Tales of the Sickies

It has been a rough few days here at home. Daniel has now survived his first battle with the stomach flu. (Fingers crossed the worst is over anyway).

I knew he seemed off on Wednesday, but was acting normal up until he woke up really early from nap screaming his head off. 2 hours later, I knew why. My living room carpet and my sweet little boy were covered in puke. I don't even know how he had all of that in him! This happened 7 times in a 4 hour span. The second time, I got puked on. After that I kind of started recognizing the signs and was at least able to catch some of it (with blankets and towels) before it all hit the floor. It was a rough evening all around.

He slept amazingly well for a sick little dude. I had already called into the Y the day before, and Daniel seemed to be doing fairly well. He played and ate a few crackers here and there. I was able to do some cleaning and get some things done around the house while he played and napped. Plus I got to talk to Jolene! She had called me the night before and left me such an encouraging voice mail because she really felt for us dealing with Daniel being sick for the first time. I was going to text her to say thank you and then I decided that I needed to call her. It just really meant a lot to me that she called. I don't hear much from my friends back "home" (half my fault...I stink at phone calls). It was nice chatting with her. Made my heart happy. :)

I went grocery shopping when Jacob got home and I kept having this queasy feeling and having hot flashes, but I was hoping that it was all in my head since I had spent the night before on puke patrol. We had pizza for supper and I felt okay, but still a little off. Daniel had some crackers and a few bites of banana. I went to get a washcloth and came back to find his whole tray filled with puke. Darn!

I called into work again so they could find a replacement for me. After that Daniel was just down and out. This boy is NOT a snuggler. He will sit in your lap for 2 seconds and then want down. Well, he climbed in my lap at 6:30 and just stayed there. At 7:15 he was snoozing in my arms.



He was up once, but went back to sleep pretty quickly. I woke up around 7 and that's about when sickness hit me. It was a rough few hours. Daniel had basically slept 12 hours and within a half an hour of being up he fell asleep on the living room floor. This doesn't happen around here either!



For as crappy as I felt, and as sad as I was that Daniel was still sick, there was a part of me thankful that he was not 100%...because he snuggled ALL DAY. Which meant I didn't have to chase him around and keep up with him. We both got to relax. When he was up he would just cry and cry. He barely ate and barely drank. Thankfully he'll still nurse well. I still ended up calling the doctor and they squeezed us in. Stomach flu and upper respiratory virus.

At almost the 24 hour mark of no puking, Daniel laid down on the floor and was crying. Next thing we knew...volcanic eruption. :( The rest of the night involved a bath and LOTS of snuggles. He literally slept almost the entire day. He was up maybe 4 hours in a 24 hour period.

Today he woke up happy. Jacob said he was chattering away in his crib. We even got smiles! Jacob went to Springfield to a movie and Daniel and I stayed at home. He kind of deteriorated as the morning went on and was down for a nap at 11:30.

Around 2:30, he was up and playing. He went to the front door and then brought me his shoes. It was 54 degrees out so we went on a short walk. He loved it. Then he and I sat out on the porch swing for awhile and watched the cars go by. All of that wore him out and by 4:30 he was asleep on the couch.

He woke up an hour later and never recovered. We snuggled. He wouldn't eat anything for supper. I We tried to get him to play and it resulted in this:


Now he's sleeping again. I'm praying tomorrow he's feeling better. I LOVE all the snuggling, but I'm so sad. I miss his giggles and silliness. It really breaks a Momma's heart to see her baby sick.