The girls are excited for 2nd grade and 3rd year of preschool!
Monday, August 19, 2019
2019-2020 School Year!
One more year with Hannah in her safe preschool bubble ðŸ˜
The girls are excited for 2nd grade and 3rd year of preschool!
The girls are excited for 2nd grade and 3rd year of preschool!
Thursday, August 15, 2019
Friday, August 9, 2019
Whooping Cough
Back in June we received a note sent home from Summer Camp that a case of Whopping Cough was confirmed in the building. Dang! I didn’t think too much of it because I choose to vaccinate.
Well about two weeks later (late June) Nora has a bit of a cough that starts to build over days. And after seven days, it has not gone away. But she has no other symptoms; no runny nose, fever, congestion... So it can’t be Pertussis, right?
However, protocol is that if you child has a cough, get a note from the Ped that either confirms or denies the diagnosis.
Nora was tested; which is also brutal - huge swab up the nose.
One day later - blindsided - she has Pertussis!! Whaaaaaaat. So even though you are vaccinated, they can still catch the virus - but they symptoms are lessened.
SO: Hannah was given preventative antibiotics, Tim’s GP gave antibiotics, and my GP decided not to :: eyeroll :: She claimed the CDC did not recommend that. And Nora had to be kept home for 5 days/5 days of antibiotics and could return to summer camp 24 hours after she finished antibiotics. Lord.
So as you can expect - after I was not given the preventative antibiotics and taking care of a whooping child. Guess who else gets a nagging cough? Me. After a week of annoying my coworkers, I tried to track down a Pertussis test - which was way harder than you’d think.
*Only one Urgent Care in the area tests (and I refused to wait 1hr) and Cincinnati Children’s.
After a wild goose chase, my GP finally gives me antibiotics and after that, I’m back on track.
So everybody – take note: Whooping Cough is out there. You can’t prevent it 100%, but you can lessen the effects with the vaccination. It can take a worse toll on infants and elderly!
Well about two weeks later (late June) Nora has a bit of a cough that starts to build over days. And after seven days, it has not gone away. But she has no other symptoms; no runny nose, fever, congestion... So it can’t be Pertussis, right?
However, protocol is that if you child has a cough, get a note from the Ped that either confirms or denies the diagnosis.
Nora was tested; which is also brutal - huge swab up the nose.
One day later - blindsided - she has Pertussis!! Whaaaaaaat. So even though you are vaccinated, they can still catch the virus - but they symptoms are lessened.
SO: Hannah was given preventative antibiotics, Tim’s GP gave antibiotics, and my GP decided not to :: eyeroll :: She claimed the CDC did not recommend that. And Nora had to be kept home for 5 days/5 days of antibiotics and could return to summer camp 24 hours after she finished antibiotics. Lord.
So as you can expect - after I was not given the preventative antibiotics and taking care of a whooping child. Guess who else gets a nagging cough? Me. After a week of annoying my coworkers, I tried to track down a Pertussis test - which was way harder than you’d think.
*Only one Urgent Care in the area tests (and I refused to wait 1hr) and Cincinnati Children’s.
After a wild goose chase, my GP finally gives me antibiotics and after that, I’m back on track.
So everybody – take note: Whooping Cough is out there. You can’t prevent it 100%, but you can lessen the effects with the vaccination. It can take a worse toll on infants and elderly!
Diapers. Done.
I’ve been cautious not to jinx anything... but after months of dry diapers in the mornings, we seem to be officially done with diapers in our household! No more carrying diaper bags! Whoop whoop!
I’ve been so proud of Hannah - and myself - for prioritizing the training and getting Hannah ahead of the game!
I’ve been so proud of Hannah - and myself - for prioritizing the training and getting Hannah ahead of the game!
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