Tuesday, 10 November 2009
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I.Hate.The.Flu.
Mark two more down on the list of sick people at our house. Liz and Alyssa both woke up with the early symptoms of the flu. I will not go so far as to say this is the swine flu because frankly, I don't care which flu it is. It is kicking our collective asses.
Ironically, the only one besides Whitney (who has been at her friend's house for the past week) in the house not sick is Josh. That child never gets sick. Jake and I think that even the germs are afraid of him. I will say he had somewhat of a cough last week, but nothing like what we are facing.
Emily is on day six, I believe, of the bug. I am hoping that she will start to show improvements over the next few days. Caleb woke up this morning and when I asked him how he felt, he said in his most pitiful voice; "Not so good, Mommy". He is just too cute. He seems to be feeling slightly better at the moment, he is listening to "Poker Face" in the living room. Yes, my four year old has a huge love affair with Lady Gaga, what can I say?
Matt, in a rare act of compassion, actually left work early last night so that I could go to bed early. That was wonderful except I was totally unable to fall asleep. I laid there from six until almost eleven. I finally chugged the last little bit of nyquil we had and begged for mercy. It worked because I fell asleep just in time for Emily to wake up. She had fallen asleep at six and at midnight was up feverish again. Thankfully, she went back to sleep fairly easily.
I spoke with Whitney this morning and have pretty much told her this house is quarantined and she needed to stay at Mandi's until we were over this stuff. She has yet to succumb and I really don't want her missing any more school than necessary.
All the hard work that Jake and I did yesterday was quickly destroyed and frankly, I don't care. I am too sick to worry about it at this point.
Emily is scheduled for a developmental evaluation next week, but I think I am postponing it until a later date. It is just a formality she has to go through in order to see if she still qualifies for services. My smartie pants is counting to three with her fingers as she says "one, two, three". I am pretty confident that she will not qualify for services due to developmental delays. However, because of her Down syndrome, she will qualify under another criteria. I am not exactly overly concerned either way. Emily is making great strides and I have no doubt that she will continue in this manner.
That is all from my (oink oink) flu infested house.
Later!
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Comments (21)
My whole family went through the flu a couple of weeks ago. I was first. It was awful. Hope you guys feel better!!
im sick right now too
hope you guys get better, I keep showing sign but knip it in the bug. I dont have the flu, but I was up sick all last night. I will never eat dominos pizza again!
I dont know which is worse. 5 sick kids. Or 5 sick kids at home with you! I hope everyone recovers quickly!
Dont worry, April and I will be sure to spread rumors while you are only semi-concious!
get better soon :) no piggies allowed here
@der_lila_Stern@xanga - I am counting on it. And, five sick kids home with me is far worse. Although Liz has yet to be hit really hard, so we are totally using her as our gopher.
@Paul_Partisan@xanga - Oh darn, I was planning on sending it your way next.
@gwacemom - lol. gotta use it while you can, because you know she will use it to the fullest when she can get someone to run for her!
ewwww *makes the sign of the cross* You have more patience than I do, I hope you all feel better soon. And please, whatever you do, don't send it my way.
You poor things! I hope that everyone is on the mend soon!
Yikes, I hope everyone feels better quickly!
Wow! I hope you all feel better soon. I HATE being sick. Try to get plenty of rest! :)
I hate the flu. Grrr. I hope you guys feel better soon!
you better bring out the bleach and lysol spray. Hope everyone gets well soon. It is funny to see what songs little kids love. Cooper loves boom boom pow by the black eyed peas.
@kidzsister1@xanga - LOL, Caleb loves all of Lady Gaga's songs. We spend many nights dancing in the living room to her music.
@gwacemom - I can not get Cooper to sing kids songs at all. He says they are not cool. I know he could learn his abc's in no time if he would just try. He would rather rock out with his Daddy. Adrien loves music also. She goes to several concerts with her Dad.
@kidzsister1@xanga - LOL, with all the older kids in the house, Caleb is surrounded by music far older than his years. I think it is cute that he can rock out to Poker Face.
@gwacemom - It beats twinkle twinkle little star any day.
@kidzsister1@xanga - LOL, yes it does.
I remembered to ask Matthew tonight if he'd picked up the flu over the weekend with daddy since literally everyone else in the household had; nope! Not him either! I vote that we donate them both to science...perhaps whatever makes them both little asshats also helps immunity.
Em's already a head of the bimbo at the attorney's office! I should seriously scan and post the second-to-last receipt that I have from them...it's so scribbled because she couldn't do fourth-grade level math! Sadly, she probably makes more per hour than I ever did. How the...?!?!
@filtered_sunlight - Would they give us money if we donated them? LOL
She most likely makes more than the two of combined ever did. Ugh.