What a Week!

Well, it all started last Friday night (Labor Day Weekend). We had gone to visit my sister in Tulsa, OK. We arrived late on Thursday night and all seemed to be well in the house. Earlier that day Londyn had come home sick from school though. But so far, so good. Friday, Londyn seemed to be feeling better, so we were all looking forward to a fun weekend. We went out to eat Friday night. As you can see from the pictures everyone was happy and healthy. We ate lots of food, took lots of pictures, and were thoroughly enjoying our time together. Then it hit. Kevin was first, then Skylar on Friday night. My sister, mother, and I all got sick on Saturday. We were feeling a little better as we headed home on Sunday, but before we arrived in St. Charles, Nathan was sick. So far, Anastyn was the only survivor. By Tuesday, everyone was feeling better and we were sure Anasytyn had miraculously made it through. However, on Wednesday she was quite fussy all day and as we were getting ready to leave for church, we realized she felt quite warm and was moaning quite a bit. We took her tempurature and got 100.3. Definitely high enough to call the doctor. We were told to take her to the ER, so about 8:40 we arrived in the ER. They got her tempurature as 102 degrees and so they had to get some blood work and gave her some Tylenol. They had trouble finding her little vein, so that took quite a while and she was not happy at all. They finally got an IV in and secured it very tightly with a little armboard and lots of tape. It looked so sad. They drew her blood and then she had to have spinal tap because her blood work came back high. Poor thing was put through the ringer that night. Luckily, her temperature came down and we were sent home around 1:00 am. She slept pretty well and we had a follow up appointment with her doctor on Thursday. She is now back to normal and all of her cultures came back negative which is really good. She luckily missed the vomiting and diahrrea. Thank Goodness! Here are a few pictures of her with my family before it all hit.


I thought she looked pretty cute in her little headband.

Playing with her cousins

Laughing at her daddy

Grammy Tammy trying to hold all 3 of her girls on her lap.

Londyn excited to hold her cousin.

Skylar and Anastyn