Well, since our return from Michigan, it's been one virus after another! Al was sick the week we got home and two weeks later, Eden started coughing, then wheezing. Al was gone to a class in Seward, and my mom was visiting for the week, so we kept an eye on it. On Saturday, we took her to see the on-call doctor, who told me Eden had allergies and that I needed to clean & dust my house, wash her clothes, blankets, rugs and bedding until I could 'pull them out of the washer and snap them in the sunlight until I could see nothing float off of them'... Needless to say, I ran home and cleaned furiously, b/c my house is such a pig's pen.
When it hadn't gotten better by Monday, I took her to see our regular doctor, who promptly ordered blood tests, a chest X-ray, RSV test and a breathing treatment. Two hours later, she was breathing so much better that she fell asleep and stayed that way for 4 hours! She tested positive for RSV and we're treating it with the normal precautions. So, after 5 months of complete 100% health, she broke her track record and got sick. Then, she passed it on in the form of a cold to Mom, who passed it on in the form of a sinus infection/ear infection to Dad. So, we're all recovering and counting our blessings for good medicine and good doctors!
