Sick and Back Again

Wow! No one in the house seemed to notice, but I was sick as a dog for nearly three weeks there. The turning point was when Penny's school called me to pick her up because she was sick. My first thought was, "Oh no. I can't take care of all three of them all day when I'm feeling like this!" Eventually, I dragged my butt over to the school, where Penny felt absolutely peachy, just had a bit of red splotchy action on her face. Apparently, strep had been making the rounds of the school and they wanted to send her home just to be on the safe side. So now I had all three perfectly healthy and energetic little buddies and I felt like death warmed over. Serious sinus headaches, lowest energy possible, nose so runny that I had worn off the outer edges a few days ago. But the lightbulb went on - strep can be treated with anitbiotics! I made an appointment with my doctor for later in the afternoon and was psyched to be diagnosed with a sinus infection. The pharmacy was out of antibiotics, so I found another pharmacy. Within 24 hours, the headaches were gone and I was seriously optimistic, which was half the battle.

I was pretty on edge with everyone toward the end of my cold. It was hurtful that no one seemed to notice that I was feeling absolutely awful. I went to bed early for nearly a week so that I could focus on getting better. I got the random comments about not having enough socks, "I need new [s]poon!!" or where I was on the taxes. Maybe over the course of three weeks I got two "How are you feeling today"s from Dan. Nothing from the kids. Going on a tirade when they bugged me didn't seem effective in generating sympathy, though.

Of course, now the tables are turned. Everyone else in the house has runny noses, coughs and feels a bit crappy. Paul here has a new-found appreciation for napping. He finally is starting to nap at the time in the afternoon that makes sense for picking up Penny from school. Of course, if we manage to miss nap time, we end up with situations like this where he falls asleep in the middle of a meal. I'm enjoying that nap time finally works around here, but it would be nice for everyone to feel better soon. We've gone through an entire case of tissues and feeling awful leads to some aggressive behavior around the house. We'll get well soon, with any luck. I can't wait for summer and lower exposure to germs at long last.