17 appointments in 11 days!

Ask Dan or I why we were a little physically and mentally exhausted over the past two weeks... and you'll hear a LOT about the fact that we just finished a record streak of 17 pediatric doctor appointments in 11 days. That meant sick kids... sleepless nights... juggling work schedules... and whiny kids who need extra love.

Seriously. 11 days of fun.

Again... who could make something like this up.

It all started with the well baby visits for Rocco and Matteo on Monday, 5/4, and went downhill from there. Granted... the boys picked up some bugs after hitting all our our Easter festivities. Three big and fun events in three days, going to bed later than normal, missing normal naptimes (therefore impacting length of naps), has proved to not be beneficial to the health of our little men. But, we sure did have a lot of fun regardless.

Both boys ended up getting ear infections... their first since having the tubes. Matteo didn't respond to the oral antibiotics so they ended up having him go in for 4 days of antibiotic shots to clear up his poor little ear. He was also on the tail end of battling bronchitis. Rocco was the second to get the ear infection, so they just put him on 3 days of shots instead of playing around with the oral stuff. I was thrilled. Seriously. Because I think the boys have both become pretty immune to the oral stuff. Because of Gabby's penicillin allergy... the little guys are never prescribed anything in the penicillin family. So perhaps their drugs are less potent? I don't know... but it seems that way.

In addition to the ear infections, Gabby got croup, Rocco battled with his bronchiolitis and he also got a case of the 24 hour stomach flu (just a high fever and threw up once). He was perfectly fine 24 hours later. Crazy!

And... we finished off the streak of appointments with the post-op audiology appointments for the boys. They did great - both passed. Both tested out to have perfectly normal hearing. Rocco was a bit harder to handle at the appointment... think lots of different things being stuck in an almost 16 month old's ears... and strange sound tests. He was not all too thrilled but apparently did much better than some 2 year olds. Matteo was really good. He looked at me a few times almost to say "Mom, what are they doing to me? Get me OUT of here!"... and he did manage to pull out the ear piece twice for the big test. But other than that, he was a star pupil.

Bottom line.... we spent $340.00 in 11 days. On DOCTOR appointments!! And we wonder where our money goes.... sheeeesh!!

Anyway... we're hoping to now start our HEALTHY streak!! We just have to bring the boys to see their ENT MD tomorrow, for their post-op appointment. Then, I think we're clear of MD appointments for a while. Fingers crossed!