Rex came home Tuesday morning from the hospital still feeling light-headed and weak; nevertheless, he came home. He drank quite a bit of fluids Tuesday, but still on Wednesday, he needed more fluids. He is having really bad night sweats and seems to be sweating out all of his fluids, thus the dehydration and the electrolyte imbalance. I took him to the dr. office for more fluids Wednesday. He seemed to be feeling a little better Wednesday, at least his color looked better.
We all have some sort of sickness right now. Lindsey started early this week with a snotty nose that went to chest congestion. I started to feel really run down Wednesday with some sort of junk including burning chest, cough, snotty nose and fatigue. Erin started Wednesday afternoon with a fever and said she just had a sore throat. Amber has a very mild cough starting now.
Thursday: I took Erin and Rex to the family physician -- Erin for a strep test and Rex just because he is still so run down and susceptible to illness. Now that we have illness inside the home, I was afraid it would escalate and possibly already had. Erin tested negative for the strep, so they did a flu test and she tested positive. Erin and Rex are taking Tamiflu now. Lindsey and Amber feel the best, so my cousin is taking care of them for me giving me a chance to concentrate on Rex, Erin, and myself.
Rex has lost a total of 50 pounds now since all of this has started. He has been able to eat very little in the last week. He has mainly survived on Boost, water, and Gatorade. Some food he keeps down, some he loses to vomiting.
We are very tired and just plain worn out.
Please pray that Rex will not catch any more illness and that we will all get back to good health.
Donna Meadows
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