Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Sickness, sickness, go away!!!

Here it is little more than a week after my last post, and unfortunately I have been sick at least half of those days.


Zack had a debate tournament this past weekend. We didn't get home until 2:00 on Sunday morning. He and his partner came in 4th place out of 30 other teams. The top 3 teams are going to Vegas this summer. Although he was very disappointed he didn't make 1st, 2nd or 3rd, he was excited that he made it as far as he did. It was a double elimination tournament, and the last debate of the night was his team's 2nd loss, thus knocking him out of 3rd place.


Overall -- that part of the weekend was good. All day Saturday my throat was feeling raw from sinus drainage, but wasn't feeling too terrible. It was the ride home where the symptoms of my previous malade reared their ugly heads. The sinus drainage and pressure, the dry cough, the sore throat and fever all were making me miserable. I spent the next two days in bed and went back to the doctor yesterday. I marched into the exam room (after spending 45 minutes in the waiting room -- apparently everyone else has been suffering from similar symptoms) and, after listening to my lungs, and examing my throat and ears told me that bronchitis was plaguing me again (still, I say!). So I'm currently on my third round of antibiotics and having to use an Albuterol inhaler four times a day. Doc said that my chest was very tight -- and this combo should do the trick of loosing up the mucous in my lungs. So, we shall see!!! I had to go back to work today, suffering through a blinding headache most of the day. Hopefully by tomorrow I'll be feeling quite a bit better and can say I'm over the worst part of it.








Zack's girlfriend traveled with us on the 2 hour trip to the tournament. She had never been to any of his competitions, and was curious to know what Debate was all about. We gladly invited her along with us. It actually helped him pass the time way in between rounds.

The boys are out of school this week for winter break and are enjoying playing the Wii with different friends coming over different days. It helps pass the "boredom" away they say. Well that and they're staying out of their dad's hair as well. Win/win, right? :)

Zack is competing in another tournament this weekend. The top three teams of that trip will go to Appleton, Wisconsin for competitions on Memorial Day weekend. It's apparently a pretty big meet for the winners. We shall see. Wish him luck!!

Until next time...

4 comments:

Kristin-Mom to 4 boys and 1 precious girl said...

your son is so handsome sandy!!!
he did really well in his debate, even if it wasnt the top three, he did well.
i am sorry you are still sick
i have been for almost a month and its not going away either. :(

formerteacher said...

Sorry you're still sick. Your son Zack is adorable. I can't believe he has a girlfriend already. Man, are they growing up too fast!

Tanya said...

Wow- Congrats to Zack. He should be extremely proud of himself! I love the photos of him and his girlfriend. He looks SO much older then he did in the last pictures you posted. He is a very handsome boy Sandi.
I hope you feel better soon.
Ps- Did you text me a while back? Someone text me while I was out of town. I tried to text back but had no connection. Then Jt got a hold of my phone on the ride home and managed to delete all my incoming text messages. grrrrr. If it was you--- sorry I did not text you back. I tried.

Unknown said...

I hope you had a great Easter.