sicky kids day 5...

I feel like a dispensary! I am loving my chalkboard frigde to document who had what when. Allergy meds, antibiotics, probiotics, nystatin... Man alive every 12 hours, ever 4 hours, 4 times a day and at every diaper change. Goodness gracious. :) But... they are doing better today. No high fevers for a while now. Nolan-game today which I am missing to take care of the babies. I don't like missing his games. It bothers me and I hope he understands that I would be there if I could. It has been freezing, windy and rainy. I was hoping this game would get rained out but it didn't. Taylor is head coaching today and we are on snacks. Hope they win and I can't wait to have them home so I can hear all about it. Lincoln- boogery mess with a sinus infection green snot and a cough. Dr at a A+ urgent care prescribed him amox and an allergy med to help dry up his gunk. Sick. It's draining out of his eyes in the AM He slept really well despite being congested Dah- Slept well. Still having to wash dry and apply cream at every diaper change and his thrush rash is getting a little better as long as I don't skip and check his diaper every 15 minutes or so. Lame. I hate thrush. He still has it in his mouth but I don't think it's going to clear up 100% till the amox is done. Gave him tylenol last night because he was crying in pain from what seemed to be his ears. He won't lay flat while he has an ear infection. Me... I'm tired and Lincoln threw his sippy cup at my face this morning while I was sleeping. I have a lump just under my brow bone and a red line across it. Overall I slept well even with Taylor gone at work and 3 kids in my bed. All the kids and myself are now on probiotics. It is even helping Dylan handle the amox it seems. His poop isn't as bad. I am so happy my kids are feeling a little bit better. This medicine schedule is exhausting me though... but it's working

Amoxicillin-love hate relationship!

So my diet has been the same. NO WHEAT NO DAIRY and Dylan was finally starting to come around! Finally could see some "fatty deposits" in his stool instead of green slime and now tonight it seems to be that directly after his amoxicillin he is having horrible stools again. I HATE THIS. I hate that I am trying so damn hard and it's not working. Sometimes I feel like I am doing this for nothing because the results are so slow. I eat dairy he bleeds so I know I have the proof. I go off of wheat and it clears up even more but nights like this make me want to punch something. I was googling like crazy every single thing I have consumed over the past few days and I'm clear. I know it's the medicine and it seems other parents are having the same issues with amox and their milk protein allergy kids. UGHHH Why the heck do you need to add malt (dairy-in some brands), food coloring and so many additives?! I was going to wait to start the kids on probiotics but it's looking like their little systems (at least Dylan's) can't handle this amox. His thrush is getting worse despite being treated and now he has a yeast diaper rash. I am so torn. After seeing him so uncomfortable for almost 3 days and knowing he has a painful double ear infection I just want to help him heal. I will go as many days or the full 10 days if I think it's helping but if I see blood again I am tossing the antibiotics in the trash. I am SOOO MAD! I wish I had a Dr to call but I have tried calling the dr's office and when I say we have IEHP they say that the soonest we can be helped is 2 weeks. They refer me to urgent care but these kids need a Dr that can see them same day and that will have a chart on them to help me piece all of this together. I understand our insurance is for poor people but my kids need a dr. Don't take medi-cal if you don't like dealing with medi-cal patients. So Dr #3 we won't ever see and Dr #4 we don't have clearance until May 1st. I can't wait until May 1 so I can start them at Dr.#4 that also has a holistic and allergy background. CAN NOT WAIT. Until then I feel once again like my hands are tied. The GI Specialist STILL has not returned my calls and when I look him up online he has 2 stars out of 5 with over 20 people rating him! Fabulous! With amazing comments such as- "thinks he is God" (sounds like a great dr, right??) and "tries to prescribe over phone so he doesn't have to be bothered with office appts." (now I know he is capable of phone use so CALL ME BACK!- Don't make me drive to Riverside with my sick crying kids) The other day when I was at the health food store the lady noticed the white patches on Nolan's cheeks and "allergic shiners" under his eyes and asked if I was aware that it is also a sign of a food related allergy and said I should have him allergy tested "just to be sure". She was very nice and very knowledgeable but I know she was thinking "I hope this mom realizes that this is effecting all of her kids and not just the babies". I know this... but how do you make a kid change his eating habits while his dad is popping pizzas in the microwave and chowing down fast food. Seriously... you don't want to read my blog when I vent. I am in a horrible frustrated mood dealing with 2 kids that are sick and having no sleep since Tuesday. So enough for now... I am putting myself in a bad mood. :(