Wow, what an intense last couple of months! I am taking a moment while Billy is out with the kids to make up excuses for me not writing- at least for the last little bit. After spending my last 12 hours praying to the porcelain god, I am finally managing to keep something down, so we will see how this goes! December started out marathon of sickness like this family has never seen! Actually, come to think of it, it didn't start with sickness. It all started with an ER visit.
Every once in a while I work at Costco selling religious art. I just work the roadshows and it has been a good thing. Except this time I was asked to work all the way in West Jordan- really? But they were asking me to fill in so I thought I would help out and took the shift. I was almost there after nearly an hour in the car and I get a phone call from Billy "I don't want you to worry, but I wanted you to know that the Ava Cam and Bennett are at the neighbors and I am taking Pierce into the ER." Oh yeah, I totally wont worry. Actually I was a mess the rest of the night because someone FORGOT to take their phone into the hospital with them! It wasn't as bad as it sounds though. Pierce was climbing on a sofa table and the whole thing toppled over. The table was scarred, the Christus was broken, and my poor baby ended up with several stitch. I hope someday he will rock that scare because it is square in the middle of his face, right between his eyes! But the next morning he was acting completely normal like nothing ever happened. Mom, on the other hand just wanted to hold her baby!
Later that week.... I had been asked to work all the way down in Springville the Thursday before Christmas and so I left the kids in capable hands (billy was off for Christmas break) and I took off to work a 10 hour shift! On the way there, I felt fine. About half way through the day I wasn't feeling great, and then an hour or two before hand I didn't know if I was going to make it! So I missed the family Christmas party and barely got home. Strep. First me, then the rest of the family. We finally figured out what it was Christmas morning and so we took everyone (all of us) in the day after. 6 co-pays, strep tests, and prescriptions for antibiotics later we headed home. It took a bit for everyone to start feeling better. But before we all better, we took turns with the flu. There were lots of nights up with puking kids- and it lasted FOREVER.
Billy got it the worst and it actually resulted in another trip to the instacare for him and some lung x-rays. But we all eventually managed to work our way past it. Then Pierson got another ear infection. Augmentin this time because he has just finished up a round of amoxacilin a week or two before.
So thats it, right? Nope. This was followed up the weekend before last with a surprise trip to the Instacre last minute. This time it was Bennett with an ear infection. Then this weekend it was followed by 5 of the 6 of us throwing up some more. This time it came fast and furious, only lasts 12-24 hours but it hits you hard! So I was the last to get sick and I am recovering. I really hope we are done this time! All of this has added up to more than $1,000 in unexpected medical bills. But I suppose thats the only way medical bills come.
So hows that for an excuse?
Merry Christmas 2025
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