Sick days...

Well, geez, I guess I better blog about how difficult my life has been these past few days...starting the 26th of April, Vianney woke up with a horrible headache that had me worried and she wouldn't eat anything that morning because of her headache and fever. Aaron had been with diarrhea for the past 2 weeks on and off...so that day (Sunday, the 26th) we didn't go to church...well the morning past and the fever was the same through out the day, what concerned me most was the was she would cry of the headache pain. I called her dr and she told me just to try to control the fever and to take her in in the morning or take her to the E.R. So I decided to wait till the morning and I sent all the other kids to school and took her in. Well, the Dr sent her right away to the hospital. She was thinking it could be meningitis and needed to be treated. So on my way to the hospital, the school calls me and tells me I need to pick up Hector b/c he has a fever...so I turned around and picked him up and went to go pick him up...gave him tylenol and took him to Esmer's so she can babysit while I go to the hospital with Vianney. I get to the hospital and get Vianney admitted and think...well, it's all downhill from here, I get her better then go home with the rest of my kids, uh no. Next day comes and Lil'Hector is running a fever, Aaron still has bad diarrhea, and Brianna started with a fever!!! All at the same time! So Nansi, (My bestfriend, sister, cousin, whom I don't know what I would do without comadre) takes them to the Dr. and the Dr. sends them all to the hospital!!! Yes that's 4 kids, in 1 hospital, with only 1 parent at the time, the other parent was out bringing home the bacon! Craziest thing ever, I know! But you know in who we trust...and that's why we don't get tooooo freaked out, just a little, and that's cuz we are human, lol!
So, the final verdict was, Vianney had viral meningitis and Hector we really didn't know but he was treated for his headache and vomiting and severe dehydration and Aaron and Brianna had picked up a bacteria called shigella somewhere, we don't know where, maybe daycare. Hector and Aaron were home on Wednesday and the girls got to go home on Thursday. Here are some pix of them in the hospital...










So everything went well at the hospital, I had Nansi and Esmer help the first night with all the kids, they were so helpful to leave their families to come help me with mine...you just don't know what that means...even now to think about it I cry. I get so emotional with just the thought of all the calls I received and the messages, the prayers over the phone. People that you couldn't even imagine called to ask if I needed anything. I can't explain how nice that felt in my heart, how it helped console our hearts, my husband received many calls as well...poor guy couldn't get a load to come home all week and was stranded in Denver, he was going to just come empty, but Lord knows that would have just made the stress levels in our home a lot worse.
To have my mom come was the cherry on the top...made me feel like I had a big load off my shoulders. Thanks for coming mom, it's been a blessing for me and my family having you here with us. I know it was difficult for her to leave her home, job, and my dad for me, so thanks dad for letting her come. And for Ben and Martha who I think were the ones who paid for her ticket...means a whole lot guys!
After we were home on Thursday, things were back to normal, my hubby got home in time for church Sunday night and left again Monday afternoon so that he could go and come for Mother's day. Kids were feeling so good...check out these pix! Girls wanted to play dress-up with their new Hannah Montana outfit! Hahaha!









Then Monday night I started feeling bad. I got a horrible headache that lasted all night, took more advil in the morning and ate breakfast, and didn't go away, that whole day is a big blurr, my head was just throbbing and I was nauseated all day. Couldn't keep nothing down, kids came home from school and I couldn't even get up from bed...slept all day and through the night...I couldn't even open my eyes because the vains in the back of my eyes felt like they would burst...yes it was that bad!
I can't remember ever feeling this horrible pain. So Wednesday mom and I went to take me to the Dr. The Dr gave me a shot of Antibiotics and one for the pain and basically told me to go to the Dr who attended Vianney so he can attend me too because he thought I had what she had...meningitis! Well, after and hour of leaving the Dr's office I finally began to feel relief from the pain and it just went down from there. I believe I'm healed by the Grace of God and declare that in His name! I pray that this sickness leave me and my family forever and that it die forever!!
Today I feel a lot better, I thank God I am not feeling that pain I had, I feel very little compared to what I had 2 days ago...so I declare it gone!
Tomorrow night we want to leave to San Antonio to go leave mom....we'll see what happens...