The House of snot

Truely, it is unbelievable. I’m thinking I should count the number of boxes of tissues we have been through since September. Starting school for both Grace and Patrick was an event. My concerns were all around making friends, settling in, separation anxiety etc etc, what I hadn’t factored on was the amount of germs that these kids share. Patrick has been sick since he started school in September. We have had one weeks grace thanks to a dose of antibiotics but other than that the poor little chap has had a constant runny nose, cough and fever. It all came to a head this week and I got him into see his paed whose first words were – oh my goodness, he really isn’t well is he? Anyway, the constant ear infections have won him some more antibiotics and a trip to the hospital for a hearing test with the view that he may need to have tubes. I’m left wondering why there always has to be something with one or other of them? Because you have kids says my Mum!

Grace was also off school on Monday as the cold seemed to really take it out of her. I think she has been fighting it for so long that she just couldn’t any longer. Luckily she hasn’t developed a fever and so was back to school yesterday, albeit feeling a little sorry for herself!

So, its a rainy end to the week but Grace is slowly improving and Patricks antibiotics seem to be kicking in so lets hope they are both healthy for the Santa Claus Parade on Saturday and Daddys birthday on Sunday x