Although not one of us is 100% I think we are on the mend.

Nick

still coughing and tired, but he’ll pull through.

Dana

Ears are really full still and really tired still.

Josh

His cough is almost better, but he is still really tired.

Mason

Still on Anti’s, but is doing quite well.

Carter

Just finished his Anti’s, had RSV and his cough will last awhile Doc says.

All in all, we are on the mend.

We spent the last day of the Olympics at Church.

Our AWESOME Church.

When we walked in there were couches and chairs set up around a HUGE screen.

A Huge screen which was built for us to watch the Olympics as a Church Family.

Paster Martin’s sermon was on the Olympics and it ended early so we could watch the Gold Medal Game.

We all had nervous tummies, that were full from Soup and Sandwiches.

We yelled, smiled, clapped, jumped, and Cheered our Canadian Men to GOLD!

It was great!

Thanks Martin!

It seems like the sickness will never end in our house.

Some funky virus for each of the kids…

Then Hand, Foot and Mouth virus twice.

Aspiration Pneumonia-Mason

Now a Respiratory Virus for everyone…

UUGggg.

I am SICK.

I do not like being sick.

I have been this way for three days.

It is just getting worse.

I am grumpy and have little patience.

I have had to practice “The Time out corner” for myself several times today already.

So this is where I have been…

Time out and resting.

YEAH RIGHT!

Sickness when you have kids sucks.

Having sickies when your sick sucks even more.

I hurt.

My head is heavy with a nagging headache…

Made worse by Mason using everything as a drum and Carter’s crying cause he’s hungry, but too sick to eat.

My ears feel full, sore and plugged…

And not in a good way.

My cough is very heavy on my chest…

I have had to use my puffer many times just to regain control of my breathing.

I feel full of mucus and have no desire to eat.

But when I force myself to eat something little…

I feel sick to my stomach.

I am so tired…

I cannot sleep due to coughing and my kids being up several times more than usual.

My house is also sick with congestion, dirty germs and junk in every orifice.

As I sit here and write this all grumpy like…

I am suddenly swallowed by guilt.

Mason deals with many of these “sicknesses” daily or at least weekly.

His ears were full and heavy until he had surgery.

Mason’s chest is heavy daily due to small aspirations of his own fluids and others.

His cough is full of mucus, which his body has made to protect his lungs, which causes vomiting.

Mason is constantly being force fed through his tube…

Who knows if he feels good or not?

He often vomits daily and who knows how he feels?

So by the end of this…

I still feel horrible and now I also feel really guilty.

Great.

I am going to stop writing now and deal with my sick children…

My house will be “sick” for awhile…It is the last thing on my list.

Bed at 8:30pm again tonight.