Strep Throat

Am I the only heart mom, or just person, who never heard how serious strep throat was? I also thought it was something yucky you didn't want and you just took meds for it, just another form of a cold, but maybe a little worse. Man, I was soooo wrong.

Last night I, Naomi, went into Urgent Care, because I had been battling quite the cold and I happen to get sinus infection quite easily. The way my face felt, I was 90% sure it was sinus infection. When the doctor wanted to test me for strep, I didn't care. Seems I have strep throat (my throat was severely red and almost closed, it was so swollen, but I felt nothing) and a severe case of sinus infection. She then proceded to tell me to get the kids checked as it can cause damage to vital organs like the HEART or KIDNEYS...YIKES!!! I told her I had 2 boys with CHD's and whe insisted on me getting them in immediately in the morning. I got a little nervous with her telling me this. She said people without any conditions like the boys can develop conditions because of this. YIKES!!! All I could think was, I was scared for Thomas and Jonathan, but please Lord, don't let my healthy heart boy, Samuel, develop anything.

Well, today, I talked to the nurse on the phone and she said Thomas could go to school, as he had no symptoms and his throat looked great. We went in and the babies saw the doctor. Dr. Brenner said the babies throats were really red and swollen. She said she wasn't going to put them through the test, as she was certain they had strep throat, and since they were exposed to me, that means they gets meds no matter what. She said she was confident from all I told her of Thomas, that he was fine, but she wanted him on meds to be on the safe side. She told me not to take him outta school or anything. She just wants me to watch the boys closely the next couple of days and soon we all will be feeling better. She proceeded to say that Drew needed to go in and if he doesn't have it, which he may have been the one to give it to us, that he still needs to go in and get meds due to exposure and so it doesn't return, so that's where Drew will be this evening, at Urgent Care, right after work.

We are all, now, on a bunch of meds. The alarms are set for first thing in the morning for us all to take our first dose, and right after Thomas gets home from school, our alarms will go off again for us ALL to take our afternoon dose of meds. GEESH!!! We live together, eat together, and I guess are sick together...it's the way things go!

Other than that, everyone seems to be in fairly good spirits. Of course it's no fun being sick, but we are together and that's all that matters. Babies are still full of smiles :) and the boys are still loud as can be, so they are doing pretty good :) Just praying we are all healed very soon.

Hope this finds everyone healthy and safe. If you get sick or have a strep throat, don't take it lightly. A heart mom told me she never had a heart condition until she got strep throat and now has endocartitus...YIKES!!! I know us moms put our kids first (I know I do) but we have to remember to take care of ourselves too....maybe someday I'll do better with that...lol. God Bless You All!!!