UPDATE re: Sniffles, Coughs, and Wheezes!

For those of you who read the RN's suggestion re: the solution to the sniffles being passed around which led to ILC sounding like a TB ward, I took her suggestion and stayed home tonight with my VERY ill husband and relapsing son! Mark is running a fever, has the chills, and sounds horrible. Justin was doing better until about 8 PM tonight when he started coughing and "wheezing". At one point, he was crying because he felt like he couldn't breathe. Please don't tell anyone but I gave him a short puff of my albuterol inhaler and he is sleeping peacefully now in the recliner in my front room so that he is propped up and can breathe easier.

Tomorrow, I will call the Dr. and ask for another round of antibiotics for myself since my cough is growing worse at the end of this first regimen of Z-pac. It is awful to take meds and then relapse!!!!! WAAAAHHHH....I am soooooo tired of being sick! Oops, sorry for whining!

I covet your prayers for Mark, Justin and myself, as well as Marissa and Jessica who are just now starting the coughing. Maybe I will just tell the Dr. to give ALL 5 of us a Z-pac. That should help kick this flu bug (and bronchitis) to the curb! God bless and keep each of you from this horrible flu bug and remember to get your flu shots next year AND to stay home when you are sick instead of sharing your illness with your church family! LOL

I will sign off now, go take another hit of Albuterol and crawl into bed.
Good night!

Sniffles, Coughs, and Wheezes!

These last two weeks have been quite an experience for me. First, I had the flu with the prerequisite nausea, stomach problems, fever, malaise, etc. Then I felt better for three days. Last Tuesday, I woke up with a cough. A deep rattling cough. From out of nowhere. By Tuesday night, I was feverish and coughing like I had been sick for a week. The next four days slowly drug by as I slept almost constantly except to take and pick up my children from school. Friday, I was sicker and had had enough. I get asthmatic bronchitis religiously every year, sometimes 2 or 3 times, and so I have a cough medicine prescribed by the doctor and 2 inhalers that I use when it flares up. I used those last week to no avail. When I finally went to the doctor, he said, "Yes, you have a nasty bronchitis that needs a heavy antibiotic to knock it out." So I filled the prescription, went home, took the meds, and slept some more. Saturday arrived and I felt a little better. Then my son complained that he didn't feel well. He has been running a fever since Saturday and coughing and sniffling and blowing his poor little nose. Tomorrow is school and I have a feeling he will be home with me and another visit to the doctor will be necessary.

To add to my sad story, the church family of Inland Lighthouse has been hit heavily by this flu bug and we have had a lot of absentees! I was one of them two Wednesdays in a row! The choir has been decimated to half it's usual size. The praise team leader has his phone ringing off the hook for finding replacements, as do I for the musicians. Last night during the preaching, there was so much coughing at one point that Bro. Booker said it sounded like a TB ward!

So many are sick that one of our resident RN's talked to Sis. Booker about looking into a flu shot clinic sponsored by the church this next fall!!! They are going to look into the logistics and see if we can't circumvent this awful sniffle season next year! I hope they can but if not, I WILL BE GETTING a flu shot next time! It has been horrible and I am still not well!

Please, pray for the Inland Empire and all the sick saints of ILC!! We need deliverance from sniffles, coughs and wheezes!!

Feb. 13, 2008
Editor's note: Alas, this morning I woke to find my husband and eldest daughter are now battling this awful bug. Justin feels a little better and has finally stopped running a fever but now Mark and Marissa are coughing. Mark went to work because he has not missed a single day for sickness in 3 years!! He doesn't want to ruin that record but I have a feeling I will see him much earlier than usual.

Thanks for the prayers! Oh, and be sure to read our resident RN's comments posted below. She has quite a lot to say! And I must agree with her!!!

New Markisms!!

Okay, finally my hubby has come up with new markisms to share with you. Tonight, we were playing a Bible trivia game and Mark started making up his own questions. I thought I would share a couple with you and see if you can determine the answers.

Here goes....

1: Which prophet couldn't sing?

2: Which prophet liked people to hear what he had to say?

Please, feel free to make a guess about the answers to these deep Bible trivia questions. These questions might have made a great addition to the Occidental Gazette!!! LOL

I love having Mark as my husband because you just never know what he might say next!