Later that day, while at Walgreens getting my prescription filled, I had such a terrible coughing fit I threw up all over their floor.  That was pretty embarrassing. Tuesday I was at the hair saloon getting a cut and ended up throwing up on their bathroom floor.  It was still the floor of a public place, but at least it was the bathroom and not out in the open like at Walgreens!

Tuesday I had a regularly scheduled midwife appointment.  I told her about the cough and she prescribed Tessalon Perles, a cough suppressant with a cool name. I’m continuing the antibiotic, and all the other stuff I was doing, and I think something is finally working.  I still have a cough, but today it’s “cough cough cough, ouch the side of my uterus hurts!” rather than “cough cough cough cough cough cough, hack, gasp, cough cough cough, pee a little, cough cough cough, gag, pee some more, cough cough cough, throw up, cough cough cough, cry, gag, cough cough cough.  Oh yeah, and my sides hurt.”  It’s a big difference. I’m tired and a bit lethargic from the drugs, but I’ll totally take that in exchange for the coughing fits.  Also, I slept last night!  I’ve been waking up about twice a night due to pregnancy discomfort and/or the urge to pee, and I’ve been unable to get back to sleep due to coughing.  Last night I woke up twice and went right back to sleep.  I’m hopeful for the same tonight.

The Baby
Pumpkin is the healthiest one in our household right now!  Yesterday’s midwife appointment went great.  It was super short because there was nothing to talk about, everything is progressing exactly as it should.  My fundal height was 34 cm, this is nearly perfect since I’m 33 4/7 weeks along.  Baby’s heart rate was 160 bpm, perfect.  He moves all the time.  He particularly likes it when I throw up; that prompts a lot of movement.

Elijah
Eli has a cold, and has been struggling with it for about two weeks now.  He’s been sicker longer than I have, but thankfully isn’t reacting as badly to it as I am.  He has a runny nose and a little cough.  The cough comes and goes and isn’t impacting his sleep yet.  Since I was so miserable, my mother-in-law took Eli Tuesday morning through Wednesday lunchtime.  He was a perfect angel for her.  I’d get upset at how much better behaved my child is for his grandparents than for me, but I think the easier babysitting is the more likely they are to say yes when I ask, so I’m glad he turns on the charm for them!

When I picked Eli up this afternoon I noticed some gunk in his right ear.  I called the doctor’s office and got the last appointment of the day.  Eli has an ear infection.  This is ear infection #8.  Apparently it’s very common to get an ear infection in one ear and then the other a week later (we’re only 9 days out from ear infection #7 and it was only in his left ear).  I just can’t believe how much easier these ear infections are now that he has tubes!!!  If I didn’t see the drainage in his ear I would not have any idea he had an ear infection.  His health care provider is awfully impressed at my ear infection detection skills and told me if I think he has an ear infection in the future, I can just go ahead and give him the ear drops, no need to make an appointment and get it confirmed.  In addition to all that, I think Eli is teething.  It looks like he has two bottom teeth about to come in.

Daddy
Andy also has a cold.  I suspect it’s the same thing Eli and I have; and we’re just all responding differently.  Unfortunately, since he isn’t a child and isn’t carrying a child, poor Andy isn’t getting much sympathy.

Our household could use some healing.  And quickly, we’re pretty sick of being sick.

February 25th

February 26th

March 18th

April 15th

Earlier that day we went out for lunch and Eli fell asleep.  Andy created a pillow from his jacket and made sure Eli was comfortable.

My hard drive failed this week and I’m using a different version of excel. I can’t figure out how to paste the graph now.  I’ll try to work on it during naptime.