I don't know when my day started this morning - depend which time I got up (or did I sleep?). Last night it was Tomris with the high fever, over 102. Tolga was still miserable, Teoman slept okay other than a cough. He also had a fever, but not so high. I put everyone to bed - but still couldn't sleep early because I was going between them all.
In the night I could hear coughing coming from the other end of the hall. I couldn't tell if it was Baba or Gokhan. Turns out it was both. In the morning, I am usually getting up at 5 - but instead I was holding Tomris in a chair with an icepack - her cheeks were red, her hair was wild, her eye lids heavy but not sleeping.
I was late getting ready - and when I was ready to out the door, Tuana and I were the only ones awake. The door knocked, and suddenly Tolga popped up, Anne came around the bend. Zuleyha asked how we were,
Anne: I didn't sleep at all.
Blink Blink.
I left for work.
Tolga was going to bring the kids to the doctor in the morning, but he was doing pretty badly himself. After work, we all went to the hospital. Tomris had 103 fever now, Teoman a barking cough, and Tolga was downright ornery. Tolga and Tomris got chest x-rays, Tomris and Teoman got a steroid in nebulizer treatment, and Tomris got a few tests done for strep and flu, as well as some ibuprofen.
Tomris was negative on everything - but her tonsils are swollen, throat is red, voice, is hoarse, and coughing painfully. Tolga may have swine flu. Teoman has just a his cough now.
It's hard to know what to do - I was sent home with too many medicines for such little ones. Just hoping Tuana and I can hold out.
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