do want to have an occasional pity party). I'm so thankful for how
healthy our family has been all year. Until last week, everyone
(including Dylan) was so healthy that we hadn't missed a single day of
school due to illness. The past few weeks have been rough and I
mainly wanted to briefly chronicle them so that we could look back and
see how crazy a bit of sickness can make things when there are several
kids involved.
It all started Wednesday, March 28th, when Ben came in and laid down
in my lap mid-morning. A fever ensued and that little man was quick
sick for several days with strep. The following Tuesday evening, I
was counting my blessings that nobody else had caught it when Kate
said, "I'm really cold." Thankfully, the doctor had given us
prescriptions for Kate and Drew just in case they caught Ben's strep,
so she started her antibiotic 1 hour after developing clear symptoms.
Her fever lasted from Tuesday night until Sunday morning. Thursday
night, though, Dylan came down with a fever and couldn't come for
school. Strep was ruled out for his sickness, but he was with us all
week, so that made for sickness #2 running through our house. Kate
finally woke up feeling well today on Easter morning, but Drew didn't
want to get out of bed and Chris wasn't feeling well. Both had a
temperature, so they headed back to bed and I took a fully recovered
Ben and a still weakened but recovered Kate to church for Easter
alone. I called Grandmama to tell her that Easter lunch attendance
would be down and she said that Dylan and Avalyn were both running a
fever. So, after a wonderful worship service this morning (where Kate
got to sit by herself during the second service while the choir sang
because there was nobody left to sit with her), I dropped the two well
children (out of 5) off at Grandmama and Granddad's house while I went
home to check on the boys.
The boys actually had a good day together. There was some fever here
and there, but they hung out and watched movies. Meanwhile, the well
ones and myself hung out all day eating, Easter egg hunting, and
playing Uno/Scrabble. We were joined for part of the day by Gram,
MaMa, Grandmother, and Aunt Carol. When I arrived back home, Drew
almost vomited at the thought of taking the ibuprofin, but we
eventually got it in him. I finally got everyone in bed, Chris was
asleep on the couch, and then I noticed two piles of dog vomit in the
upstairs hallway waiting for me to clean up.
Did I mention Ben peed on me this morning?
Again, I would like to say that while this wasn't the most ideal
Easter ever, we were able to worship, remember what Jesus did for us,
and make some great and funny memories. I love my family!
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