injuries & illness

I had these great visions of February...we would be home on weekends with only baseball practices that had to be attended to, I would be able to catch up on laundry & projects around the house and backyard...my dreamworld didn't make it to real life!  

Since we have been back from the St. George tournament the kids have been sick for what seems like non-stop!  Nathan has had a few nasty ear infections & strep really bad (currently does & is on meds) luckily we see Dr. Manthei (ENT) tomorrow and will see if he needs another set of tubes put in (I think he does). Tommy is stubborn!!!  He has strep also, but refuses to take medication, you can't disguise it in food/drink he won't eat/drink and if you force it in him, he makes himself throw up...so he has a few appointments this week with the pediatrician to get his antibiotic shots. We will find out tomorrow at the ENT appointment if we can get his tonsils out too, I think it is Tommy that is starting the germs & getting everyone else sick. T is the only one of my kids that ONLY got tubes from the ENT, surprisingly with all his medical drama! David also has strep, he is on antibiotics. I am the worst out of the group & didn't get up off the couch yesterday except to get more meds at the pharmacy & ended up getting thrown up on by Nathan!! Luckily our pediatrician loves us (she's got to, we give her so much business!!) & gives me prescriptions anytime I need them too. Friday Tommy was pushing the trike outback, running and looking behind him, and lost his balance and fell face first on the concrete!  Luckily he didn't need stitches/glue.  We were told we could steri-strip it, but with it being that close to the hairline it would pull his hair or we'd need to buzz him.... I opted to just leave it.  He likes to have "long hair" & his hair covers the injury, so it's good!