Last Saturday night we went to the Ringling Bros. Circus at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids. We had a great time. Sunday morning, my husband felt sick, with a stuffed up nose and a bad headache, and he was extremely tired. He slept most of the day. Sunday night, Nathan felt sick, throwing up several times. He stayed home from school Monday and spent most of it on the couch in the back room sleeping. When Nathan needs to sleep all day, he is really sick. By Tuesday morning he was fine. Tuesday evening I started to feel a bad headache coming on and I was really tired. I got into bed at 8:00 pm and didn’t get up until yesterday morning.
Yesterday afternoon, Kaitlyn woke up from her nap burning hot. I put her on the couch in the living room with a cup of water and a straw for sipping, and a DVD to watch. She got up, walked a few steps, and threw up. Three times. I cleaned it up, put her back on the couch, more water to sip. She threw up again. Three more times. Clean up, tiny sip of water, back to the couch. Chris came home, helped me give her some Ibuprofen, then went to Subway for sandwiches for dinner. Within about 30 minutes, Kaitlyn claimed she felt better and wanted to eat. I went up to the store and got a yogurt (probiotics for regulating digestion) and a can of Campbell’s Chicken Noodle Soup. She ate a few spoonfuls of yogurt and it stayed down. We both went to bed at 9:00.
This morning she was once again burning hot, whining, acting kind of out of it. I got her to sip some diluted apple juice and gave her some Ibuprofen. When her fever went down, she ate a few bites of cereal. And threw some of it back up. Of course. Clean up, change the nightgown, sip of water. Now she claims to feel great and would like to know if she can have a hot dog for lunch. Um, NO. Because there’s no way I’m cleaning that up if it comes back up. Ugh.
I’m so tired. I have a stuffy nose and my ears are both clogged shut, and I just want to get back in bed. We’re supposed to have a garage sale on Saturday with the rest of our neighborhood, and I’m supposed to be in the basement making a sale pile. But I don’t wanna. I wanna SLEEP. I want someone to bring me juice in a cup with a straw and turn my pillow to the cool side. I want someone to put my favorite movies in the DVD player. I don’t want to be the responsible one today. Waaah.
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That does not sound good! I hope you and Kaitlyn get better really, really soon.
As moms we take care of everyone when they are sick but no one takes care of us when we are sick.
You poor thing. I hope you feel better soon. You might have to forget about the yardsale.
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Oh yuck! I hope that everyone is feeling better soon – especially you. It’s no fun to have sick kids, and even less fun when Mom’s sick too.
Well done on managing to post that while feeling so off. Hope you’re better soon.
Aw.. This sounds really bad. I hope now you are fine. My prayers are with you.
Gosh, I’m sorry, I hope your better now.
Good post, but have you thought about healty before?
I really enjoyed reading, thank you!