Sick!

I’ve already mentioned that I’ve been sick. For almost 6 weeks. I am feeling a lot better, but I still sound awful and the drainage… Let’s just not go there. I’m pretty sure I had a cough, then turned into a cold, then got shingles on top of that, then it turned into a sinus infection that I’m still recovering from. YUCK. I have never been sick for so long in all my life. It sucks. Clint went out of town this past week for a work conference. He had tons of fun partying it up in Vegas and I was at home dealing with poor, poor Bode who got sick while he was gone. Clint doesn’t go out of town very often, but when he does it’s like our whole world falls apart and something crazy happens!!

(This might be TMI for some.. but I figure most of the 5 people reading this are moms too.. )

Bode started throwing up, and I’m afraid he was having problems at the other end as well. Some times at the same time. My heart went out to him, but oh my goodness .. THE MESS. It’s amazing what you have to do as a mother that you’d probably not believe you would ever do prior to becoming a mother.  :( It started for Bode around 5am and the bathroom in the hall that Bode normally uses was out of commission. That bathroom has turned into Owen’s bedroom and Owen was sound asleep. Bode has a special toilet , and he is scared of normal toilets. I had to hold him the entire ordeal because he thought he’d fall right in. He’s never been that sick all at the same time! He had a cough and a runny nose along with the other stuff. 

He was handling it pretty well and I was really shocked. He just wanted to watch movies ALL day long. I let him. Normally when he’s sick and throwing up he begs to eat or drink something. I hold him off as long as I can, but I usually cave and feed him something small when his tummy is not ready and it starts the whole throwing up all over again. This can last for days. We really have to baby him through this process and he’s always been more sensitive to throwing up than your normal kid out there. This time I was able to explain to him what was wrong and why he couldn’t eat or drink very much. I’m happy to say that he totally understood! He didn’t even whine or cry or tell me how starving he was. Instead, he sipped on Gatorade and cuddled with me all day.  He was saying the cutest things and every time he was ready for another round he would just look up at me and tell me he had to go to the garbage. Once after quite the garbage session he finished up and looked up at me and said, “Hey mom. Can I watch back-yards-igans now.” Not even phased by what he just did. This kid is a trooper!

The dark circles under his eyes are killer! Poor thing. I let him chew on gum all day and that is what he is playing with behind his head. He’s a great gum chewer and always has been, so no worries about him swallowing it. Taking it out to play with it…. obviously is an issue. :)

Hanging out watching the TV with his “mosa-raptor.”

Thank heavens this little one was his happy, smiley self!! I don’t know what I would have done if both boys were that sick at the same time when I was already sick as well. Owen chilled out all day long. He rolled all around, played with his toys, napped effortlessly in his crib, and didn’t cry a bit.

This was day #2 and Bode was feeling much, much better. He still has the cold, but I’m happy that’s all he has. It’s crazy but the hardest part of him being sick is not letting him play with Owen and kiss on him and touch him and share everything with him. It’s like torture on him! Bode munched on rice and toast and crackers all day. He begged me to make cookies, and of course I caved.  Owen was chilling in the middle of the kitchen while Bode and I were making cookies. As soon as they went in the oven Bode had to look at them. He dragged Owen over to the oven so he could take a look as well. They are so cute together. Owen is always looking at Bode, and Bode loves it. He’s so good to his baby brother.

Bode and I can see the light at the end of the tunnel, but Clint is super sick now. Owen had a runny nose the other morning, but it went away for now. We have a trip planned for my birthday next week and if we can’t go because someone is sick, I am going to be so sad.

Germs: Leave us alone already.