The Puddles

My family is held together today with snot and hand sanitizer.  Both are flowing plentifully today. The two youngest have had a cough for several days.  Ainsley’s has progressed into something yucky. They both are coughing so hard that they are throwing up.  And then to top it all off I woke up this morning with . . . PINK EYE!  Yuck. Gross.  Why do they share only the icky stuff?

So we made the round of doctors this morning.  First the pediatrician and then to my appointment. So we made it official . . . Everyone is sick, so everyone got a lot of medicine.  I think I needed a separate bag just to take all of the drug printouts home.  Even the pharmacists wanted to know if there was anyone left at home healthy.  Ben probably could have gone to school (Chris wanted to send him). He didn’t want to school to begin with because he wanted to keep sleeping.  So he was already upset about going when he started coughing.  The coughing (and his acid reflux) caused him to throw up. I didn’t want him to go to school and tell everyone that he threw up that morning and that his mom sent him to school anyway.  I don’t need to be “that” mom right now.  And Ainsley was upset today not because she missed school or had to go to the doctor but because she was going to get to see someone special today and that had to get cancelled.  She tried to tell the nurse that she really wasn’t sick (as she hacked and gagged all over the poor nurse).  I probably should have waited to tell Ainsley that information until after the visit . . . hindsight is 20/20.

My prayer for tomorrow is that everyone is healthy enough to go to school.  When I realized my entire day was going to change dramatically and I was going to get nothing done that I had planned, Chris just sighed, said he was sorry and then sprinted towards the car.  He knew when to get the heck out of Dodge.  Smart man.

My poor family is completely broken and needs some mending.  Ainsley just came downstairs and told me that she needs more snuggles.  I guess it is time for me to start mending with some snuggle time with Ainsley.