Dawn Arrow Death House

After nearly a year of defiantly titling each of my entries with the date of my entry (even though Blogger.com dates every entry automatically), I have finally decided to give it up and give them cute names. All of my friends' blogs have cute names for their entries, so why shouldn't I do the same? I've been doing it for consistency's sake and I've decided to let go of my OCD tendencies and throw caution to the wind!

Ha!

Today brought lots and lots of fun to the Pruetz house.

Ha! Again.

Todd has been feeling sick for a couple of days. Head and chest congestion, sore throat, achiness...the works. I knew it was only a matter of time before everyone else started to feel the wrath of this mysterious malady.

Sure enough, Devin crawled into bed with me this morning (can't-get-a-good-night's-sleep-Todd was in the guest room) and immediately started hacking. I could hear the congestion rattling around in his throat and chest and he complained all morning about his nose being stuffy.

Around 7:45, both girls woke up and sure enough, they were stuffy and congested too.

At the stroke of 8:00, I called our Doctor's office and made an appointment for 9:00 for all three kids.

An hour later, we were sitting in the office of Stone Oak Pediatrics and were seen fairly quickly.

Luckily, our pediatrician, Cheryl, is a personal friend of mine and she always takes extra time with our kids.

First she examined Devin. Then Faith. Then Grace. Then pulse-ox meters for both girls. Then tempanograms for all three. Next were rapid strep tests for the brood and finally Xopenex nebulizer treatments for the babies.

She was right -- all three had strep. She gave Devin a prescription for a decongestant and all three got Amoxicillan to clear up the infection.

Three short hours later, we were home.

Four o'clock was Todd's turn to see our doctor. Sure enough, he returned 90 minutes later with a Z-Pack in hand, to clear up his strep throat (the first time he's ever had strep!) and sinus infection.

Luckily, I have escaped all of this. Until this evening.

First the cough. Then the tickle in the throat. Now the inability to stay awake, even while typin...zzz...zzz...zzz...

Just kidding.

So, the whole family is on antibiotics and I'm waiting for morning to arrive when I call my doctor and say, "Look -- my husband and three kids all have strep. I think it's safe to say this is what I've gotten," and hope that he just calls a prescription in for me.

So, if you plan to stop by our home any time in the next two days, here's a word to the wise: DON'T. Save yourself. You won't regret it.

Me

PS - On a lighter note, here are the kids' stats:

Devin: 35 lbs
Faith: 10 lbs, 7 oz
Grace: 11 lbs, 7 oz

We're a little worried about Faith's somewhat stunted growth, so we'll go in on Friday to revisit this whole strep thing and talk about why she's not gaining weight as quickly as she should. Here we go again...