Enter last night. I had been dealing with a sore throat and stuffy nose all day and attributed it to the night I stayed up with Blake until 4 am due to his stuffy nose. It seems when I don't get enough sleep whatever is lurking in the shadows of my cells decides to come out and take advantage of my weak immune system. I imagine it looks something like this:
So while I tried to sleep last night, little green guy was wreaking havoc on everything above my shoulders. I went to bed feeling ok, but woke up shortly after I had fallen asleep to a fever/chills, an even worse sore throat, no possible way of breathing through my nose, and worst of all, my jaw was aching. I don't even know what it means if you have a cold and your jaw hurts but I can't imagine it's a good thing. So I laid awake in bed for most of the night just praying for the light to break through the window so this night would be over. I remember laying there with my mouth open (to breathe of course) and my eyes half shut. I knew I looked like a hot mess because I felt like a hot mess. I checked my phone and it was only 3 am. I stayed in bed listening to the wind blow and wondering if the storm had already come and gone. Then I thought, "Who cares about the storm. I'm dyin' here!" Finally around 4:30 I got up and took some medicine and laid on the couch for an hour. I think I probably got a total of 2 hours of sleep last night. Boo.
Luckily when I got up for the second time this morning to make Blake a bottle, I was feeling better. My jaw had stopped aching, my throat wasn't as sore, and I thought there was a chance I could actually sleep. So Blake and I took an early morning nap for a few hours and here we are. I still feel terrible, but it's mostly a stuffy nose now, which I feel like I can handle. I really don't want to go to the doctor, mainly because I don't have a doctor here so I'll have to find one and walk in the rain with my baby to the doctor's office. Boo on that too.
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The Boy has had some nasty boogies and seemed to have problems breathing through his nose. I called the nurses line and she recommended using Baby Simply Saline since he didn't have a fever. I used it, although he didn't care much for it, but it got the boogies out of the way so he could breath.
We've got the boogers here as well - only the Hubs is well (for now). I was just getting well from the last wave of illness when this one struck and all sleep went out the window. Thankfully the kids are on the mend and I didn't get the fever you did. My doctor told me to take a vitamin D supplement to help my bones AND to boost my immune system. I totally notice a difference when I take it.
Feel better!
I'll look for the saline solution! Thanks! And I have been taking vitamin D as well. Maybe I'll up the dosage a little. Thank you!
Ugh. You get the brownie. All four of ours have stuffy noses. Boos all around. Hope you feel better!
So sorry to hear you've been sick! I passed the cold around my family this week -- we've all been sniffling. Luckily the only person it attacked super hard was me last Sunday. Feel better soon!
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