Our family has been under the weather lately. Nothing huge! Just a little stomach problems and ear infections. Two weeks ago Millie and I woke up with our tummies hurting. We both just laid in bed while Reeve played with his toys. Milton came home and convinced us to get up to head to lunch. So out we went to lunch. I was feeling awful...no makeup...clothes wrinkled. Milton seemed to think that if we got some food in our belly we would feel better. Although it was hard I was able to eat something and actually felt better. Millie on the other hand kept feeling worse and worse. We had to stop by Costco to get some toilet paper. Millie just laid her head on my hand as I just pushed the cart. I knew she was not feeling well. We head home and she proceeds just lay on the couch. Meanwhile, I am on the phone with the insurance company chewing them out and Milton comes running in the room, throwing his hands up, saying get off the phone.....she is throwing up. I proceed to go to the kitchen where I first see one of my worse nightmares as a new mother. My baby sick and her sick on the floor. Somehow I drew the short straw and got volunteered to clean it up. Also I guess someone felt that I needed more experience cleaning sick up off of stuff because I got to do it two more times after that. Afterwards I did what my mom did. Put Millie in a cold dark room, with nice clean sheet, after a bath with fresh new pajamas, and a little glass of sprite. I then dug out our little ancient tv and put on a movie for her. She requested a popsicle a little while later.
Then my little Reeve the next day started running a 102 fever and was really grumpy. I decided to take him to the after hours clinic at his pediatricians office. Now I know that you pro moms out there are like "102 fever that is small fries. I don't take me kids in unless they are running 106 fever and their arm is falling off" I exaggerate. However I am a new mom and I with my luck I would have kept him home and his arm would have started falling off and he would have ran a 106 fever at 3 am and I would have been in my ER all night. (like my run on sentence. My english teacher is probably fainting right now) So I decided to take him in since no one was at the clinic. I really just wanted to give them a little business. He had an ear infection and they gave him some antibiotics and we were sent home. We are now all on the mend (cross my fingers, knock on wood) and ready for more summer fun activities.
