sound dramatic? sorry, i'm a bit punchy.
conrad woke up at 5 with a ridiculous fever, i got it down to 100 ish with ty.lenol (generic), but have been unable to put him down all day, which is rough bc val is still sick too (altho not quite as sick as his bro.) took the guys to the doc, & its a virus, so there's nothing we can do but tylen.ol, etc. except-- conrad has lost a half pound in just a few days. not a huge deal for a kid not fighting GERD & weight loss on a good day, but for con it's bad news & if we can't get him eating/drinking again ASAP we're in trouble (doc's words & i am so determined to get him eating i didn't even ask what "trouble" meant.) so i got ice cream & pudding & avocados & other delicious treats (his favs) in an attempt to get him to eat. no luck so far, but he is drinking a little again & i'm hoping when he wakes he'll be up for a little munching. val, on the other hand, has decided that as long as i'm going to feed him ice cream, he'll eat again. not as much as usual, but at least he's eating.
oh & N is getting sick now too.
& i am recovering from my sick, but still having random bouts of nausea (pg related i'm sure) & contrax all day, that won't get regular enough for me to think i'm in labor, but are regular enough to make me super uncomfortable & miserable, & keep me awake for the better part of the night. & once i'm alseep, it's pretty much a guarantee that a poor little sicky will wake up & need mama. i don't begrudge the boys the time, but i could really do without the uselses contractions.
so, according to murphy's law & our good luck, i will either be super contract-y & miserable until june, left to care for all these sickies by my 9-mo. pregnant lonesome, OR i will go into labor like, tomorrow, while everyone is horribly sick, so that i'll be bringing a new baby home to a cess-pool of germs & a daddy unable to help.
p.s. on ta.bitha's salon ta.keover that's on in rerun right now (crappy show, i know....) you can see my old apartment in boystown in chi..cago i don't miss much of chi, but i did love that apartment....
I hope that Con especially feels better soon, you get some sleep and that #3 holds off just long enough that everyone is healed by the time you and him/her come home! ((HUGS)) I swear, it will all be funny... someday... a long, long time from now... :P You're almost there!!
ReplyDeleteit is kinda funny isn't it? broken foot, everyone sick, vomit everywhere... even the critters are sick!! the cats are off their chow & scout broke a blood feather today... the good times never stop, lol!!
ReplyDeleteoh kate. i don't even know what to say anymore! i won't dare say it can't get worse.
ReplyDeletei'm going to throw in 1 "at least" (please don't hate me for this) - but at least you were able to prove your docs wrong and go full term with 3? i had to find something to be positive about, and believe me, i'm no pollyanna. i know from the beginning you were fearing preterm labor, and it looks like you beat it. feel free to slap me for that one, because i know you're ready for 3 to be out of there.
sending "GO AWAY SICKIES" vibes. I'm so sorry all of you got the nasty virus. boo.
heck yeah!!! thanks mollie-- you are totally right; there is always a silver lining & no preterm labor is a pretty darn good silver lining to be reminded of! :)
ReplyDelete