A Rough November...

This month has been a rough one to say the least. After Halloween, Elin had a high fever and was struggling to breathe. We took her to the Dr, and sure enough she had croup. Of course she couldn't just have normal croup though....nope she had a croup that wasn't responding to any treatment, which landed us a 3 day stay at the children's hospital. Elin was really sick and our experience was very scary. We want to thank everyone for their prayers. We felt them and we knew that the Lord was taking care of us. We have never felt so helpless. Our little Elin was just sooo sick. It's hard to see your child like that. A couple of things helped Elin get through her difficult time... BABY EINSTEIN. I think we have Baby Einstein memorized. It was on repeat for 3 straight days! Jenni's boss Darla was so sweet...she brought Elin a Teddy Bear while in the hospital and then sent her gourmet cupcakes as a get well present. This teddy bear made Elin smile, which made us smile! Elin's nurses were incredible and they took very good care of her. After leaving the hospital, it took a good week for Elin to return to her normal, happy, full of energy self.

If croup wasn't enough, Jenni caught the SWINE FLU and it took her out for a good 10 days. Even after isolating herself and taking extra precautions, Elin got the swine flu and so did Corey. We all got on Tamiflu and we all felt better. Then once off Tamiflu, Elin got another high fever. The Dr thought that she might have a hidden pnemonia, so Elin had to get another chest x-ray and then she was put on high dose antibiotics. Poor thing!! We are hoping that we had our share of illness all in the month of November. We should be good for a year right?!! We are hopeful:)