The Great Pertussis Scare of 2009 (Alternately titled: There is Pertussis Among Us) Kids Activities Blog

We recently went to a dinner political party. A really fun dinner party.

At said dinner party – the host'southward (whom I dear dearly just past the fashion) oldest Son had a terrible wicked no good very bad cough. He is also a Reactive Airway Affliction kid just like my Noodle and is her "vewy favowite boy" equally she likes to say. Every bit we drove away from the party I did turn to the BD and say, "you lot know – that really was a bad cough – I certain hope he is ok".

Fast forward to Wednesday – 1:50pm – I am dressing kids in swim suits to head over to a altogether party for one of our very best friends. Mom is an essential part of my Momtourage  AND the mother of the FOUR virtually precious girls y'all take ever met. Now needless to say – thankfully – I got the call before we all headed over to her house and infected half of our town'southward population of girls with………

wait for it……………

oh yes – you know past now from my championship:

Pertussis

aka

WHOOPING Coughing!

Sigh……………

I had JUST been at the pediatrician that morning with my ain Reactive Airway Disease cutie patootie plus the Little Buddy had a little cough and so we chosen our pediatrician who immediately sent us to a big children's hospital nearby to be tested ASAP considering you know what starts tomorrow???????

yep

The Fourth of July 3 Twenty-four hour period Weekend! Yippee – right? Not so much if you are waiting on Pertussis results and have no thought if you are fit for man company.

Soooo nosotros race to the Pediatrician option upward the forms to go the examination done, pick up the Best Daddy and caput off to the lab in a wing of the big hospital.

We get there – we get out of the car and we caput in where I have to bank check 3 children in to the hospital and become outfitted with arm bands!
I just wanted to say, "actually? nosotros are just going to be hither for a second (little did I know) and I will go along a close heart on them. No need for id tags."

No luck……

So 20 minutes subsequently – we get checked in – head to the lab, she takes my millions of stickers and then says, "oh ooops – we can't do a Pertussis test here – you have to become to the Large hospital."

sigh

So we head back out to our car after some very serious instructions that involved a parking garage, two elevators and a sky span. As we are loading up I say, "Sarah Jessica Parker – the stickers the stickers, nosotros need to get the stickers back from the girl!!!!!!!!"

So I run dorsum in (have I mentioned information technology is really really actually hot in Texas this fourth dimension of twelvemonth?) Anyway I digress……

We finally become to the next lab. I sign the children in at 4:xviii. My pediatrician gave u.s.a. strict instructions (at 2:xxx past the mode) that we were to take the exam (by the way – at this point – I yet have NO thought what kind of exam nosotros were talking about but more than on that later) by v:00 in order to become results dorsum before the vacation – 5:00pm – I say – five:00pm for the love of Mike – 5:00pm!!!!!!!!

So the lab guys says that they have to go someone from respiratory over at that place and it would be just a minute……

Tick

Tock

Tick

Tock

Wink to iv:57pm – I am literally virtually to come out of my skin. I can feel the grey hairs pushing out of my scalp and the zits bulging out of my face…………

Respiratory shows up. Ane by one I have to go back into a room with a man with a mask and gloves on and watch him joke equally he shoves a sparkler- like object up each and every ane of my children's noses until they screamed as if their eyelashes were being plucked out…….

…….it was bang-up. By the time we left the infirmary the poor Noodle was wheezing so hard from the stress of it all – I almost thought we were going to take to stop in at emergency to get a quick breathing treatment simply at this bespeak the All-time Daddy has that grim – I am a Daddy – I am going to get us the hell out of hither – if I have to go rogue Spiderman and climb the walls – look on his face up, and then we just scurried on home.

Thursday morning dawns and we play the waiting game. Nosotros stay in our pj's, nosotros exercise breathing treatments, we make balloon animals (well sort of), we picket Telly, nosotros wait…….

Tick

Tock

Tick

Tock

2:00pm

I call the hospital – here is the conversation…..

Me – yes hello there – I would like to check on my (insert terminal name) children'due south pertussis tests

Guy on phone at hospital – yes the labs are in the reckoner simply I am afraid that I cannot release them to you lot – you are "only their Mother"…….

Now let me tell you – at this point – y'all know when people joke well-nigh exploding – I actually know that feeling now – I really actually think that my cervix is sore now from trying to concur my head on………

Anyway conversation continued….

Me – (vox one octave college) Simply THEIR MOTHER??????

Guy on phone – well yes Ma'am – nosotros take no way of knowing if y'all are actually their Mother

Me – Tin can YOU Not TELL FROM THE HYSTERICAL TONE IN MY VOICE THAT I AM THEIR Female parent????????

Guy on phone – I am sorry Ma'am – I demand their doctor to telephone call.

Me – click

Speed Punch Pediatrician

HithisisHollyinsertlastnamehereandtheywon'tletmehavethepertussisresultsbecausethey
saythatIamonlytheirMotherhaveyoueverinyourlifeheardofsomethingquitethatinsane??????

Nice lady on phone at Doc'due south part – Holly – I promise we will call right now and phone call y'all back

Me – click again

Tick

Tock

Tick

Tock

Riiiiiiinnnnnnnnggggggggggggg

Hello? Good news Mrs. Holly! All labs came back negative. Bask your Quaternary of July weekend.

Sugariness Sarah Jessica Parker!

Might take to relish an adult beverage this weekend – just thinkin' out loud here…….

Holly is a onetime teacher now loving life as a stay at domicile Mom married to the All-time Daddy (nicknamed BD for the purpose of posts). I get to hang out every day with my two bowhead girls – My Ladybug historic period seven, and My Noodle age 5 and our Fiddling Buddy age ii.  Become cheque out more adventures at http://iheartbowheads.blogspot.com

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She is the co-author of 101 Kids Activities that are the Bestest, Funnest Ever! and The 101 Coolest Simple Scientific discipline Experiments.

She is the mom of three boys ages thirteen, 15 & 17 who partially homeschools. She believes that yous shouldn't have to purchase stuff to accept fun when there is a kitchen junk drawer full of possibilities.

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