Home Sweet Home!
It feels so good to be home! 11 hours of traveling with 5 kids can wear a gal out!
We were up this morning at 6am (4am Utah time) to drive from Kill Devil Hills, NC to Norfolk, VA to catch our flight. We flew from Virginia to Atlanta, had an hour layover and then flew from Atlanta to Salt Lake City. And would you believe that Mikey (who was my airplane buddy all day - we couldn't all sit together) fell asleep AFTER we landed in Salt Lake! We had to wait a few minutes on the tarmac to be towed into our gate so it took an extra 10 or 15 minutes and he just couldn't fight it any longer. Trust me, I tried! So then I got to carry him out of the airport. He only slept until we got to Baggage Claim. I really hope he sleeps tonight!
While we were at Baggage Claim, a lady came up to Kira and said, "What do you have? I'm pregnant and I don't want to get sick. And if I do get sick, I want to know what it is." Kira tried to tell her she didn't know and that she just had a cough. The lady (probably around 25) then asked her if she was on "meds" for it. At that point I noticed that she was talking to Kira and I took over. She told me that Kira was sitting by her and coughing during the whole flight and she wanted to know what she had. I told her the same thing, just a cough with no other symptoms. Which is true. Poor Kira felt so bad. She told me she was so careful during the entire flight to always cough into her napkin and cover her cough. She started to cry. She was really embarrassed. I was kind of bugged at the lady. I know it's not ideal to travel when you're sick but it is public transportation. It just happens. We probably got it on the plane too! But next time talk to the parents, don't confront a 13 year old girl who doesn't know how to respond to an angry pregnant lady! I do feel really bad that we traveled sick. But we did our best to cover coughs and keep the worst ones the farthest away from other passengers. I don't know what else we could have done.
We decided we'd better take the kids to the doctor when we got home. Just to be safe. It ends up that they probably all have bronchitis, just like we thought. One doctor said it could possibly be walking pneumonia but the other one said that is pretty unlikely. Everyone was prescribed an antibiotic and an inhaler and the doc threw in some heavy duty cough medicine to be safe. Kira and Calvin also got antibiotic drops for their swimmers ear. We walked out with quite the stack of prescriptions! Eleven to be exact. So in the end, I'm sorry to all the other travelers we were with on the plane today. Maybe we should have worn masks, but I think that really would have freaked people out. I hope we don't get people sick and next time we need a good doctor friend who can help us figure stuff out while we're out of state. Or just bite the bullet and pay the hundreds (or maybe more) of dollars it would cost to go out of state or out of country! :(
PS - Isaac and I are the only two who haven't caught it. Yet. Crossing my fingers and washing my hands a LOT!
We were up this morning at 6am (4am Utah time) to drive from Kill Devil Hills, NC to Norfolk, VA to catch our flight. We flew from Virginia to Atlanta, had an hour layover and then flew from Atlanta to Salt Lake City. And would you believe that Mikey (who was my airplane buddy all day - we couldn't all sit together) fell asleep AFTER we landed in Salt Lake! We had to wait a few minutes on the tarmac to be towed into our gate so it took an extra 10 or 15 minutes and he just couldn't fight it any longer. Trust me, I tried! So then I got to carry him out of the airport. He only slept until we got to Baggage Claim. I really hope he sleeps tonight!
While we were at Baggage Claim, a lady came up to Kira and said, "What do you have? I'm pregnant and I don't want to get sick. And if I do get sick, I want to know what it is." Kira tried to tell her she didn't know and that she just had a cough. The lady (probably around 25) then asked her if she was on "meds" for it. At that point I noticed that she was talking to Kira and I took over. She told me that Kira was sitting by her and coughing during the whole flight and she wanted to know what she had. I told her the same thing, just a cough with no other symptoms. Which is true. Poor Kira felt so bad. She told me she was so careful during the entire flight to always cough into her napkin and cover her cough. She started to cry. She was really embarrassed. I was kind of bugged at the lady. I know it's not ideal to travel when you're sick but it is public transportation. It just happens. We probably got it on the plane too! But next time talk to the parents, don't confront a 13 year old girl who doesn't know how to respond to an angry pregnant lady! I do feel really bad that we traveled sick. But we did our best to cover coughs and keep the worst ones the farthest away from other passengers. I don't know what else we could have done.
We decided we'd better take the kids to the doctor when we got home. Just to be safe. It ends up that they probably all have bronchitis, just like we thought. One doctor said it could possibly be walking pneumonia but the other one said that is pretty unlikely. Everyone was prescribed an antibiotic and an inhaler and the doc threw in some heavy duty cough medicine to be safe. Kira and Calvin also got antibiotic drops for their swimmers ear. We walked out with quite the stack of prescriptions! Eleven to be exact. So in the end, I'm sorry to all the other travelers we were with on the plane today. Maybe we should have worn masks, but I think that really would have freaked people out. I hope we don't get people sick and next time we need a good doctor friend who can help us figure stuff out while we're out of state. Or just bite the bullet and pay the hundreds (or maybe more) of dollars it would cost to go out of state or out of country! :(
PS - Isaac and I are the only two who haven't caught it. Yet. Crossing my fingers and washing my hands a LOT!
8 hours on the airplane today. Not the funnest thing, but the kids actually did great. Thank you iPad!
Waiting for the next flight. Isaac and Mikey are playing tag in the airport. I'm sure the other passengers were loving us today!
11 hours of traveling and he falls asleep in the last 10 minutes. Of course! Wish this was at the beginning of the flight, not after we'd landed.
It's nice to be loved! Elena picked us up from the airport, stocked our fridge and made us a cute sign. We're so lucky to have such good friends!
Wow! I had a grocery bag full of prescriptions. Crazy!
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