sick, sick, sick.

march has been a rough month. camden got sick at the beginning of the month, followed closely by me coming down with a nasty cold that is STILL lingering. camden's illness started with conjunctivitus. he had mucus coming out of his eyes but they never did get pink. but i took him to the doc to get eye drops and then disinfected practically everything he touched. putting eye drops in his eyes was a blast, btw. camden would shut his eyes as tight as possible, thrash around and turn his head from side to side so it's pretty much impossible to get a drop in. the first few times i held his arms and legs down with my legs and then tried to pry an eye open and quickly get a drop in. mind you, all the while camden is crying bloody murder. our neighbors probably thought i was abusing him. the doc said to give him the drops 4 times a day at a minimum. what??? you gotta be kidding me. i then opted for just putting a couple drops on his eyelids and just hoped some of the medicine would somehow get in his eyes. seemed to worked cause the mucus stopped. but then his congestion, fever and cough kicked in so that led to sleepless nights on all fronts. it seriously was like having a newborn back in the house! let's also not forget that i am now sick with crazy congestion and a killer cough. not sleeping then gave me the worst sore throat ever, prompting me to go to the doctor myself. he gave me antibiotics which were like a gift from the heavens. they made things better but 2 weeks later and my sore throat is returning! die, superbug, die!!

camden, thank goodness, is better. his fever broke after a few days of fighting him to take his tylenol drops (what else is new?) but then the hives set it. yes, that's right...hives. he'd break out in hives after his afternoon nap every day for 4 days straight. the doctor said some viruses just have hives attached to them and there's nothing you can do but ride it out. poor camden. :( here he is sick, wanting to do nothing but watch elmo all day long. he was a trooper though and is now back to his usual, happy self.

but mommy and baby sick at the same time? definitely not a fan.