Matt had travel for the entire week this week so I made plans to head up north to my parents and his parents so that I would have extra hands helping. This meant facing a 2 hour drive on my own with 3 children under the age 4 (two of whom protest traveling by crying). The drive was uneventful until nearly dying on I465, but that's for another post. Kiera decided to cry off and on for the last 40 minutes, but Gabe did fine, and no one needed to stop so we just kept driving.
Before leaving, Luke had a cold which he so kindly shared with his brother. I debated even traveling since two of them had runny noses and coughs, but we came anyway. Luke's cold escalated to an ear infection by Wednesday, but I didn't get him into the Urgent Care until Thursday (after he spent the morning crying). Being out of town with sick kids really limits your options on where to go and definitely costs more. After spending an hour at the doctor with Luke and another 40 minutes with the pharmacy trying to figure out why the doctor prescribed something not appropriate for his age, I spent 2 hours with Gabe on Friday evening. The first hour was REALLY long and he cried the entire time. The doctor, however, was a genius who handed him a sucker stopping all crying in its tracks! Thinking surely we could get his simple antibiotic filled quickly, we proceeded to the CVS right next to the doctor's office. I was of course wrong about it being fast and spent the next 20 minutes chasing Gabe and his sucker through CVS aisles!
To say the least, I am thankful to have had extra help from my parents and sister and Matt's parents. It was a crazy week, but now everyone is over their colds and back to normal routines (except for Kiera and sleeping). And because my children love to share, they gave some of their germs to my family as a going away present. One I'm sure that they'd rather give back.
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