House of Four Krauses: Easter Sickness

Emily's first Easter will not be forgotten. We were hosting my mom, Kevin's parents, and grandma. First off when we got home from church we found a lake in our kitchen. Turns out some of the pipes were backed up which made the dishwasher emptied all of the water on our floor. Also Em had been spiking fevers since Friday. I had called the nurse on Sunday assuming it was another ear infection. They told us to wait until Monday since her fevers weren't that high. We have her some ibuprofen and she was a trooper on Easter. After some initial clean up we were able to sit down and have a nice dinner. Then Kevin and his dad spent the remainder of the day declogging the kitchen pipes.

I took Emily in on Monday and discovered that she had the coxsackie virus. This virus is related to hand, foot, and mouth disease--a common, not serious childhood illness. The doctor said that while she didn't have the full blown virus she was probably feeling pretty miserable. Plus since it is a virus there is nothing you can really do but wait it out. So we started our ibuprofen regiment and waited for the best. On Tuesday I still felt like something wasn't quite right with her. So I ended up taking her back in to see the doctor. This time they verified that she did indeed have an ear infection. Turns out that ears can change quite quickly and we were too early on Monday to catch it. Now we are doing pretty good. I think that virus has run its course and we are 2 days into our antibiotics. Emily is slowly back to her normal old self. Needless to say we won't forget her first Easter any time soon. Hopefully there are healthier and sunny days in our future.