update on our sickly week. :(

• Need to catch up on my Facebook but...so hubby had a mystery fever with a bad headache all last week! Literally, Saturday till Friday! He went to the doc Friday morning and tested positive for Mono with the in-office test but then we got word today that his blood work came back negative!?!?!? They sent it back in to test for hepatitis and cytomegalovirus (rare but there have been a few cases in our area)! So...how many times can a mama cry in a day? Tripp got "it" Friday night and Avi just came in saying she had a headache...sure enough, she has a fever too! The really crappy part of any of the diagnosis is that it takes about 2 weeks to a month for recovery and all you can do is alternate Tylenol with Ibuprofen to keep the fever down and let it run its course.
  Even though we're now in quarantine...we're so thankful the kids are not having to deal with the horrible headaches and when the medicine kicks in, you'd hardly know they were sick. Sucks that it's so long but thankful for minimal suffering. Wish us luck!!! :-/

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      Lisa Nieto Spinks Oh no! Sorry to hear:( Hang in ther mamma:)

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      Stephanie Zimple awwww, hope everyone feels better soon!!!! 
      ♥ auntie Stephanie

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      Rachel Lake Thank y'all!! I am sobbing my eyes out over here. Luckily they are old enough to "get it" but it still always feels junky telling my kids to be calm, quiet and rest...so not part of my vocabulary. Live life to the fullest right????!!!! :-(

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      Deborah Wilson Boo--Sammy has mono too, but seems to be recovering pretty quickly. Hopefully the youngins will bounce back quickly too. Usually doesn't affect young kids too badly.

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      Rachel Lake Oh, just had a BFF text asking about the blood results....we won't find out until Thur. or R

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      Rachel Lake or Fri. and the cytomegalovirus Monday or Tuesday. So....don't know that it will make that much of a difference for us but hoping it will help others "self-diagnose" if it fits. :-(

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      Rachel Lake Hooray Deborah!! Yes, it seems to be hitting the kids less. I still think it is Mono!! Too many "right-on" symptoms and Rick had already been sick for 6 days!!! I think, and a nurse thinks, the test just missed it. One of those contractions of hating they have it, but thankful their building immunities.

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      Rachel Lake Of course, this whole thing has thrown me for a loop....so used to being able to treat things the natural way (homeopathic or essential oils) but this one is different...nothing worked. :( All we can do is keep

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      Rachel Lake but....it's a virus. Has to run its course. All we can do is keep the fevers under control by alternating Tylenol and Ibuprofen. Does the trick. 
      HOWEVER....I'm so thankful to live in the time I do that they're not bleeding them to death. :-o

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