But... every record is meant to be broken, right?
Unfortunately, all of our fun Easter festivities last weekend ended up bringing on another round of sickness in the Martino home. Not sure if it was brought on by the babies drinking out of other kids sippy cups at the Hart's party on Saturday night or from being wet out in the cold while at the egg coloring party at the Keene's on Friday night. But, by the Tuesday after Easter... Matt had a stuffy nose and by Wednesday, Rocco was also sick. Dan brought Matt to the doctor on Wednesday for fear of another ear infection because he was up all night. Apparently, he just had a sore throat, snotty nose and was stuffed up.
On Thursday, Rocco's snotty nose was in full force. Julia suspected he might have pink eye when he woke up from his afternoon nap because his right eye was very swollen and there was gunk coming out. Gabby had it a few weeks ago... so this seemed to make sense.
Well, when Rocco woke up on Friday morning... both of his eyes were red, swollen, and had gunk coming out of them. He looked like he was in a fight! Poor baby! He was diagnosed with Periorbital Cellulitis. Which, if left untreated can be incredibly serious. Apparently, some kids are actually admitted to the hospital right away for IV antibiotics.
I can't bear to post a photo of what he looked like... because it just makes my heart hurt and my eyes water. Poor
Rocco was given antibiotic shots for two days, eye drops (3xdaily) for 5 days, and an oral medication for 10 days. He is doing SO much better now and his eyes have completely cleared up... thank goodness!
Both boys are still snotty. Matt still has a bad cough. But, both seem to be getting better and I know I should knock on wood before I mention this... but NO EAR INFECTIONS! YAY RAH RAH TUBES!!
We had a super-fun weekend with all the kids regardless of them battling colds! We played outside a lot in the sun and sprinklers... it was LOTS of fun!
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