What's next, locusts?

It started with a cold shortly after New Year's day.  It decided to move into our house, make itself comfortable and invite its bacteria friends, who brought a keg and a stripper.  Well, it seemed that way, because the cold lingered and left a path of destruction in it's wake.

  After she hacked for a while ("Mom, when will I ever stop coughing! It's been 4 weeks!") we took Doodle into the ped (Tuesday) and she had a sinus infection.  On the way to the ped, the check engine light comes on in the van.  I was driving, Hoosier girl was frantically making sure the minivan didn't spontaneously combust.  After spilling milkshakes all over the minivan post-pediatrician, we arrived home and got the car fixed--thankfully just a bad oxygen sensor.  Thursday night Three started cough-barfing so Friday morning we took Three in-- she had an ear infection and pneumonia.  As you can see, she LOVED the breathing treatments.  I got bitten three times--once putting the mask on in the doctor's office and twice at home when I tried to give her the medicine.  She was so mad, she actually bit down on the syringe in her mouth and tried to crack it in two.  Thankfully, the treatments in the ped's office worked so we spared her an ER visit.

Apparently, the cold also decided to invite over it's stomach bug friends, who really know how to party.  This week, on Monday night, Doodle was up all night--she felt hot and barfed twice.  We weren't sure if it was her heartburn at first, but when Dan was up all night  Wednesday barfing-we knew.  I succumbed Thursday night and we're waiting for Moobear and Three to start. Let's hope for a germ free week!  I'd love just one week where everyone is healthy!

In other news, we're off to the ENT on Monday to see if the Doodle is going to need a tonsillectomy.  She has one giant tonsil on her left side.  It's so big it's crossing the midline of her throat and causing some serious snoring.  We've been waiting for her to "grow into it" but that just isn't happening.  It's so big I suggested we name it.   Doodle's not buying it, but I've been calling it Harvey.  Since she gets a bacterial infection almost every time she has a cold, we have to get the consult, which we've been putting off for a while. 

Not much else going on here.  Colds, and pneumonia and barfy, oh my!