Long Winter is Over!

This has been a very long winter for Noah. He has been sick since before Christmas with perhaps one or two healthy weeks here or there. He was diagnosed with strep on March 2nd after being sick for nearly a week. He was put on a Z-pack and completed the five days of medicine. He seemed to be a bit better for a week and then started complaining that his throat hurt and once again looked completely drained. The pollen here is awful so most of us have itchy, sore throats and he did not have a fever anymore so it was hard to tell what could be causing it. I took him back to the doctor on Friday, and sure enough the strep was either back or never went away. He is now on Omnicef. It is doing a number on his stomach and I think he may be feeling worse from the medicine than he did from the strep! Not to mention, it smells so awful I can't imagine swallowing it myself. He has done a good job and drinks it down without putting up a fight. Luckily, he only has to take it once a day! He goes back to the doctor on Friday to be sure that this medicine is working. The doctor was fairly confident that it would, but if not, he will have to have his tonsils taken out. This morning he told me that he may rather have his tonsils taken out than take that yucky medicine for 7 more days.

We have been trying to take it easy this weekend for Noah's sake. It wasn't hard for me to do since I'm not feeling well either. Friday was Melissa's birthday so we celebrated with her. After taking a nap, a true sign of our age (although I am younger), we woke up at midnight so Melissa could go buy her copy of Twilight. Yesterday we spent the day relaxing at home and did the same today. Hopefully all of the rest will help Noah. He is worried about going to school tomorrow because of his upset stomach and his throat is still hurting a bit. He has been eating and drinking all along. He has a high tolerance for pain, much like his dad, so it is hard to figure out just how bad he is feeling. The big giveaway is his lack of energy. He is usually the energetic, loud, and wild one. Lately, he has been a complete couch potato. Hopefully he will be better this week. Although still funny, his spunk is missing.

Ethan's team won their soccer game again this week. I stayed home with Noah, but it sure sounded like an exciting game. They won in the last 40 seconds of the game after the other team tied it up in the last minute. Will and Noah have their first soccer game this coming Saturday. Thankfully, Ethan's game is at home so we won't have to travel all over Central Florida that day going to soccer games. We can just pitch a tent at our own fields!