Well, today it finally hit him. Marty has had just a tickle of a sore throat for about a week now but that has been the worst of any symptoms of whatever sickness the kids and I had. Today we all took naps after church (woo hoo!) and he woke up feeling crummy and had a slight fever. Marty is like a man of iron, he almost never gets sick, but by the end of the day today he was officially waving the white flag of surrender to being sick. He went to bed extra early so I'm the only one awake right now.
He hasn't had full body aches like I got on day one of being sick, so maybe he won't get hit as hard as the kids and I did. He also should miss out on any pink eye. That would be really awful for him because the biggest portion of his work these days is selling. It's a little tough to sell when you look and feel like a leper.
He commented to me tonight that he doesn't know how I took care of the kids while I was sick. It's always so validating to have someone else go through what you have gone through and say "that was really hard", it's a relief to feel justified in the pain and struggles you have or had, and that you're not just weak.
The other bit of bad news is that Carolyn is acting sick again. She's been yelling a lot for the last two days, and I had been thinking that maybe she was teething again, but today she had a fever again! Just over 101 this time. When she was on antibiotics for her ear infection, she had a reaction to the antibiotics after a few days and the doctor had us stop them. They wanted us to hold off on trying more unless Carolyn seemed upset about her ear still. She had been so happy that I assumed the infection was resolved, but today the fever and the yelling made me think that her batting at her ear was because it was bothering her (because babies constantly grab at their ear/head/hair). I gave her some tylenol to help her sleep, but she's already woken up once tonight and she was sounding congested again. Oh boy. Now I'm wondering if she's just all around sick again and maybe the yelling has been from a sore throat or something.
Now I don't know if I should get her ears checked again or just assume it's another cold and wait it out. I'm so sick of going to the doctor, and the last thing I want is the kids to catch something else while we're there. I'm leaning towards waiting... depending on how the next 24 hours or so goes.
Tonight I re-read through several of my posts from while the kids and I were sick. I was so incredibly miserable but it's hard to remember now that I am feeling better and that pain is gone. I haven't been a very diligent journal keeper since I had kids, so this blog has sort of become my new journal. It's actually really nice to have a day by day record of happenings. Just this morning I was trying to remember when Peter got his boot on because I thought his four weeks was coming up soon, so I just looked up my post about it. I guess whether or not anyone actually reads this blog, it's become a handy journal for me.
I'm heading to bed now. If you're reading this, send some prayers our way that we're not heading back into the trenches of being sick!Labels: Family