January = the month of sickness

Noah was sick at the end of December. We took him back to the doc to make sure everything was fine and he looked great. After he was off the antibiotics for a week, he started not feeling well again. So back to the doc he went. Guess what... another ear infection. And when he gets these ear infections, it not just his ears bothering him. He is snotty, he can't breathe, he doesn't sleep well, he doesn't have an appetite, and the list goes on. Noah started round #2 of antibiotics and started feeling better.

On day 7 of his medicine (3 more to go), Noah smelled a little funny when I woke him up. Since he was acting fine I figured he spit up a little, but he was okay, so I went ahead and took him to day care. I got a call about 9:00 am from day care saying he threw up and had some ugly diapers. I picked him up and took him home. I'd never seen him so lethargic. He was just laying in my arms barely able to open his eyes. After a couple of hours and a 102 degree temperature, we decided to take him to the doc. The doc said it was probably a virus. This all happened Friday. Guess who woke up throwing up Sunday at 2:00 a.m.??? That's right... me! Then Billy got it just a couple of hours later and when he gets a stomach bug, he gets it bad. We weren't feeling so hot on Sunday morning. We were very weak, nauseous, etc., and three people with the stomach flu all at the same time is not pretty. Needless to say, it was a rough morning.

To top it all off, Noah decided not to touch any food or drink and hadn't had a wet diaper for about 16 hours. Off to the hospital we went. Since I was not as bad off as Billy, I took care of Noah in the children's ER while Billy took himself to the adult ER. Luckily Noah didn't have to have an IV. They gave him a pill for nausea and he started to drink after that. We had to wait around several hours to make sure he kept it down, but he did and we were able to make it home without too much damage.

This all happened over a long weekend so we were mostly able to recover before going back to work and day care on Tuesday, but it's amazing how quickly you get behind on things when you're sick. So we were playing catch up for everything we missed that weekend. Yet another reason that has gotten in the way of me posting. And just in case you were concerned, I promise not to add any visuals of that weekend!