HELLO! We are still alive. We have survived yet another illness. Back at our pre-deployment meeting one of the speakers said we would get sick more this year and a half than we ever have. Truer words were never spoken. Kolbe is now getting over the Hand, Foot and Mouth illness. Libby had a fever for a couple of days and just when I was going to get her checked out, her fever disappeared. A day later the soles of her feet became a bit spotted. A day or so after that, Kolbe got a fever which got up to 103 under his arm, so core temp was even worse. Needless to say I was a bit worried, especially in the middle of the night. He broke out in hives and complained that his throat hurt and then that his mouth hurt. By the time we got in to see the doctor the back of his mouth was covered in blisters and he was in quite a bit of pain. There is no treatment other than pain relief and benadryl for the swelling.
Since Jeff has been gone, we have suffered through, this problem, strep, bladder infection, pink eye, numerous colds, the flu, allergies, and the mysterious roseola. With just over a month until Jeff's return, we hopefully won't have too many more maladies. Suzanne and family were in town this past week, but I didn't take one picture of the kiddos. :( When we are functioning at 100% again, we'll take and post some pics!