Labor Day Update

Sorry folks, no pictures or video this time - - just an update on how we're doing....

We had a good week last week, and were looking forward to a quiet weekend at home. At 2:30 AM Saturday morning, we woke up to Zach puking. Luckily, that was his only episode with the "vomits"......

Sunday afternoon (around 1:00), Alex then began his "bout". His was a little more violent - every 30 minutes or so for 6 solid hours. At 6:30 I called the Dr. (as I am freaking out about all of this H1N1/Swine flu crap), and he said to take everything away for at least 2 hours. (Alex was balling about every 5 minutes because he wanted water - that was the only thing we were giving him, yet he was still getting sick. So the doc recommended we switch to powerade/gatorade and to give as little as possible. That helped. Alex was feeling better at 8:30, and had kept the few swallows of powerade down, so we offered him a couple of crackers. He downed them in no time, so we waited a little longer - to make sure they stayed down - and then gave him a few more. Today, he's been back to his "normal" self. :)

Then, last night, as the boys were getting ready for bed, it hit me. Yuck and double, triple yuck. I was having terrible back pain, so that had me up most of the night. Today's been much better, with the help of my wonderful husband, who's taking care of everything! He made me chicken noodle soup for lunch, and has been the official "boy wrangler" whenever there's a dispute (which, with these two, is a very common occurance). Plus, he's battling his own "yuck" - he saw the doc on Friday and they diagnosed him with "pharyngitis" - which is an upper-throat infection. Luckily, he's feeling much better today, so I am very thankful for that.

Then tonight (about 10 minutes ago), Andy had Zach on the couch, went to let him down, and realized that Zach pooped UP his diaper - splattering Andy's arm, the pillow on the couch, a little bit of the loveseat, Zach's entire outfit, and the neighbor's car across the street. (OK, so not the car, but you get the point.) Andy's showered, and the house is CLEANED and Febreezed....

We'd better be done with the bodily fluids for a LONG time!!!!!

Have a GREAT week, everyone!