Showing posts with label Sick Baby. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sick Baby. Show all posts

Sunday, March 16, 2008

The Goop

Well I wish I could say that our lack of blogging over the last two weeks is because we were just so busy doing really fun things. Alas the goop, as I lovingly refer to it, got us all. Two weeks ago Coop came down with it in both of his eyes. He really was a great trooper about it. He slept a lot and patiently let us pick at his goop. Wednesday night Jim got home and he had the goop.It started off small and then stuff just was oozing. He had to stay home from work from Thursday all the way until the following Wednesday! He was getting better and then his other eye decided it wanted to have some goop. Friday Coop was cleared up completely so we went back to the gym and by the end of the day I was couch stricken with a horrible lung and sinus infection. (You know it's a good infection when you call the hubby in to look at the phlegm that you are vomiting up and he thinks it is cool!) On top of that I had a horrible headache that lasted for 4 days so I was no fun to be around. Then on Monday morning Bear looked up at me with his sweet teddy bear brown eyes and I saw the goop. Oh my goodness!! He got hit in both eyes as well but the goop was actually pretty minimal. So we were all house bound again and I admit to a little bit of stir craziness. Our apartment is small on any given day but with the four of us all at the same time for an extended period like that and the apartment felt even smaller. Bear started looking good around Wednesday his moved really fast and then I started feeling twitches. I literally prayed hard that if I was going to get the goop it come and go as fast as it could because I had a class on Saturday that I just could not miss. I'll spare you the details of all the stuff I did to make that happen (it will be on my health related blog later this week) but lets just say that I kicked some goop's but. I spent all day Thursday basically blind with goop. Each side of my face took turns swelling up to the point you couldn't tell where my eye started and my cheek began. I could only keep my eyes open for about 10-15 minutes at a time and then I'd have to let them close up and irrigate to get them somewhat open. It was very enlightening to focus on using my other senses. The boys stayed close to me and I could reach out and know where they were. I could feel when Bear was flapping his arms in frustration and I could actually feel when Cooper was smiling. He even took my hand a few times to lead me to something. It was a rough day because I had things coming out of my lungs, sinuses and eyes but I'd asked for it to go fast so I couldn't complain.

By Saturday I just had really red eyes but I was able to make it to the class. It was exhausting so I was in bed before 9 last night! Jim is still feeling twinges but overall we are all FINALLY on the other side of the Goop and tomorrow our life can resume. Yipppeeee!!!!

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I've put pictures of the boys and their goop saga. Jim is trying to persuade me to put one of me up. Let me just say this- I am to vain too do so. I will if like 5 or more people post a comment and for some strange reason have to see it. I literally made Jim promise to still love me before he could view the picture :-) It wasn't pretty and you don't want to see it. I'm just so glad it's OVER!

Monday, March 03, 2008

Pink Eye Must Be Going Around



Jim sent me a picture when I was at the coffee shop on Sunday(I will spare you all here) of some lovely goop coming out of Cooper's right eye. He had a slightly elevated temp and was overall fine just bothered by the goop from time to time. (Cleaning it out provides some lovely drama.) He cuddled up on the couch last night and went to bed early. Today it's in the other eye as well so we are hoping it will run it's course quickly. It's a very odd sensation to be stuck in the house ALL day with the boys. We played tag, built some castles, played on the train set, colored and fought (many many times) over the water bottle and it was only 11 am- I'm EXHAUSTED :-) Do you think the daycare at the gym would notice Coop's swollen eyelids and goop coming out? I mean really they won't care will they?

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Under The Weather Baby

Poor Cooper is not feeling so hot. He gets this cough about once a month but this one turned into an infection and a fever. He was so ill yesterday he just laid on the couch like a little prince propped up on his pillow and a green drink in hand. He was up a lot last night coughing and calling for me and this morning his fever is only 99 and he's finally coughing it all out. I'm glad he's on the road back it's so horrible watching your child be sick! (Bear has a cough but nothing else at this point.) I'm predicting only 2 days of being apartment bound. Poor Bear got no energy released yesterday. He was chasing the soccer ball at 8:30 last night when he's normally asleep. Anyone have ideas of how to help him burn off some energy in a tiny space??