FLU

Saturday night was our first date night in a very long time. By mid way into dinner, something hit me and it had me really hard. I wanted to just go buy some meds and head home. Sunday came, and I ended up in the ER. After some meds via iv, and fluids, lots of tests and x rays, it was that I had the flu and bronchitis. I was miserable! I tried my best to stay away from the girls, as I didn't want them to get this. Daddy did all he could to be the one to take care of the girls.

Tuesday morning, we awake and Lil E is crying with her legs and neck. By mid day, L K is sick and crying too. New in town, we head to urgent care! Both girls test positive for the flu! They were so so sick and it broke my heart! I know how bad I felt, so I didn't want them to feel this way.

We leave there, head to wal greens, to get their prescriptions filled. Then I learned something really big! I love drive thru's! We are now in a big enough city to have the advantage of many different drive thru places! So we get our meds via drive through, pick up dinner via drive thru window, and even do drive thru of this neat place that you can get drinks from. I could get 12 packs of sprite, and large deals of gatorade. How awesome!!! I know many will say that's lazy, but when you are sick with the flu and bronchitis, and have 2 precious sweeties that are so sick with the flu, why drag them out to get things, and why spread such germs either! It made life so much easier!

We get home and how I wish we had been home to stay. Lil K couldn't stop vomiting and wouldn't drink, so with this and the high fever we headed to the ER, just like instructed to do.

It crushed me to watch the girls so sick and all. But we are so blessed with a great hospital and was able to take such great care and as gently as could be with the girls. Finally I get both girls resting.

As I sat there, and they were finally resting, it hit me! I had been in urgent care and the ER, and they were talking about admitting my baby, but we know what is wrong with her, and I know she will be ok. I sat there, and started to cry. One for if we were hurting this bad, oh my goodness, how bad did my sweet mom hurt! Unreal!!! Then it hit me even harder, as I was praying over my girls and crying for missing my mom,for her pain, and all that. I was like how do all those parents with terminally ill children do this, and they have so much faith. How? So I sat there and hugged my girls tighter, and thanked God that their illness was temporary and minor in the realm of the big picture, and I prayed for all those children sick and hurting, and for every parent of these children, especially for those who were sitting with terminally ill children! It really made me so thankful that even though I was sick and so sad that my kids were sick, we were so blessed and lucky!!!!

Please send some extra prayers for those parents and grandparents with little ones that are terminally ill or in the fight for their life! They need all our love, support, and prayers!

Hugs and Blessings,