Last night I gave my mother her Christmas present — two tickets to a live Mannheim Steam Roller Christmas concert in Philadelphia. The concert is on November 14th, which is why I had to give her the tickets now. When I handed it to her last night I told her it was a time-sensitive Christmas present, which is why it wouldn’t be under the tree for her on Christmas day. She was thrilled to get the tickets! She has almost all of the Mannheim Steam Roller Christmas CDs in her CD collection, and she’s talked about loving their music for as long as I can remember. When I saw the commercial advertised between Judge Judy episodes, I knew it would be a perfect Christmas gift for her.
Poor Alyssa. The kid that never gets sick, and if she does manages to shake it within 1-3 days, is sick, and has been for almost two weeks. For the first week or so it was just the sniffles, a somewhat runny nose, some coughing. A few days ago it escalated to major coughing, a constantly runny nose, a sore throat, and a wet, raspy cough accompanied with nasal and chest congestion (she looks and sounds so bad that I haven’t sent her to preschool this week). Since she wasn’t getting any better, despite plenty of rest, fluids and childrens’ cold medicine to ease her symptoms, I made an appointment with the doctor. They diagnosed her with a bacterial infection and sent her and Dan on their way with instructions for plenty of rest, fluids and OTC medications for treating her symptoms. Grr. I mean, I know they don’t want to just start handing out medication like it’s candy, because too much medicine can cause bacteria to become resistant to it. But at the same time, she’s been sick for two weeks. If they diagnosed a bacterial infection, why couldn’t they give her a little something for it?
I was out while Dan had Alyssa at the doctor, and when he called to let me know what the doctor said, I stopped in Target for a humidifier, some Vicks VapoSteam, and some more medicine. She sounds a lot better this morning, so I think the humidifier helped to loosen her up a bit. She’s in the living room right now, but I think I’m going to put her back in her bedroom with the humidifier. She’s also become a fan of “toasted” blankets, ever since she saw me tossing blankets in the dryer to warm them up on chilly evenings. 
Amazingly, I am not sick. I say amazingly because Dan is also sick. He isn’t as bad as she is, but he has something. Considering we kiss and sleep together, you’d think I would be half-dead by now, since I’m getting an overload of germs from him and Alyssa. Normally they bring germs to me and get me sick, while they stay healthy. Not this time! *knocks on wood* Maybe it’s the decent sleeping routine + vitamins?
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, on November 04 2009 at 1:17pm:
aww, i hope alyssa feels better soon – poor girl! 
i LOVELOVELOVE mannheim steam roller. my parents used to play it allll the time & i still listen to it now, even though i don’t live with them anymore. sometimes not even around christmas. no shame!
, on November 05 2009 at 11:19am:
Aww I am glad your mum liked her present and I hope Alyssa feels better soon
, on November 05 2009 at 12:40pm:
What humidifier did you get? I have a Honeywell that I got from my Target, but whenever I have it running continually its LOUD. It has the option of turning itself on if it sinks below a certain humidity level but that feature doesn’t work very well. I got the damn thing in order to stop me from getting the crusties that form in my nose and leave me with a stopped nose 1st thing in the morning. It got so bad a few weeks ago, that my nose started bleeding a little. The air is so freaking dry at my place since I have gas heat and keep that thermostat at 75. Hey, my gas bill is included in my rent so I figured I’d keep my place nice and roasty toasty warm this Winter.
, on November 05 2009 at 3:49pm:
I hope Alyssa feels better soon. It seems like everyone around my house has been sick with some sort of crud. My daughter had a upper respiratory infection a few weeks ago, my sinuses are driving me crazy, my husband has a super yucky sinus infection, and my youngest has been coughing/sneezing (no fever thankfully!). I guess it’s just that time of year for people to be getting sick….
, on November 05 2009 at 9:18pm:
I hope Alyssa starts feeling better soon. Being sick is definitely not fun and being the parent of the sick child is not fun either. Hope you and Ryan are able to keep the germs at bay!
, on November 05 2009 at 11:16pm:
You would think the doctor would have given her an antibiotic to help speed up getting the infection out. Hopefully it doesn’t take too long!
, on November 08 2009 at 3:02pm:
What a great Christmas present! I hope Alyssa feels better soon! It stinks when kids are sick for that long. They start to get cabin fever, too.
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I’m surprised they didn’t prescribe antibiotics. Obviously her body needs help in fighting whatever she has. If she doesn’t get better in a few days, I’d go back and demand they give her something.