We have had a week so far!

Monday morning Liv and Cory were so sick we made a trip to the walk-in. Both were sent on their way with a "virus" that needed to works its course. Monday was Grace's birthday so she was a little disappointed that the sickness was raining on her parade. We had plans to go to Chuck-E-Cheese (ick). However, both Liv and Cory were in no condition. I had to put my negotiating skills to use. I suggested a picnic at home and that we'd all go out to a restaurant together when everyone was feeling better. But, that was not what she wanted (she dislikes a change in plans). She for sure wanted Liv to be there on her birthday. This conversation was going no where fast. She ended up running upstairs in tears to my bedroom and locking the door. I talked her into opening the door for me, only to have her lock herself in the closet in a stand off. "I am not coming out until you say daddy can come to the restaurant!" I felt horrible. She was so sad that her birthday did not go as planned. Eventually, we got her to come out but it took some promises to be made. We got it worked out that I would pick up Qdoba and later on in the week when everyone is feeling better she could invite a friend with us to Chuck-E-Cheese. Whew!! Once that was settled it was all smiles again (until she has been told each night since...still not ready to leave the house:().

Liv had trouble getting to sleep that night (understatement). She was not comfortable. Finally, around 11p, I gave in and brought her to our bed and gave her some Tylenol. She maybe slept for a half hour. The rest was moaning, whining, and thrashing while her eyes were closed. Around 12:30 am, I had to get her out of our room. Cory was sick and needed sleep. There was NOTHING I could do to calm her. She was miserable. She cried and cried, while pathetically resting with her head on my shoulder. About 2am I called ask a nurse. They told me to take her to the ER right away. Ugh...really? I waffled for a while and around 2:30a...I decided to take her in.

She was taken back right away and examined. After another hour of her crying and thrashing around the doctor came in and said she had pneumonia. I was relieved there was a quick answer to what was causing her all this pain. After getting a couple of injections of antibiotics and watching her for reaction, I had a completely exhausted baby girl who could barely keep her eyes open. We got home around 5am. She was so exhausted and sick. I laid down with her for  couple hours of shut eye before getting kids ready for school.

Liv woke up not a happy camper. She was so sick and tired. I told the kids what happened in the middle of the night. Of course, after that they announced they both had headaches and stomach aches...ugh. I was not really in the mood to drill them and reluctantly let them stay home. Meanwhile, Cory was going to head to the cities for a presentation he had to give. He really was in no condition to go anywhere. So I was going on maybe 2 hours total of sleep (have not done that for years!) taking care of one really sick kid and two that were clearly not sick enough to stay home. One was completely fibbing! It was a LONG, LONG day.

Now it is Thursday and Liv has turned a corner. She slept a full night last night. She was not crying when she woke up. She seemed in good spirits. Lots of smiles and even some teasing. Thank goodness! It is so hard to watch your little ones so ill. You are completely helpless. I kept thinking I'd walk into her room and find her unconscious and not breathing. That is something that haunts me since Beckett has died. I can really dream up horrible scenarios and I get so worked up.

Hopefully, things will get back to normal. So far the other kids and I have been healthy through all of this. I hope we have avoided it! The kids and I are supposed to spend spring break next week in St. Michael and Watkins. Not very tropical but we get our lodging and food for free:)

Unfortunately, due to all the illness and missed days of work, we are not able to take Holden to the state hockey tourney tonight:( Our hs team plays tonight at 8pm. He is settling for late night appetizers while watching on tv. Hopefully they win and we can make it to Friday nights game. GO SPUDS!