Here I am

Where have I been, you ask? Ok, you probably don't ask, but I will tell you anyway. First, my sweet just-turned-6 month old got RSV. I read that most kids have RSV at one time or another, but if my older three ever had it, it must not have been bad enough to warrant a doctor appointment because I don't recall them having it. It started with a nasty cough. We actually went to the doctor for a checkup for my oldest and I ask our doc to just take a quick listen to Blake, as he'd had a crummy sounding cough. He ended up doing a full office visit with him. He had an ear infection, and got an antibiotic for that. Then the doc said he probably had a mild case of RSV, but they couldn't do much for it, and just to watch him close and bring him back if he got worse. The next day he was worse, but I thought I'd wait one more day and see how it went. Worse. He sounded terribly "wheezy" and wasn't eating as much and was sleeping a lot, all of these unlike his normal self. This time the doc said it was definitely RSV. His antibiotics were not helping his ears, which were worse, so he got two shots and stronger meds for that. We ended up having to do breathing treatments, which we are still doing, about every four hours. Thankfully, he had a good oxygen level and was hydrated enough so that he didn't have to be admitted to the hospital. As of now, he isn't really better, but I don't think he's worse, so I'm just continuing to watch him closely. I was told the symptoms could actually last for a couple of weeks. (insert deep sigh here). In the midst of all this, I got a TERRIBLE pain in my back one day. I tried to ignore it, but it got so bad I couldn't even pick Blake up. I ended up going to the minor emergency clinic and they did and xray and said it was a muscle spasm and prescribed me some meds. I don't know much about muscle spasms. My back is better, but still really hurts. My dad is encouraging me to exercise/work it out, but every time I do anything it really hurts, so I'm having a hard time talking myself into much activity. The very worst part is not being able to carry Blake around like usual. Especially because he is sick :( Anyway, every now and then I can actually feel *something* inside my lower back twitching. It's SUPER annoying. The older kids have also been on Spring Break. It has actually been really nice. They have spent a lot of time with their Papaw/my Dad and the weather has been beautiful. David has been working a long schedule so we really didn't get to go anywhere (but with everything else going on we probably wouldn't have anyway). We did make it to the local Circus today (post to follow) and the bleachers KILLED my back. So, that's where I've been. Rather, I've been on my couch, but that is WHY I've been on my couch. So, here I am, I'm back...just not necessarily in full swing.