So Sick of Sickness!

Ever since we moved in to our new apartment it has been one sickness after another! I shouldn't complain because I can think of a lot of people who have it a lot worse than we do! But considering that we are normally a healthy family, we sure seem to be having a lot of viruses in our lives lately! Around Christmas Easton broke out in a rash. It started out as one patch that looked like a big ringworm circle. It slowly started to spread and I just tried to treat it with antifungals and didn't think anything of it. Then, the night we moved in, Kelsey was throwing up, and that weekend I was throwing up. Probably more than you wanted to hear, but I haven't experienced that since I was probably 3. Then Easton's rash broke out all over his whole body. It was diagnosed as pityriasis rosea, a childhood virus that lasts about 3 months. Awesome. 3 Months. He hasn't been sleeping through the night at all since we moved in so we decided to start letting him cry it out. Again. I took cookies to the neighbors to prepare them. We let him cry for a couple nights. The third or fourth night he just would not quit. So we went and got him and he had a fever of 102 degrees. That makes you feel like a good parent. Letting your child scream while their blood is slowly coming to a boil. The fever persisted for a few nights and then came his turn for throwing up. That lasted about a week. My sister had strep so we thought we should get him tested. Although he had all the symptoms (fever, vomiting, red throat with sores all over it) his tests were negative. Then we thought the rash was getting better. And then it turned into this.

This is a totally different rash than it started out with. He had his 15 month check up today (where he got 3 painful shots) and the Dr (who we really trust) thinks it is just eczema brought on by the virus. The virus probably isn't gone yet either because it has only been about 6 or 7 weeks. 6 more to go:( In addition to Easton's sicknesses, Tyson has been feeling constantly dizzy. When he went ice fishing on New Year's he passed out on the ice and gave his friends a good scare. He has been feeling dizzy and light headed pretty much every day. So we took him to the Dr and the chiropractor and had some lab work done. He wore a monitor for 24 hours to check his heart. He's textbook normal in almost every way. I'm still trying to convince him that all he has to do is stop eating potato chips and ranch for breakfast:) I'm glad there's nothing seriously wrong with my boys, I just hope they start feeling better soon!