necessary at all so we stopped it until we were to have an appointment with her regular doctor. Somewhere after that, Ian had a cough and sore throat for few days, but nothing major. Then Ana had a pretty bad bout of diarrhea (yeah, Milo had it too, at the same time, arrgh!), followed by Ian who again got past it pretty quickly (that kid has some immune system, thank goodness!). Before we could get back to the doctor to discuss Ana's medications, she started with a runny nose and minor cough that very quickly progressed into this latest bout that landed us in the ER the other night. We had to follow up with her doctor's office yesterday only to find out that on top of her breathing issues, she had a full on ear infection as well. So this poor little girl is taking quite a laundry list of medications, and isn't afraid to tell us exactly what she thinks of it! We have to fight her every step of the way, which is nebulizer treatments 6-8 times a day, amoxicillin twice a day, and prednisone twice a day...not to mention the random sprinkling of Motrin or Tylenol for achies, fevers, and ferocious teething! So when I woke up this morning with pretty much no voice, I was more than a little grumpy! On top of feeling icky, we were going to celebrate my birthday with our families tonight and I didn't want to take the chance of getting the baby sick, so I turned them away when they got here and we decided to do it at another date. Anyways, my mum and dad and Greg's mum ended up coming over for tacos anyways, and they gave me some lovely presents; an mp3 player from Greg, Ian and Ana, a yogurt maker from Greg's mum and brother (I've wanted one for so long!), and a craft table to help set up my craft room (ready for crafting dates ladies?!). Thanks for coming over guys, I hope we didn't infect you! And thank you for the wonderful gifts, I am so excited! Hopefully we will have all recovered by Thanksgiving so I can pour the kisses on my nephew again! Before I end for the night, I just wanted to also send thoughts out to my sister, her husband Mike and his family who are in Michigan right now for Mike's uncle's funeral. We've been thinking about you, and love you guys so much.