friday morning i woke up to find a toddler with a very low fever and was so happy that i started to count my chickens before they were hatched. he has still been really lethargic and only wants to lay on the couch. he's still hacking away with this terrible cough and very drippy nose but at least the fever has gone down - we'll take it. the saddest thing you've ever heard though is his sweet little voice all horse and scratchy.then about half way through the morning i could feel the first little tingles of a cough in the back of my throat and kept saying to myself, "i will NOT get sick, i am NOT getting sick, i don't have TIME to get sick, uh-uh, no way, absolutely NOT, no sir." then spencer called from school and needed to be picked up because he is was sick. this morning my "stay well mantre" was quashed by my sinus headache which i haven't been able to shake all day. so can i just ask WHAT IN THE WORLD IS GOING ON HERE!? we just don't get sick very often and i guess that's a good thing because i'm just not patient enough to deal with it long term like this. i'm officially sick of the sick. bleh.
there is nothing worse than when your kids are sick. it's just such a helpless feeling, especially for a mom, whose job is to make everyone feel better. poor little ethan has been hit by a nasty cold and cough bug AND the flu bug and is just so miserable. we are going on our sixth day of really high fevers, drippy nose, weepy eyes, no sleep and a limp toddler who just wants to be held around the clock. it's breaking my heart! and i'll be honest, i'm feeling a little stir crazy, i'm sure ethan is too. and i think i could live without ever watching another episode of "little einsteins" again and die a happy woman.
the bad news is that our pediatrician said the flu strain this year is about 10-14 days! what the? the good news? it's not the "throwing up" kind of flu, and, we're not in the hospital, so we'll take it and just count ourselves lucky. poor little guy.
