Down With The Sickness

Gage is getting better. We did not go in to the doctor yesterday, because he woke up with some spunk, but not much. Just enough to let me know he was on the mend. He asked me as soon as we got up if he drank his broth, could we not go to the doctor? I made him promise to drink all of his fluids and get some rest... which he did... and now he is doing much better.

I know to some it may come off as irresponsible to not bring my kids to the doctors when they get nasty sick. Gage has asthma and Bo and Cote have the hypotonia. In my opinion, it is one of the smartest things I could do for them. Each year that goes by, their bodies get stronger little bit by little bit. We do not believe in medicating very much. We only use Tylenol as needed and otherwise we use things like honey for throat and cough and hot tea for body aches. Pedialyte is a big staple in our home, but no other meds besides Gage's emergency inhaler.

I feel like it is better for their immune systems to handle "sickness" this way. Now if they were awful sick, I would of course bring them in, but considering my kids have compromised immune systems, I think they do pretty good fighting it off on their own.

Now, I am not saying this is the easy route, because it is not. There is a lot of sleepless nights for me, rocking kids to sleep, fighting with kids to eat and drink and a ton of crabbiness; but I did not become a parent to take the easy way out. I became a parent to make the best decisions for my kids that I possibly could.

Right now I am running on fumes. I cannot remember the last time I slept eight full hours at a time, but it is worth it.

I work every day to help my kids grow into the healthiest and happiest kids that they can be.