RSV

Our weekend was very blah and consisted of us staying home, watching NFL playoffs and trying to rest due to illnesses. It seems like the same cold has been circling the family for over a month now. I guess that happens with young kids, especially those that are in school.

The main thing that RSV has done is disrupt Peyton's sleep. She had the hardest time sleeping this weekend, which in turns means that I didn't get much sleep either. It seemed that every time she would fall asleep, her cough would wake her up and startle her awake. When she is sick, she is a very light sleeper. Saturday night, I believe she got a total of 3.5 hours of sleep and didn't fall back asleep until 10am Sunday morning.

It is very important when you have RSV to drink plenty of fluids. This can be difficult because of their breathing and drainage. Unfortunately, Peyton has wanted nothing to do with nursing. The last thing I wanted was to end up in the hospital due to dehydration. My worst fears isRS that she would wean herself all together and those fears came true today. The important thing is that she is still getting plenty of fluids, even if it's not from me.

I am not a fan of pumping and to be honest, I don't know anyone that is. I have had friends that exclusively pumped and I give major kuddos to them. I don't have the patience and it's uncomfortable. I was hoping to nurse for a year, but I am not going to stress myself out about this. She is healthy, despite the RSV and that is all that matters.

Hot Chocolate, Movies and a Nasty Cough

Even though we are in the tale end of the fall, it feels more like winter in the DFW area. We got our first real cold front this past weekend. We had big plans scheduled but quickly had to change them thanks to the weather and a sick little boy.

Friday evening, I had to pick up a few things at Target and made a stop at the Starbucks inside of Target for a warm refreshment. The kids have never really had hot chocolate. Mason attempted to drink some last year, but quickly changed his mind before he ever took a sip. Since one of his favorite Christmas movies happens to be The Polar Express and he mentions the hot chocolate scene all the time, I thought it would be a great night to have some hot chocolate.

Starbucks has spectacular marketing, because I look forward to their red cups every holiday season. It worked on the kids too, because they loved drinking from their own red cup. Thankfully, they understand kids and make warm hot chocolate for the little ones, instead of it being scolding hot. Because I wasn't sure how they would do sipping it or if they would even enjoy it, I opted to have them drink it from a straw. They didn't find it too weird, since I do this with my coffee every now and again. It was a huge success and they loved it. A family that drinks hot chocolate together, stays together. Peyton enjoyed some as well, just a little later.

We had planned to look at Christmas lights after our outing but the kids were extremely tired and weren't in the mood to look at lights, so we headed home. After getting the kids down to bed, Adam & I watched one of our favorite holiday movies, Love Actually.

Saturday we had planned on driving down to Waco for the Baylor vs Texas football game, but that changed quickly when Mason woke up with a nasty cough and it was raining and cold outside. The weather wasn't exactly great for our family to sit through a game for 3 hours and we didn't want to risk Mason getting worse or anyone else getting sick. So we stayed home. Since we weren't going to the game, that meant Taylor could go to her best friend, Emma's birthday party. This was her very first birthday party to get invited to from a friend in her class. Taylor was so excited to go to the party and see all of her friends.

We watched the Baylor game from the comfort of our couches and cheered them on as they beat Texas two years in a row. It was a great ending to a thrilling season for the Baylor Bears. RG3, the quarterback has also been nominated for the Heisman.

After the game was over, Adam went out to pick up some food for he and I to eat when Mason's woke up coughing. When I went in to check on him, he was burning up and had a 102 temperature. His entire face was red, so I brought him downstairs to lie on the couch so that Adam & I could keep a better eye on him.

Despite not feeling well at all, he still tried to smile for the camera. Being the concerned mom that I am, I opted to have him sleep in our room that night. I knew it was going to be a long night with him coughing and feeling awful and the fact that I would be up nursing Miss Peyton. Thankfully, he was so tired and the medicine did it's job and he slept through the night without coughing.

Sunday morning, Mason still had a low grade fever so I had him lay on the couch all day. He was only allowed to get up to go to the bathroom. With a very young baby and a busy Christmas season ahead of us, I didn't want to run the risk of anyone else getting sick. We spent the day watching movies and cuddling. It wasn't the weekend I had expected, but it was relaxing for the most part which is what our family needed.

Sick

This weeks Friday Favorites is on hold. Why? Because I haven't had a favorite moment yet this week, unless you count Adam coming home to take care of me. I'm sick, really sick.

It started last Saturday when I woke up with a very raspy voice. Didn't think too much of it, because this happens occasionally and we just went from a huge change in temps. That night we went out and celebrated our friends birthday with dinner at PF Changs. We even got a babysitter and went on a date, just the two of us. I felt fine, except for my voice going in and out.

When Sunday morning rolled around, it had only gotten worse, but again I felt fine. We went to church and I hated the fact that I couldn't sing along to the worship music. By the time Sunday evening rolled around, it started to hit me.

Adam left to go out of town on Monday morning and I only got worse. I couldn't breathe out of my nose due to congestion, I developed a horrible cough and it hurt to take even shallow breaths. By Wednesday, I was desperate and broke down to go to the doctor.

After explaining my symptoms, with very little voice, they asked me to breathe into this contraption to tell my lung capacity. The doctor was shocked at my reading and immediately sent me to get a chest x-ray.

That confirmed what he was thinking and I was diagnosed with a sinus infection and a severe case of bronchitis borderline pneumonia. I was ordered to rest, given antibiotics, an inhaler, and told not to leave the house unless I'm wearing a mask and absolutely have to.

Thankfully, my husband has done a great job of taking care of me and the kids. He has never seen me this sick and I don't think I have ever been this sick. Mason keeps coming in the bedroom asking if he can hold me. It breaks his heart to see Mama feeling so bad. Taylor rejoices anytime I make an appearance outside of my room. It's the second best medicine, next to the antibiotics that will hopefully nip this in the butt. If I don't start to feel better in a few days, I have to go back for another chest x-ray. Here's to hoping I feel better soon.