Redefining Sick and Tired

This Van Pelt house has been hit by viruses, bacterium, and everything else that could cause illness. It started with a cold...actually Caden was sick back around Christmas, the return of that winter sickness that seems to seek out Caden. He was better for about 5 days, then the green snot reappeared. But I thought it was under control. Of course, that means no preschool, playdates, storytime...just me and the boy all week. Then next thing you know, the cough is back and I'm sick too. Shawn, by the way, is getting ready to run a half-marathon, so he of course doesn't want to get sick. Fast forward to last Friday...I have no voice and starting to get that chapped nose thing from mean kleenex. Shawn is getting sick too but seems to be keeping it under control. Caden is still coughing and smearing snot all over the place but yet Logan seems to escape all this. So Shawn runs his race, we cheer him on (me, without a voice) and that evening Shawn decides to call in sick Monday because his cold has taken hold of his lungs and was not about to let go without a fight. So the final plans on Sunday night were a) send Logan to school b) get everybody else in to see the Doc. Easy, right? ha-HA (said by an evil cartoon character in a dark cape) Four a.m., I awake to the sound of Logan in the bathroom...normally not a big deal but this didn't sound right. You know, those Mom-spidey senses. SURPRISE! Logan lost his sushi rolls all over the floor, bathtub, shower curtain...pretty much everywhere EXCEPT the toilet. Oh, and the surprises don't stop there. Back in his room is the first act on the bed and floor and then we discovered the Overture that happened while he was still asleep, all over his pillows and between his bed and the wall. I'll spare you anymore details, just let me say he had an encore too and again managed to miss the toilet. And THEN, it started to work its way thru the other end and managed to make yet another mess. TMI, I know, I know!!!

So what's the score now... 4 out of 4 down! UGH! Got Caden in to the pediatrician to discover he had a double ear infection (poor little guy!), Shawn was diagnosed with some form of infection, bronchitis/pneumonia...I guess it doesn't really matter. Antibiotic to the rescue!

And here we are on Wednesday... Caden threw up last night and followed that up with a few explosions out the other end this morning. I guess Logan's stomach thing wasn't something he ate but an actual bug. GREAT! So glad we are all so good at sharing. Now the monkey is sleeping, he was up at 4:30...just awake...probably with a little tummy trouble but not really recognizing it. Oh, so that means I've been up since 4:30 too, hence the title of this post.