Yucky Sick Snow Days

Well, it has been eventful to say the least.  We began this week thinking that we were getting over the minor fever and cold that had occured on Friday and Saturday.  Everyone felt fine on Sunday.  Everyone went to school on Monday.  Then all heck broke loose.

Did I mention that I have 4 children, a dog, and a husband?

Now back to Monday....at 1:30pm, all was well.  By 3:30pm my type 1 diabetic, celiac, 6 year old was throwing himself down on the examining table and writhing in pain at his usual endocrine doctor's appointment.  By the time we left at 4:00pm, he had a fever, ear infection and high blood sugar.  What?  So, off to the pediatrician we go.  At his 8pm appointment, he is diagnosed with all of the above, and a compromised lung situation.  On the neb we need to go...every 3 hours.  Which complicates his already complicated diabetes.  So, every 2 hours check his blood sugar and give insulin.  Every three hours give him a neb.  Any Mom had already done the math and said...that leaves, uh, no room for sleep or the other 3 kids!  So Tuesday rolls around and I am tired and cranky and the school calls.  Child number 2, down for the count.  EXCEPT he has the kind of illness that requires a bathroom and a bucket simultaneously.  Poor guy!  Tuesday night I ran a marathon between bedrooms, bathrooms, and children.  My carpet may need to be replaced.  Wednesday, no sleep, snow, shoveling, sick kids, daughter who was ill last week (see above) still can not breathe outside without hacking up a lung (but doc okayed her so why worry?)  and she loves the snow.  Diet, what diet?  My husband is kind enough to let me take a two hour nap and handle breakfast so that I don't throw up from lack of sleep.  But, I still need to do meds for kids.  Guess what.  Wednesday night, fever on the baby...oh, and Mom.  Dad is coughing on his way out to shovel again.  We have no mucinex to keep Dad from getting too sick.  Shovel harder!  Movie and ice cream on Wednesday night (WW what?).  By the way, I now know what I missed by not watching Twilight(...loved it!).  Thursday, what a day!  Took the kids outside and watched them play, but tried not to move because I have body aches.  Dad finished shoveling with neighbor friend (who also did other neighbors' drives because they are so cool!!) and then went to the pharmacy.  He brought me home an extra large coffee from DD, he really loves me!  The baby is sleeping in a feverish bliss and will wake up soon to Tylenol dessert.  Chapped cheeks await at the back door.  One child is hard at work doing homework (what school, what is that?) so that he can get back to screen time.  And I have no idea what the heck is for dinner.

BUT....at least all of this was going on during the blizzard.  No one missed an activity or school because everything has been closed.  When the world resumes, hopefully we'll be ready.  I wish everyone some hot coffee, a break on their diet, a little shoveling, and for God sake, healthy kids!!