This title says it all.. Basically, since the last update on this blog, all of the above went through our house like a rocket. It was just one thing after another, non-stop.
My 13-year old felt most of this pain.. She was very sick mid-April, and it wasn’t until the end of that month, that she was finally diagnosed with having mono. We don’t even know where she got it.. But, it had her down for a little under 2 months. Last week was her first full week back at school. She will have to attend summer school, since she has missed over a full month of class time. Even now, she’s experiencing extreme congestion, along with an ear infection this week. She did get an x-ray yesterday, and it revealed that her lungs are clear, thank goodness! But, we have yet to find a medication that helps relieve her symptoms. Allergy meds aren’t touching it. Nasal Spray isn’t helping. Anti-biotics aren’t touching it. We have one more anti-biotic to try per the doctor, and then we will be referred to an allergist. I am hopeful that we are on the path to finding resolution soon.
My 10-year old experienced some strange symptoms at school one day about a month ago. He was so light headed and felt dizzy. He collapsed in the school hallway, and he believes he passed out. He described it as if he wasn’t alive anymore. Very scary! His teacher found him, and took him to the school nurse. I took him to the children’s hospital that evening. I did have him tested for mono also, and they said that the results indicated he had mono at one time, but they could not determine a timeframe.. only that he didn’t have it currently. They took blood, and found that he was dehydrated. After a little more tests, everything else was normal. We went home, and made him drink fluids all the next day. He was back to his normal self after that.
My 11-year old came down with COVID shortly after that.. he was down for 3 days with high fever, and slept all day. I thought it was mono at first also.. but, he tested positive for COVID, and had to isolate.
After another day, my 10-year old tested positive for COVID. But, he didn’t have any real symptoms.. at least for 5 days of that anyway.. then, he had a fever for a day or two, and was tired.
My 16-year old, has been struggling high amounts of anxiety, mainly due to school, assignments, pressure, and having to complete some college level courses, that she just could not make herself do. Despite knowing that she needed to, she just couldn’t.. I am at a loss on how to help her through this, but she is still attending counseling bi-weekly, taking her medication, reviewing doses on a monthly basis, and attending classes, just to make it through.
Needless to say, this momma is worn out from all this sickness, and running from doctor to doctor weekly!
Hoping for some relief this summer, that includes water park fun, camping, hiking, making homemade ice cream, birthday celebrations, and traveling.
Always staying positive and on track for success.
Cheers!!
All in a Day 