Well.
We should get the test results back tomorrow, but I'm fairly sure, based on our symptoms, that the rest of us have pertussis. To say that I'm out of my mind worried about Elle is an understatement.
Supposedly the first two weeks are mild and the 3rd and 4th are when things get scary. I don't need scary right now. Nor ever. But here we go. I pray God gives me strength.
If you don't know much about pertussis/whooping cough - here's a bit I took from this article.
"Some kids with whooping cough need to be treated in a hospital. Infants and younger children are more likely to be hospitalized because they're at greater risk for complications such as pneumonia, which occurs in about 1 in 5 children under the age of 1 year who have pertussis. Up to 75% of infants younger than 6 months old with whooping cough will receive hospital treatment. In infants younger than 6 months of age, whooping cough can even be life threatening."
So - if you don't hear from me much over the next month, you now know why.
We should get the test results back tomorrow, but I'm fairly sure, based on our symptoms, that the rest of us have pertussis. To say that I'm out of my mind worried about Elle is an understatement.
Supposedly the first two weeks are mild and the 3rd and 4th are when things get scary. I don't need scary right now. Nor ever. But here we go. I pray God gives me strength.
If you don't know much about pertussis/whooping cough - here's a bit I took from this article.
"Some kids with whooping cough need to be treated in a hospital. Infants and younger children are more likely to be hospitalized because they're at greater risk for complications such as pneumonia, which occurs in about 1 in 5 children under the age of 1 year who have pertussis. Up to 75% of infants younger than 6 months old with whooping cough will receive hospital treatment. In infants younger than 6 months of age, whooping cough can even be life threatening."
So - if you don't hear from me much over the next month, you now know why.
