Well, I wish I could write about all the fun adventures we've had the past couple weeks, but our outings have consisted of trips to the doctor.

I am battling a bout of high blood pressure, most likely due to the arthritis flare in my body. Seems that when my body is under stress, that is the first thing affected. On Thursday, I went to the doctor and found a fabulous one that knows about my disease, so something good came out of it :o). Sat. I woke up with a sore throat and didn't feel all that great, but powered through.

We did have about a week where the kids were healthy and managed to squeeze a sleepover in with Kayla and Daniella and the kids had a blast! I was wondering how Reggie would do with all girls, but Kayla had him entertained and she is just as imaginitive, so they were doing puppet shows and building balloon light sabers and fighting Ainsley and Daniella in the bounce house.

Monday afternoon Reggie started getting a fever and Ainsley was complaining of a sore throat. It was a ROUGH night...Reggie slept with me and Ainsley with Ryan. In the morning they both were burning up and Reggie's eye was bloodshot and gooey, so I made an appt. for him. By the time his appt. rolled around, it was clear that Ainsley was in much worse shape, so I had them both seen and she had strep. My throat was still hurting, so it made sense that I was the source. I made a quick appt. and my test was very positive. the nurse was wondering how I was in such good shape and I told her how much Ibuprofin I'm taking for my eye and then it all made sense...kinda scary! So, I had been walking around with strep for 4 days, with no fever, not much pain and my throat didn't even look suspicious and God only knows how many people I gave it to. Unfortunately, Kayla and Dani got it too :o(. They tested Reggie and he was fine.
So, forward to Thursday and Reggie is still sick as can be and I was thinking he had to have a sinus infection or something because he was wiped out and not getting better at all. Then he tells me about a pain on his butt. He had a couple red-like pimples that looked suspicious. So, off to the doctor today. We divided and conquered, I had an eye appt. and Reggie went with Ryan. My eye is getting better, but not gone, so I'm still dropping every hour for another week, but at least I get to stop dilating it. The doctor cleared Reggie's cold, but didn't like the red spots (thinking it could be strep or staff), so he joined the antibiotic club and already seems to be improving.
Some fun during our sick time:
So, this last month, I have been to the doctor 6 times and Reggie and Ainsley have been 4 times and that doesn't include the pharmacy....let's just say I know the pharmacist by name and am greeted nicely. I think we must have spent $350 on copays alone :o(. I thought I was ready for spring a couple weeks ago, but I'm really ready now!!!
Here's a picture of the antibiotic club: