Viral Infection and Pinkeye

For the past two weeks we have been battling a virus and pinkeye in our house. It first started with Rami who missed three days of school and was very sick with fever, cough, congestion and pinkeye. We tried our best to keep Rami away from Leila during that time and even had her wearing a mask in the house.

Unfortunately it didn't work and Leila ended up getting it all. She started with the fever and congestion along with the cough and then the pinkeye set in. Of course it all happened to be on Memorial weekend, so we called Dr. B and told him Leila was fevered. He quickly told us to meet him at Sunrise Childrens Hospital so that he could look at her. He examined her and gave us a prescription for the pinkeye. He said he thought the fever was a virus and that we could fight it as an outpatient rather than admitting her into the hospital. That was a huge relief, but we spent the next three days at the clinic where Leila received IV antibiotics and fluids along with Tylenol and Motrin to battle the fever. Her cough and congestion continued for several days.

Leila missed a week of school, but is finally feeling better. She returned to school today to finish out the last few days for the year. She was very excited to return and see her friends.

Now Deena has the fever, pinkeye and all of the above. Once again we are trying to keep Leila away from her. This is our third week of this virus in our house. We are all tired of being sick and sick of being tired!

We are all looking forward to summer break!