~~~~Warning: Some of the following content may be disturbing to some readers. Yucky, gross and awful sickness descriptions ahead.~~~
It has been several LONG and tough weeks of illness here at the Tom house. We never seem to come down with just a typical common cold, instead we contract all sorts of disgusting illnesses all at once and suffer through them together.
Nigel kicked us off with what seemed to be an endless cold/cough (still going after three weeks!), and then each of the kids got 'colds'. Neela has a cold/cough but overall seemed to fair the best. She was off school for a week and still suffers from a cough, but nothing too major...yet. I got laryngitis. No voice for me, or only a hoarse croak for several days. My windpipe is so swollen it is painful eating almost anything and my headcold has been going strong for 10 days now.
Ashton has faired the worst...he was seen by a doctor last week and they believe he has an ear, eye, throat infection (bad cold/cough)...add pus leaking eyes, diarrhea and some vomiting! Above is a pic of the poor thing one day last week when he woke up looking like death with purple swollen eyes. He had a chest x-ray last Friday, and thankfully his lungs are clear.
Now, we wait....and wait and wait for things to improve.
