Cold, Flu and General ICKY Season is Here!

I am at home today, tending to my poor baby Jack who got hit from all directions yesterday. He's been fighting a cold and yesterday morning it was particularly bad - nasty coughing, etc. so I brought him home from school around 10:00 a.m. and he laid on the couch ALL DAY - didn't move. Then at 5 p.m. he started throwing up, almost continously through the next 2 1/2 to 3 hours. THEN when I went to bed at 11, he had developed a fever of 102. This poor child, his little body was absolutely racked with misery. His stomach wouldn't even allow him to lay still, he was coughing, nose running, and had the chills with his fever. I prayed HARD that he (and the rest of us!) would be able to sleep during the night, and sure enough we did (thank you God!!). This morning he is doing better. We seem to be through the stomach issue and now he's just really worn out so hopefully we'll have a good day of recovery. It's gorgeous outside here, so I opened all the windows this morning and got some fresh air circulating through the house - it feels good!

Noah managed to sleep nearly 12 hours last night - amazing!! So my prayer now is that he can be spared of this. He's fighting his own cold and his cough is sounding like it might have traveled to his lungs, so we may have to get him in to the dr. today.

I'm threatening to home-school again! We've been dealing with health issues in this house ever since school started - even Mark and I haven't been immune - YUCK! You go into either Jack or Noah's classrooms and nearly every kid there is hacking away with a nasty cough - I'm wondering if we're ever going to get healthy again in the next 7 months! It's only October!! I think schools should shut down for 1 week per month to get everyone healthy and disinfect the rooms. Ha ha - yeah right. Nevermind, that's just my panicky side talking, I know we'll get better and I definitely know things could be much worse . . . .

Needless to say, we don't have anything planned for the weekend - but that's okay with me! I love boring weekends at home, just enjoying normalcy! :)