Coronavirus

WHAT A WEEKEND! FRIDAY MORNING STARTED OFF BRIGHT AND EARLY… AROUND 4:30AM WE WOKE UP TO LADYBUG CRYING AND COUGHING LIKE CRAZY. SHE WAS COUGHING SO HARD SHE SOUNDED LIKE SHE WAS CHOCKING… WE RAN INTO HER ROOM TO CHECK ON HER AND AS SOON AS WE GRABBED HER IT WAS OBVIOUS SHE WAS FIGHTING SOME SORT OF COLD OR FLU BUG. SHE WAS ON FIRE. SHE WAS CRYING AND VERY MUCH MISERABLE… QUICK CHECK OF HER TEMPERATURE SHOWED SHE WAS AT 102.5. AFTER OUR LAST EXPERIENCE WE KNEW THINGS COULD CHANGE WAY TOO QUICKLY SO WE CALLED THE ONCOLOGIST- KNOWING THEY WERE GOING TO ASK US TO COME IN WE CHANGED AND STARTED PACKING UP A FEW ESSENTIALS.  

WE WERE UP TO THE HOSPITAL BY AROUND 5AM. BY THEN SHE HAD COUGHED SO MUCH IN THE CAR SHE THREW UP IN THE PARKING LOT. SO MUCH FUN! WE GOT HER ALL CLEANED UP AND HEADED IN. LUCKY FOR US ONCOLOGY ALWAYS CALLS DOWN TO THE ER TO LET THEM KNOW WE ARE ON OUR WAY SO EVERYTHING IS ALWAYS SET UP AND WAITING FOR US. WE WERE CHECKED IN AND IN A ROOM WITHIN JUST A FEW MINUTES. THE ER PHYSICIAN THAT MORNING SAID SHE HAD A SLIGHT FEVER AND HER HEART RATE WAS PRETTY LOW- ALL SIGNS SHOWING SHE WAS FIGHTING SOMETHING WE JUST DIDN’T KNOW WHAT...YET!  THEY QUICKLY TOOK SOME BLOOD FOR LABS AND CULTURES, A NOSE SWAB, STARTED IV FLUIDS, AND A ROUND OF ANTIBIOTICS. 

WITH BEING IN THE MIDST OF FLU SEASON THEY WERE PREPPING US FOR TREATING THE FLU, BUT THEY WERE CHECKING FOR ALL SORTS OF THINGS JUST TOO BE SURE. HER COUNTS ALL COME BACK IN THE “OKAY” WHICH MEANT WE WERE NOT GOING TO BE ADMITTED, SO WE GOT HER SOME MORE FLUIDS AND WAITED FOR THE REST OF THE LAB RESULTS….

 NOT FEELING TOO GOOD- WAITING FOR SOME OF THE GOOD STUFF  TO KICK IN

ABOUT 3 HOURS LATER THE NURSE TOLD US LADYBUG TESTED POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS…. WHAT? 

YEA, EXACTLY OUR THOUGHTS! WHAT THE HELL IS THAT? CORONAVIRUSES ARE COMMON VIRUSES THAT MOST PEOPLE GET AT LEAST ONCE IN THEIR LIFETIME, WITH YOUNG CHILDREN BEING THE MOST LIKELY INFECTED. IT'S A MILD TO MODERATE UPPER-RESPIRATORY TRACT ILLNESS. NOT USUALLY A BIG DEAL UNLESS YOUR A KIDDO WITH A COMPROMISED IMMUNE SYSTEM. BECAUSE IT IS A VIRUS THERE IS NOT A WHOLE LOT THEY CAN DO FOR HER... FLUIDS, SOME MEDS TO TREAT THE FEVERS, SOME SNUGGLES AND FROZEN! BASICALLY WAIT IT OUT AND HOPE IT DOESN'T FORM INTO SOMETHING OF A MORE SERIOUS NATURE. 

                                                                                        WHAT DID WE EVER DO WITHOUT FROZEN?!?

THE MAIN GOAL WAS TO KEEP HER RESTED AND HYDRATED AND AVOID THIS TURNING INTO PNEUMONIA. SO, WE STOCKED UP ON SOME OF HER FAVORITE SNACKS, A FIIZ TREAT, MOVIES, AND SNUGGLED UP DOWNSTAIRS FOR A WEEKEND OF REST AND RELAXATION...

   WE MAY HAVE FALLEN ASLEEP WAY BEFORE SHE DID :|

BY SATURDAY NIGHT THE FEVERS WERE ALL GONE AND WE WE'RE ALL GETTING A LITTLE STIR CRAZY! 

SO, WE DECIDED TO HAVE A LITTLE COOKIE BAKE OFF. MOM AND DAD DID LOTS OF BAKING (AND FAILED MISERABLY) AND LADYBUG DID THE DISHES, OR WENT SWIMMING DEPENDING ON HOW YOU LOOK AT IT :)

PERFECT END TO A CRAZY WEEKEND!