The Hardman's: Sicky

Monday, March 14, 2011

Sicky

Carson and I are sick. We are just waiting for Devin to take his turn.

On Wednesday Carson started acting sick. By that evening, we had learned our niece, Raegan, was diagnosed with RSV. We called the doctor, and he told us to give him benedryl, and call back if he seems to lose his appetite. Come Friday, Devin took him in. Sure enough, he was diagnosed with RSV as well. The hospital sent over a nebulizer and he is to have a breathing treatment every 4-6 hours. They gave us this cute little fishy mask to go with it, but Carson is not buying it. He just has this heartbreaking cry when we try to put the mask on him. We tried to distract him, but it doesn't work.

That evening, I started to cough. I thought it was odd since that same day, I just finished 10 days of antibiotics for a sinus infections. I ended up going to bed early.

On Saturday, we had plans to go to Layton to Drake's 3rd birthday party, after my friend Sara's baby shower. We knew the party was out of the question because the doctor advised us to keep Carson inside for the next week. I felt fine, so I went to the baby shower.

Later in the afternoon, I started to feel worse and worse, so I ended up sleeping most of the day, then all night. Thank goodness Devin is feeling well so he can stay with Carson. Carson had a fever starting early Sunday morning, and woke up 7 or so times in the night. I was so out of it I didn't notice. Devin gave him a breathing treatment, and he fell asleep on Devin's lap.

On Sunday morning Devin told me I should go to Urgent Care. I went right when it opened, and it was really bust. Lots of coughing babies. I watched 3-4 people who where there after me get called, so I went to the receptionist to ask about it. It turns out she had misplaced my stuff, and got bumped to the front. Thank goodness. 30 min and a blood draw later, I was diagnosed with viral bronchitis. I got a prescription for cough medicine with codeine in it, and came home. I ended up sleeping 5 more hours. When I got up at 4, Carson was feeling a lot better. He ate some fruit and some puffs, and we played. We discovered that he likes the adult portion of the nebulizer because he can chew on it. That has led to more successful treatments.

I stayed home from work today, still not feeling great. Carson slept through the night again, no fever, so he is on the mend. His appetite seems to be back as well. This is our first time dealing with him being sick. it was not easy. I would have given anything to make him feel better! I know that next time this happens we will be able to handle it a little more gracefully. We are just glad he is feeling better!

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I used to think one day, they'd tell the story of us...

Devin and I met on the internet. Go ahead, laugh. We were both coming out of awful relationships and playing the field. Devin was working in Park City at the time, and drove over to Provo after work to hang out with me and my roomies. He totally ended up kissing me that night. I thought I wouldn't ever hear from him again, but he actually responded to my text the next day! We talked back and forth all day long. The next morning he showed up at my work (45 minutes away from him!) with flowers. The office secretary said, "Oh! He is a keeper!" I wasn't totally sure. After a romantic lunch at Taco Bell, he asked me to be his girlfriend. How corny! But, I said yes of course! Things moved quickly. We ended up stuck in Park City together and had to stay the night at the Marriott due to the weather. My mom was terrified and said, "I watch CSI! Be careful!" Devin and I just stayed up late and talked. That is when he told me he was falling in love with me.He even sang a song to me. I didn't know if I should laugh or cry! Haha! I was feeling the same way. It was so fast, yet so real, and exactly how I thought it should feel! I was smitten! He kept bringing up marriage. I had recently been engaged to a loser-extrordinare, and didn't want to rush into anything. He backed off and said, "Oh yea, me niether!" A few days later we were talking and he looked at me and said, "This is ridiculous, we know we are going to get married!" The next day we went ring shopping! He proposed on January 30, 2008. I was called to the main office and was told the prinicpal wanted to see me. I was kind of nervous! I had just talked to Devin on the phone, and as far as I knew, he was at home! I was also under the impression the ring would be out getting sized for atleast another week. I was not suspicious at all. I walked into the office and saw several flowers, but thought nothing of it. The secretary told me to go around the corner. As I turn, Devin pops out of the nurses office and drops to one knee. In my shocked state, I exclaimed, "You're doing this HERE!?" We laughed, we cried, he got on with it and I said yes. We were married 5 months later, and the rest is history. Or the present. And you get to read about it!