Worst week in Darney history!

Last week was one of the worst weeks of my life. I’m glad that this week is proving to be WAY better!!

It all started when Ryan left for the week to go out of town for work. That always bums me out on Sunday afternoon when he has to go.

Monday I woke up coughing…no biggie. Went to work and left around noon because I was having horrible coughing attacks! Who wants to sit next to that! I came home, did some work and PASSED out cold. I mean, dreaming and all! Went to get the kids and had everyone in bed by 6:30…Hagen has been requesting to go to bed at certain times. It just so happened to be early thank the lord.

Tuesday we woke up to find ice on the ground so school was canceled! I was in BAD shape. I felt bad…coughing my butt off. We watched an insane amount of TV that day…and then Dapper brought me a dead rat he found outside…he killed it…I wanted to kill him!! Finally loaded up the car with the kids and dog and headed to my parents house. I felt like my brain was just sloshing in my skull…I couldn’t think straight. So I put Hazel to bed around 6:00 and I followed shortly after that.

On Wednesday morning I decided I needed to go to the doctor. LOVE web check in! I waited at Mom’s house for 3 hours and then they called and said they were ready for me. I was shocked to find out I had the FLU! I get my flu shot RELIGIOUSLY every year but I still got it. I had body aches, headache, coughing, etc. I was in bad shape.

I went by the house to gather some things that we needed and to check our pipes…well, the freaking kitchen sink faucet froze!!! But it thawed out on its own. Tommy (Ryan’s best friend) came by a few times to put a space heater on to help it out. Ryan has since insulated the area to help us not have to deal with that again!

Hazel has been not sleeping very well…poor baby has snot nose and just having a hard time. On Friday morning she was coughing and just sounding horrible…weak cry included. Hagen was acting like he was sick as well, so I loaded up the kiddos and we headed to Acute Kids Care…said on the website it would be open at noon (everywhere else is closed). I pull up and park and at 12:15 someone comes to knock on my window saying they decided the weather was too bad and they are NOT opening. Meanwhile sweet Hazel is crying her weak cry, Hagen is coughing up a lung, and I feel like road kill!

I call where I went a few days earlier and they don’t see babies less than 6 months old…so I headed to the ER. Hazel was positive for RSV and the FLU. Hagen…he just had a cold (negative strep and flu).

It was just a horrible week…AND…I had my first period since having Hazel, my milk is drying up because of the antibiotics and not eating very much, etc. Just a bad bad week.

So bad that Mr. Darney wrote me a SWEET letter. He is not the most romantic person in the world (which is fine because neither am I) but he emailed me a letter on Friday that just melted me…it was so incredibly sweet! I try to shield him from problems at the house when he is away because that doesn’t help…but there was no hiding the fact that last week sucked…

We ended up with 4 snow days…had our 5th yesterday but Daddy was home to help share the load.

Hope everyone is staying safe and warm!

Tata,
Carrie