So, his week started out with a horrible stomach flu. Andrew and I had a touch of it, but Dan got hit the hardest. As the week progressed, our kids took turns being home with fevers, coughs, and body aches. I even took Anna to the doctor, but it was confirmed that she just had a virus (the one that has been rampantly going around!).
By Thursday, Dan was feeling achy again, and by Friday, he had a fever too. He went on to work as he was already scheduled to speak in our school's chapel and many other staff members had to be out or needed something from him. I was surprised he came home about an hour early, which meant he really is feeling bad.
Today (Saturday), we have quarantined our family. We missed Anna's Upward basketball game this morning and are just resting. Dan has been sleeping a lot - and I'm forcing him to take medicine (he is one of those who will not take medicine because he has some theory that you get immune to it??!). I say why suffer needlessly if you can take something to give you some relief! :)
At least the kids seem to be getting over their colds/fevers. And most thankfully, since Miriam's 3 day fever a while back, she has been spared of any more illness. Her sleeping patterns however are WAY OFF again :( She's almost worse than before - waking at 2 a.m. and 5 a.m. and SCREAMING LIKE A BANSHEE INDIAN. I've been too tired to deal with - and with Anna being sick too, I haven't wanted to keep everyone awake by trying to let Miriam "cry it out".
It is obvious to me that I haven't had much time outside my home this week because I am rambling & blogging A LOT more. It's almost as if I *need* someone to "talk to" or somewhere to process my pent-up thoughts that I haven't been able to share with anyone outside my family! Dan's too sick to talk right now - but maybe, just maybe, we'll (I'll) be able to make it to church tomorrow! For now, I'm off to fill my husband's glass of ice water - and check if he needs anything ...
Hopefully we will soon again have a HEALTHY HAUS!!
PS My water drinking?? Not so good ... I'm getting hooked on decaf iced tea with lemon though! At least I'm hydrating. I'll work on the water thing again next week!!
2 comments:
I hope everyone is on the road to recovery! This has been a ROUGH winter for sicknesses.
The other day I took a water bottle, and took a few sips off the top, then added a couple Tsps of Kool-aid. Hee hee. It gave me the illusion of drinking a "bottle" of water :o)
Hi, I'm Danielle. I stumbled upon your blog and was glad I did. You were writing about the Incredible Pizza place and I found one in my own city! Why do you think it is Christian though? Also, I'm so sorry your family was sick. It's been going around all over. We've had a touch of something this week as well. I wanted to encourage you in your water drinking. One thing that I've made a habit of over the past six months is as soon as I go to the kitchen to start making my husband's breakfast and lunch for the day, I drink a full glass (12 or more oz) of water. It wakes me up, and at first it is difficult but just look at it like necessary medicine. Then after I get his meals prepared, I down another full glass. I've already started the day with at least 24 oz of water. It actually jump starts your metabolism if the water is really cold or really warm. Your body has to expend energy to keep your core at body temp...really pretty cool when you think about it.
Also, as you probably already know, tea and coffee (I love them both) are diuretics and promote excretion of urine, so for every single ounce you drink of tea or coffee, you have to drink an ounce of water to counter the affects. Tea or coffee are like deficits when it comes to hydrating. So, for every cup of coffee I drink, I have to drink a cup of water just to get to zero again, then an additional glass of water to stay hydrated properly.
I know how hard it can be to drink water when your really don't want to. You are not alone. But 3 weeks and you will have made a new habit, keep at it, momma. You can do this!
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