Tuesday, August 11, 2009

What are the odds.....

We have pertussis in our house.  Nope, I am not kidding.  Even my pediatrician said "Only you, Krista" and I have to agree.  What are the odds of contracting a disease that is supposed to be for the most part obliterated by vaccines? To add insult to injury, what are the odds that only one of my five immunized children had any protection from it (at least so far...).  Needless to say, we are ALL taking antibiotics and in 24 hours we will no longer be contagious.  I am looking forward to that.  

In the mean time, we have had friends from out of town over (sorry Meems!), went to Build a Bear in the Mall, Chuck E . Cheese, Olgas Kitchen, and many many Midwest Sliders games, and oh yeah, I donated blood for the first time.  I hope they check blood for pertussis.  (?!) I donated over two weeks ago, so I am hoping that I didn't unknowingly pass along an illness to someone who was already ill.  Good grief.  The guilt would kill me.

School is starting soon.  We are going to visit a dear friend (who I may or may not have infected with pertussis) this weekend, and are looking forward to the Heritage Festival one of Ricky's all time favorite ways to spend money.  We missed it last year because we were in Disney World.  He is still a little bitter about that.  He is a weird weird kid!  I'll have to post about his birthday when I am not coughing all over the place....

I guess it could be worse, but looking at the odds of so many of us getting pertussis in the first place, I think I am going to start playing the lotto.  My luck has got to change in my favor one of these days!

God is good.  All the time.

3 comments:

ilene said...

Awwww..... get well soon everybody!! Summer vacation is a horrible time to have everyone quarantined! But the lotto tickets MIGHT be a good idea!! :)

ilene said...

Hey Megamom.... I got your message on my #99. I only have more followers because I have a HUGE family and make them all become followers!! I only started my Blog because I loved what you were doing with yours!! I will always be your biggest Blog fan and will keep encouraging you to keep writing!!! :)

Love ya!!

ilene

The Strozeski kids said...

Great news my kiddos are on the way to the dr here, back door no waiting room for us Henry and izzy hacking and henry's asthma has kicked in full gear, to the point he must go by ambulance to er if chest breathing happens! Cheers whoopie do and hot dog!