Coburn Kids

This weekend has been crazy! First off, Genevieve came down sick after school on Friday. Sore throat, cough, fever and a headache. Then Saturday night Adessa came down sick with all that and the bonus of vomiting. Sunday they were both miserable and laid around the house the entire day. Which was kind of sad because my Dad is the new 1st Counselor in the Bishopric at his ward and I was really hoping to be there to see it! That and Genevieve was supposed to say the 2nd Article of Faith in Primary that Sunday as well. To add a little bit of excitement (maybe he was feeling neglected) Caden decided to choke on some spit-up and thought that breathing was just NOT the right thing to do. I ended up having to rip out his NG Tube (literally, I ripped it off his face and out of this throat) because he was just not able to recover. He was a little pale but I decided that since he didn’t turn a grayish or purple he was okay.

So Monday rolls around and I drag all 3 kids to the doctor. Adessa and Genevieve because they are sick and Caden because he needs his synagis shot. Turns out Gena has strep, but the doctor thinks she is just a carrier. He said that in about 20% of kids all their throat swabs will turn out positive for strep if they are a carrier. Interesting. But Adessa doesn’t have strep and Caden is not sick. The boy must have a super immune system because he has never been sick yet… not even with an ear infection which is especially surprising for a Cleft baby.

Whether or not they’ll both go to school tomorrow remains to be seen, and I’ll have to remember not to say the word K-A-R-A-T-E around them because I really doubt they will be well enough for their lessons tomorrow.

Caden’s doctor is going to be talking to some GI doctors about getting Caden a G-tube. So we’ll know in the next few days the how’s and when’s of that. Besides that the little chunk is 13 1/2 pounds now (though I can’t figure out how considering that he’s eating less then before).