1. This blog is to help me recall all things. Unfortunately, I did not need to recall how 2024 started. I spent the afternoon of January 1, 2024, sitting on a beach. The water was too cold, but the view was worth the chill.  I also was very sick with an eye infection and sinus infection.  My goal and prayer were that 2025 did not start out the same way.  Well, here is how things went this week. Coming home from Disney on Sunday January 5th, Matt had a cold that started on Tuesday and was not getting better, in fact he was getting worse and starting to cough a lot.  Zach had a doctor’s appointment on Tuesday morning to get a sport’s physical so that he could swim in a meet on Wednesday.  Lily was convinced she had a sinus infection but was not sick enough for a doctor’s visit.  We were also no sure how much exhaustion played into her being sick as well. Kendall was still limping from a sprain that happened the first of December, but she was able to walk, and I thought it was appearing less swollen.  I knew that this week would involve some doctor’s appointments but not that many.
2. Matt took Kendall to the pediatrician on Monday afternoon where she was given a referral for an orthopedic visit. We decide this was easier that juggling multiple appointments on Tuesday.  I came home on Monday and was exhausted, and not feeling well at all. I ended up in bed around 6:30 and actually woke up a bit better on Tuesday.  Zach did have his scheduled sport’s physical on Tuesday.  The surprise of the day was Matt got progressively worse on Tuesday afternoon and ended up at Urgent Care. All testing and swabs were negative however because of his significantly increased blood pressure led to a prescription for high blood pressure that has been the biggest blessing of the week.
3. Wednesday morning Kendall had an orthopedic appointment where the diagnosis was either a sprain or a tear.  This led to a referral for an MRI to get a final diagnosis.  I had forgotten that Matt had an appointment to have 2 areas of potential skin cancer removed.  He ended up taking off the day and was in bed from noon on.  Lily and I drove to Greensboro to watch a swim meet. Kendall spent the day on crutches.
4. Thursday morning- Matt now has a stomach bug so I ended up driving Kendall to her MRI which ended up a good thing as I was able to view the results by lunchtime. It was a sprain, and she needed to keep stretching and working it out.
5. Friday- the second official snow day of the year. Everyone ended up having a remote day as the weather was unpredictable and ended up starting around 1pm and by 2 the road was covered.  Lily is significantly worse and ended up at Urgent Care as well. She has a sinus infection. Both Zach and Kendall feel like crap but based on Matt’s early diagnosis we decided to treat with symptom relief medication.  Honestly it was a blessing as everyone did what they needed to do but was also able to sleep most of the crud off. Matt and I both ended up working full days but were able to keep an eye on the kids and make sure everyone eat and took medicine.

The good news is that by Saturday, everyone is feeling human and hopefully this sickness is gone for good!