Well, this blog is a chronicle of the good, bad, and ugly, and this is most surely teetering on the edge of ugly.
Last night at midnight, the stomach flu hit child number one (Emma). It wasn't long before Kate, Jack, and Henry joined her, and we spent a lovely night sleeping on the floor, doing laundry, giving baths, and holding buckets. We were hoping Ryan had avoided it, but by 11am we were picking him up at school and by the time we hit the garage he was officially the fifth one down.
It's actually pretty scary with Ryan, because being sick and throwing up can cause him to go into DKA (diabetic ketoacidosis), which is extremely serious and can be life threatening. He was hospitalized for a week two years ago, because of this very thing. It takes a lot of monitoring and a medicine usually taken by chemotherapy patients to prevent emesis.
I've never had all of my children sick at the same time, and it's been a long, hard day. There are at least two things to be grateful for:
1. Rick wasn't working, so he was home to help. It would have been a nightmare trying to do it on my own.
2. It happened on December 22nd, and not the 24th or 25th.
Tomorrow is Rick's birthday, and hopefully we'll be celebrating without towels and buckets. :)
Last night at midnight, the stomach flu hit child number one (Emma). It wasn't long before Kate, Jack, and Henry joined her, and we spent a lovely night sleeping on the floor, doing laundry, giving baths, and holding buckets. We were hoping Ryan had avoided it, but by 11am we were picking him up at school and by the time we hit the garage he was officially the fifth one down.
It's actually pretty scary with Ryan, because being sick and throwing up can cause him to go into DKA (diabetic ketoacidosis), which is extremely serious and can be life threatening. He was hospitalized for a week two years ago, because of this very thing. It takes a lot of monitoring and a medicine usually taken by chemotherapy patients to prevent emesis.
I've never had all of my children sick at the same time, and it's been a long, hard day. There are at least two things to be grateful for:
1. Rick wasn't working, so he was home to help. It would have been a nightmare trying to do it on my own.
2. It happened on December 22nd, and not the 24th or 25th.
Tomorrow is Rick's birthday, and hopefully we'll be celebrating without towels and buckets. :)
8 comments:
OOOOOHHH! Soooooo sorry!! That is awful but I am glad you managed to find a bit of positive! And thank heavens Rick was home!!
So sorry to hear that! We had the same thing hit last week, not fun. I hope it is short lived and you can enjoy a happy, HEALTHY, Christmas. Happy birthday Rick and Merry Christmas to your family!
So so sorry that everyone is sick. Bad timing! Hope they are all well and you are all able to enjoy Christmas.
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I hope you make it through quickly, and Happy Birthday Rick/ Merry Christmas!!!
You know that I am feeling for you! I am praying for you and Rick to stay healthy so that you can enjoy your Christmas. Hang in there.
That's horrible to have them all sick. It hasn't been fun at our house either. Rob, ya know, had surgery and is not having fun and I'm pretty sure I have bronchitis (I had it a couple of years ago too :() Bad timing for sure. I hope they are all better. BTW Rob did say the letter writing to Santa wiped him out! ha.
oh - no fun! hopefully it's all through your family and it won't come around again! hope you guys had a merry christmas!!!
There is some nasty stuff going around! We thought we were done with it, but jack got sick on the plane and we brought it home to Utah and my family. Hope you guys are feeling better and had a healthy christmas!
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