We are in the middle of our Christmas Vacation. My family left our house yesterday afternoon and we traveled to Cheesesconsin and are awaiting the arrival of Redner Cousins to get the Schwed-Red-ner Christmas party going.
That night I got a text from Dave that Isaac seemed off and by midnight he had a fever. I got home in the morning and we decided the pathetic little dude needed to go to urgent care. All he did was whine and lay on me when I got home. The nurse practitioner diagnosed Isaac with a hat trick- double ear infection, influenza and strep throat. She told us he was going to be sick for 5-7 days and we should stay put for Christmas and cancel visitors. There was no way we were sending my family home so extensive hand washing and isolation it was after we picked up the expensive tamiflu prescription and cheap antibiotics.
We set up the toddler bed in our room with cartoons and lots of fluids. Isaac's fever broke the next day on the morning of Christmas eve. We kept him in isolation all day but by Christmas Eve dinner he was bouncing off the walls and almost completely back to normal. We called it a Christmas miracle and released him from captivity to play with cousin and brothers. And just in time for matching Christmas jammies- Star Wars this year!
The boys were spoiled on Christmas morning and got what they asked Santa for- Elliott a Brown Line, Isaac a white light saber, Eli a nerf gun and Adam a Darth Vader light saber and BB8 watch.
We spent Christmas day with my dad's family in Coon Rapids. There was southern food, escape room game playing and cuddles.
We didn't have a very white Christmas but the lake was frozen so we had a lot of fun skating across and around the lake. And of course there is always hockey!
