Surgery Rescheduled

Hi blogger and Fb friends and family. Sorry it has taken me so long to update. Many of you I'm sure have been wondering how Nathaniel's surgery went. Of course as you can tell by the title of this post, it was rescheduled. I will quickly try to update you on the week we had last week. Saturday the 29th started off with a bang as Isabella and I both made a trip to the emergency room. I tested positive for strep. Much to my surprise, Isabella tested negative for the flu. She must have had strep also. They didn't test her for that though. After being in the emergency room for several hours, I was given a penicillin shot. Isabella was prescribed an antibiotic. We left the emergency room and went to pick up Isabella's prescription. The pharmacy in Carlsbad did not have that certain medication on hand. We decided to head to Odessa, TX and get it filled there while we were dropping the other kids off at their grandparents.

As soon as we arrived in Odessa, Isabella began to get worse. She was up all night long running a fever and couldn't keep anything down. Then, you guessed it, Nathaniel began to get sick. By the next morning, Isabella was able to keep some liquids down and Nathaniel seemed to be totally fine. I chalked it up as a virus and we headed to Lubbock for the surgery. When we pulled into Lubbock that evening, Nathaniel had begun to run a fever and was very sick. We went straight to the emergency room. His fever was 103.6 degrees. He tested positive for the flu. We were told to show up for his surgery the next morning but that they would probably reschedule. He was given a prescription for tamiflu that we immediately filled at the 24 hour pharmacy. It made a huge difference! By the next morning, his fever was completely gone. Of course they did reschedule the surgery. We will be trying this whole thing over again on March 14th. Hopefully this time, everyone will be well. :) I don't feel like we had a wasted trip. I can see the Lord's hand through it all. If we would have decided not to go, we wouldn't have been able to get Nathaniel's tamiflu at 3:30 in the morning when he really needed it. I am very thankful that we were in Lubbock where they had a 24 hour pharmacy. The Lord always knows what He is doing.

When we got back into town Tuesday, Zachary and Kaitlyn both became very sick. They both had the flu and were out of school all week. Also, many of you have probably heard about the snow storm and record breaking temps that hit New Mexico last week. School was cancelled for 3 days last week. So, my children only have 2 days they have to make up instead of 5. I believe the forecast is calling for more snow this week. Maybe this time, my kids will be able to enjoy it and nobody will be sick.