If It's Not One Thing....

So Addison and I took another little trip to the hospital today. This is her, what? Somebody help me here. I've lost count. One - RSV, two - strawberries, three - skull fracture, four...Ok, this is our 4th time in the last 9 1/2 months since she was born for us to go to the hospital.




It's been a fun day, just let me tell ya. Addison (I still don't know how to spell her nickname, but thanks for the votes!) has had a snotty nose for a few weeks. Then this week she developed a cough. Last night when I put her to bed she sounded really bad so I thought to myself, "Self, you should take her to the doctor tomorrow". Well when she woke up this morning I went to get her out of her bed and she had thrown up everywhere. That's always fun. So I thought I definitely will take her to the doctor today. I made her an appointment. Then I woke the kids up. Emily woke up in major drama mode. She was screaming and crying that she was starving and need to eat RIGHT NOW! I finally settled her down with a bowl of oatmeal which I was just sure she would throw up. Did I mention I was feeling very nauseous myself? Well she ate it and immediately went into drama mode again because she was still hungry and needed more. I tried to tell her she should wait and see if she was going to throw up before she ate more. However there is no dealing with her in that frame mind so I made more oatmeal. Yes, I would much rather clean up throw up than listen to that for one more second. Well, she took about one bite of her second bowl and started heaving, but never actually threw up. Oh, and I forgot to say that Emily has had a bad cough for a few days too. So I figured I would call and add her to the appointment also.




Then Zac started complaining that he felt like he was going to throw up. And he was also hacking away. I was like, OK. This is so much fun. I guess no one is going to school today! Let's all go to the doctor!!! On the way to the doctor, Aubrey started coughing really bad too. But I digress. You are probably wondering how I ended up at the hospital with Addison.




The doctor listened to everyone, swabbed their throats, blah blah blah...It seems like we all just have a virus. A few viruses to be exact. One of the snot kind and one of the vomit kind. Aren't we special? But when she listened to Addison she said she sounded really bad when she listened to her lungs but not bad in her throat or mouth. So she was afraid that she had pneumonia and wanted me to take her right up to the hospital for a chest x-ray. Which I did. And thankfully that came back fine. She just has a yucky virus like the rest of us.




So it has just been a barrel 'O fun around here today. And poor Steve had to miss it all because he is out of town. (He is on his way back at this very moment for any crazy psychopath reading this.) (Ok, truth be told, I am probably the craziest psychotic person reading it. But still.)