Just a quick post to let everyone know we are all feeling better. It would be nice to imagine the girls will never get sick again but I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that won't happen.

Ringing in the New Year the Wrong Way...

Sometime during all the holiday celebrations our family managed to come in contact with some nasty germs. Soooo.... Craig and I ended up ringing in the New Year in quite possibly my least favorite place ever. The Pediatric floor of the hospital. Craig was sick earlier in the week and it just was all downhill from there. Madelyn started with a cough Tuesday night and by Thursday we were in and out of the doctor's office and hospital all day. We saw the doctor twice during the day and we went to the hospital for a chest x-ray to rule out pneumonia. Madelyn was then admitted around 10pm for oxygen or IV support if needed. She's such a little trooper. She didn't need any oxygen or fluids so after a night of monitoring they let us all go home. They also did a viral screening panel to test her for various viruses that could be making her sick. The results showed she has RSV which has caused Bronchialitis. Bronchialitis is an infection of the bronchials which can make it very difficult to breath, especially when you're such a little peanut. Sadly but not surprisingly... Georgia and I have also come down with it. I'm feeling yucky but I feel worse watching them hack and sneeze. Their coughs are so violent they end up throwing up so we have been watching them vigilantly for signs of dehydration. So much for those painful and expensive RSV immunizations the girls have been getting for the past 3 months. :O( Our familiy's new year resolution is no more hospital visits!