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Wanna Get Away?

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

What mother hasn’t felt this way? With the past week (broken laptop, couldn’t find flu shots for my kids, now Will’s sick), I definitely would love to get away just for a weekend. When Country Inn & Suites by Carlson asked if I’d like a woman’s weekend retreat, how could I say no?

Next weekend, I’ll be heading to a local Country Inn & Suites by Carlson for a night. My goal is get away from it all — work, reviews, the internet (though I am going to bring the laptop with since I can’t completely walk away from my internet addiction), my blackberry, etc. Due to my many obligations, I often forget to take care of me. This is a great way to relax and enjoy myself. My game plan is to head to a movie, eat a nice dinner (and not have to inhale my food or bring crayons), and maybe even get some shopping in!

If you could get away, where would you go? What would you do?

Tags: death, Handhelds, health, Influenza, Smartphones, Toronto, Will
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Cold, Seasonal Flu & H1N1 Symptoms

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

I got this great chart to help you decipher what sickness is going around in your house. As a mom, I am freaking out about H1N1, and this really helps to figure out what’s going on. (That being said, always make sure you call your doctor for the proper medical care).

h1n1 chart

Tags: business, Conditions and Diseases, family, fever, Flu season, health, Health care, healthcare, home, Infectious Diseases, Influenza, Influenza A virus subtype H1N1, mothers, parenting, Viral
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Will Update — The Story Up Till Now

Friday, May 1st, 2009

Where do I start? I landed yesterday from the Stouffer’s Event (which was awesome and I will be writing posts later about it. I just can’t right now). I got a phone call from my FIL. He said that “I’m picking you up. Will’s in the hospital”. Of course, my idiotic response was “are you kidding me”. I mean my brain could not wrap around what he was telling me. And he wasn’t kidding. All he knew is that Will spiked a high fever, was unresponsive, and was taken by ambulance to the hospital.

Can you say mom guilt? I know that being here wouldn’t have changed a damn thing. However, I can’t shake the guilt.

Well, what happened was that my MIL dropped Madison off at preschool and was driving to my SILs. She watches her kids on Thursdays. Her house is about 6 blocks away from Madison’s preschool. Will and grandma were singing in the car till she turned on my SIL’s block. Then he stopped singing and she thought he fell asleep. She pulled in front of their house and went to get Will out. He was slumped over, unresponsive, and foaming at the mouth. A scary sight. He was rigid, so she had a hell of time getting him out of his carseat and ran to my SIL’s door. My SIL called 911. By the time the ambulance got there, he was still seizing. We still don’t know if it was one long seizure (febrile seizures should last 2-3 minutes and you shouldn’t get multiples) or if he beat the odds and had multiple seizures. However, he seized all the way to the hospital. (My heart is breaking as I write this and I wasn’t even there).

He got there and I’m not sure exactly what happened but they ran a lot of tests. They tried a CT with sedation but he moved too much. They also ran a swine flu test. When I had heard he spiked a fever, that’s where I went. It’s a scary feeling. I guess even after the seizure he should have snapped back, and he didn’t.

I got there right after the CT attempt, and we spent most of the time waiting for test results. They still don’t know what caused the fever. The only test we don’t have back is for the swine flu. He was pretty crabby on and off all day today.

Our plan of action for the next 5 days is that we have to monitor him. He will get Motrin every 6 hours the entire time and we will keep our fingers crossed.