I had one of the worst coughs I ever had.  It started three weeks ago with just a very bad cough and no other symptoms.  I consulted my nurse practitioner coworker and my doctor and I was told to take antihistamines.  After two weeks of horrible sounding cough and three nights of migrating downstairs to sleep (to avoid disturbing Stuart), the cough finally resolved.  Unfortunately Stuart got my cough too approximately a week after mine started.  His sounds just as bad as mine and possibly worse.  He started doing nasal rinse and taking over the counter medications after instructed by his doctor.  However Stuart does not like the grogginess from the cough syrup, he just tries to hang in there without it.  It has been two long weeks for Stuart now, and he has moved downstairs several nights due to bad coughing spells as well.  Stuart often has lingering cough for a long time after any colds in the past; hopefully this one can end soon.

    Logan and Connor had their shares of colds too.  On Wednesday last week, Logan came to our room at 6:17am telling me that he was feeling dizzy and felt like “choking” (nauseous in his mind).  He actually sat on the rug in the bathroom for awhile and tried a few times with no output.  We then gave him a bucket to carry around just in case.  He only wanted a little breakfast which he kept down fine.  After not being himself for like 45 minutes, he suddenly became fine and told us that he felt well again.  We totally thought that we had to keep him home that day, but since he turned around completely and did not show other signs of illness, he was off to school.  He ended up having a good day at school but had started a mild runny nose for the next 24 hours.  On Friday it was Connor’s turn.  When he was playing soccer with Stuart while Logan practiced soccer with his team, Connor’s voice turned scratchy.  On Saturday, he complained of being dizzy twice, once after he was at the playground and another shortly started a Minecraft game.  This was unusual for him.  He also had a little stuffy nose.  Fortunately what they had was short lived. 

    It ended up working out perfectly that we had no plans this weekend, so we could relax and recuperate.  We just did little things at home and locally.  The boys like playing a Sonic racing game lately together; sometimes Stuart would join them and play a three way racing.  We went for a walk in the nearby trails.  We played tennis.  We had the boys get on their bikes for a little bit; we are taking little steps learning how to balance.  We reintroduced golf and both Logan and Connor did fine with their swings.  We played board games, even tried Hedbanz for the first time.  They had a good laugh with it, but quickly Logan realized how difficult to guess and not trying too hard at all afterward.  When we took walks in the evening, sometimes the boys would bring their Nerf guns and we would direct them to aim at tree trunks or posts.   Connor has quite a good aim, and our best marksman.  We did a home movie night which I will blog in a different post.  The weekend turned out quite fun and cozy.