Worst Week Ever!

After our wonderful Valentine's Day things for us started going downhill quick! On Sunday Tyler was complaining of a sore throat and his eyes were bloodshot. By the evening his eyes were starting to produce green-goop so we immediately took him to After Hours Medical to be checked out. My thought was with Monday being a holiday, if it was Pink Eye and we got him on medication soon he would still be able to go to the 100th day of school celebration on Tuesday (he really wanted to go). So Brad took him in and we were surprised to learn that he had strep throat and that he didn't have pink eye at all, it was the strep infection causing the nasty eyes, plus he had an ear infection too! He was started on oral antibiotics and eye drop antibiotics and within 24 hours was doing a ton better. On Monday morning when Brad went out to go to work (I was lucky and got the paid holiday, he had to work) the Malibu wouldn't start. We still do not know what is wrong with it and really can't afford to get it looked at. We are borrowing his parents extra car right now. Thank goodness for them! Trevor cried most of the night Monday night and then his eyes started to water and become goopy on Tuesday so I took him in but he didn't have strep throat but an ear infection. So they gave us eye drops and oral antibiotics too. On Monday Brad started complaining that his foot was hurting (the one he broke several months ago) but since he gets home from work late at night and I am already in bed in the dark I didn't see it until Wednesday. When I saw it Wednesday night I knew something was wrong and had him call his ortho doctor first thing Thursday morning. The doctor was able to see him quickly and immediately knew it was infected (he had no open wounds or sores on his feet- this is completely contained). When the doc heard we had strep at our house he started Brad on amoxicillin and sent him home. After 24 hours with no improvement and in fact, more pain we called the Dr at 8 p.m. and Brad was directly admitted to Intermountain Medical Center. So I am writing this here in his room, overlooking the east bench (check out the view from his hospital window below. If you look close you can see the Indian head at Murray Park and where they tore down the old Southern Exposure strip joint- I'm just sayin'). He is doing OK now that they have drawn blood cultures, started the IV antibiotics and gotten him settled in. I'll keep you posted.