Our Day....Whew!!!

Well, actually, our "day" started last night with Whitney crying when it was dinner time. (that was weird!) She told me that her head hurt and that she was so sick!!! (she was right!) She rested during dinner and perked up a bit when her Tylenol kicked in. I had a shopping trip to Costco planned with my friend, Beth, so we left to go and shop for a bit. When I got home, I was happy to see that John had gotten everyone to bed (except for Little Bit...long story) Whitney was sleeping in Blayne's bed, and Blayne was sleeping with Savannah....thus starting our night of musical beds!!!! I got Reagan to bed and settled in to watch the overview of LOST with John...we love that show. After a nice hot bath and some reading I was off to dreamland....well, until 2 am when Whitney came and asked me for a drink. She was burning hot with fever. I got her a drink, and gave her 2 TEASPOONS of her medicine. She wanted to sleep in my bed, so I put her in bed next to a soundly sleeping John and I went to Blayne's bed where she had been sleeping! At 4:30, Blayne came and found me and slithered into the TWIN bed with me. He was coughing like a maniac, so I got up and sleepily went and got him a "dose" of his medicine. He took the medicine in his sleep, only to wake me up at 5 to tell me that I was squishing him!!! So, I headed to the game room to the couch...the cold, cold, couch! By 5:15 Blayne was there with me snuggled in on the couch with me. At 6:30, I got up to get Savannah's stuff ready for school and I was sooo tired. I put Blayne in his bed and asked John to take over with the school prep. I couldn't see straight. I had arranged for a carpool for Savannah, and with Whitney resting on the couch watching tv, Blayne and Reagan sleeping, I decided to catch a few more winks. Reagan who ALWAYS sleeps in when she can awoke at 7:30!!!! I got up and started her day. As I was moving about the house, I started thinking about my night. I thought about what a good medicine taker Blayne is, and then it hit me, I had given him a FULL syringe of medicine and I KNOW that prescription cough medicine is for 1/2 a tsp. I quickly went to his room where he was sleeping soundly (and BREATHING!) I went to the kitchen and found TWO 2 teaspoon syringes....had I given him TWO teaspoons??? I ended up calling Poison Control, who are very kind and helpful BTW, and told the nice lady what I had done. She sounded VERY concerned at the dosage that I had given and she had me wake him immediately. He groggily aroused and started asking me questions and was very much okay. I got him started on some juice. The PC lady told me that she would call me in one hour and that I needed to keep him right with me and monitor him....I was just kicking myself....argh....well, much to my surprise and relief, when I went to make Blayne's bed, I found the ONE tsp dropper there on his night stand on a paper towel. Obviously, it was the one that I had used for him....whew, I had only DOUBLED the dose, not QUADRUPLED it!!!! When the PC lady called back, she was relieved to hear that my mistake was not as bad as I had originally thought! I took Whitney to the doctor (she had fever all night and morning WITH Tylenol in her system!) She was tested for Strep (which was negative) and she was diagnosed with a sinus infection. The pharmacy tech was very rude to me when I went to get her prescriptions and he sure didn't know that he was messing with Momma who was functioning on little sleep!!!!! I finally got her heavy duty antibiotic this afternoon and as soon as I gave it to her, she threw up all over the place!!!!! Now, you must understand, I can handle smells, diarrhea, mucus gross stuff, but John does vomit duty around here. Poor Whitney she felt so bad as I was gagging and cleaning and my eyes were pouring tears as I held back my own desire to vomit!!! So, here we are waiting for her stomach to settle so we can attempt the medicine again! This time, I will make sure that we have John nearby in case we blow!!!! I don't think I can do it again. So, no school tomorrow for her, but hopefully better sleep for ALL of us tonight! Whew. I need a nap after writing this one!