Sickness Here

This is how are Friday ended...I was called to come get Reagan a little early from after-school because she had gotten sick.  She spent the entire night quarantined on the couch.

so pitiful

Sick Day

Cooper got up this morning saying his belly hurt.  He didn't eat breakfast, but I wasn't too worried because he would have finished his morning snack and lunch at school by 11am.  School starts at 7:45am, but by 8:10am, school had called saying he needed to be picked up - he was sick...his belly hurt and felt like he was going to throw up.  When I picked him up, the school secretary said he was the 5th child to go home already that morning.

best part of being sick, getting to watch cartoons

he also took a 3.5 hour nap.

Cooper did get sick a couple of times today, but we're hoping it's just a 24-hour bug.



Hot Blooded

Well, He's hot blooded, check it and see.  He's got a fever of 103.  Come on baby do you do more than dance?  He's hot blooded, hot blooded!!

 

Just a little flash back for you!!!  Yesterday before dinner, Cooper came down with a fever of 103.3, he was playing as usual, but that meant no school today.  So he and I had a stay home in your pjs day!

caught on the couch!

when he heard me take his picture, he said he wanted to smile!

Since his fever didn't break until after lunch, there will be no school for him Friday either!!!

Sick Boy

After lunch today, Cooper came home and said he didn't feel so well.  He actually asked to go to bed at 6pm ~ I knew he must be sick!

sweet, sleeping boy

 Reagan wrote Cooper a get-well card.  She has such a big heart.  She may work for Hallmark one day!

Sick Day "#5"

I stayed home with a sick little girl today.  Her temperature was 102 all day yesterday, and she woke up this morning with a fever of over 100.  So, she didn't get to go to camp today.

this is how she spent all day Sunday and most of the day today

at lunch (the first she'd eaten since Saturday ~ and she only ate 1/2 a biscuit at that), Reagan lost her 5th tooth!  (her eyes look so pitiful)

her new smile

She finally go to feeling better and is ready to go to science camp tomorrow.  But for tonight, she's waiting on the Tooth Fairy!

Friday Fun (or Not!)

Tonight was the Fall Festival at Cooper's school. We went shopping for costumes last week and when looking at all the choices, Cooper had a hard time deciding what he wanted to be. He first wanted to be a butterfly ~ no, that's not going to work. "I be a ladybug mommy?" No, that's not going to work either! Then he went back and forth between the butterfly and the ladybug a few more times before settling on something a little more masculine...

...a race car driver!

He is just so precious!
the costume came with a hat to match, but Cooper decided he liked his Crazy Crab hat much better!

I think he really likes this costume! A camera was sent with daddy to the festival, but there were no pictures taken...

Where was Reagan during all this excitement? She had picked out her costume last week too, but she spent the evening at Urgent Care

She didn't act like she felt well before school today, but said she wanted to go anyway. I told her to have Ms A call me if she didn't feel well, but I didn't get a call from school. Once she got to the after school program, Ms K called and said Reagan didn't look good,she wasn't playing, wouldn't eat her snack, and said she "just wanted mamma"

Reagan had a 103.8 degree fever and was diagnosed with Strep. She has just been blah all evening. Bless her heart, she looks so pitiful. I wish it were me instead of her.

The doctor gave her an antibiotic and said she should be feeling better in about 48 hours! I hope so, I can't stand to see her looking and feeling like this.

Swine Flu ~ Day 4

Today, was day four of the Sandidge Infirmary. The kids were feeling better, I was tired of cartoons and we needed to do something different. So, we broke out the paints and play doh. And, aside from Cooper eating a little of each, I think they had a good time.

Flu Pharmacy

Here are the medicines that the kids have been on this week trying to rid themselves of the flu.

Thankfully, it seems to be working and Reagan & Cooper are feeling much better and their fevers broke (hopefully for good this time) this morning. Still have to stay home one more day from school, but I'm hoping they'll be good to go for the fall festival at school tomorrow night.

So Much For That

Well, I thought we were on the mend. Cooper went to school today and Reagan seemed to be feeling better. Then, school called ~ Cooper had a fever of 101 and needed to be picked up. I checked Reagan's temperature and it read 101.4. When we got home Cooper took a 3 1/2 hour nap and Reagan took about a 2 hour nap.

Hopefully, tomorrow will be the day that we turn the corner!

Resting Comfortably

After day spent recuperating at home, Reagan still had a fever of 101 at bedtime. She looks much better than she did at this time yesterday, but she is still not herself. When Cooper got home from school, he wanted to be right by her side ~ literally ~ all night.

And nothing makes a boy happier than talking to his daddy on the phone! Reagan and I will spend another day together at home tomorrow and hopefully she will be as good as new. She has to be better by Friday, the school carnival is that night and she has waited FOREVER to wear her costume to school ~ she mustn't be disappointed!!

Swine-O

It's official, the flu has hit the Sandidge house. We got a call from school today saying that Reagan had a fever, wasn't feeling well, and needed to be picked up. Luckily, Greg had the day off work because he had a follow-up appointment for his hand (which, by the way, is progressing quite nicely. One more visit and he should be released ~ praise the Lord!). But, the appointment was in Charlotte and he wasn't able to pick up Reagan for a couple of hours. So, she sat and slept in the make-shift infirmary, with Ms Connie until Greg could get to her. When I got home, I took her and Cooper (just in case) to the doctor...and there were positive tests for the flu for both of them. Dr B said that they assume it's swine flu because the seasonal flu season hasn't begun yet. Cooper appears to be on the upside of things since he was sick Saturday and Sunday ~ trust me, you'd never think the boy would test positive for the flu if you could see him! So...hopefully Reagan's sickness will be over just as quickly as Cooper's was.

Napping on the couch ~ you know she's sick if she's napping!

Poor thing! Look at her sick little eyes This was the thermometer reading before she went to bed tonight ~ 103.5

Please say a prayer for our sweet little girl, that Cooper's finished with it, and that Greg and I don't catch this bug.

Sunday Stuff

Cooper wasn't feeling his best this morning, so only the girls went to Jesus' house today. When we came home, this is what we found...

Cooper didn't look very comfortable, but Greg said he slept like that for about 30-45 minutes
Later in the evening...Reagan is channeling her inner hippie

And nothing makes a boy feel better like a...crown?

...or pushing baby strollers?

...posing for the camera

Thankfully, Cooper's illness didn't last too long ~ other than not eating like he normally does, you'd never have known he was sick!