Lewis Family: the good in sick days

Friday, May 29, 2015

the good in sick days

so we've spent the last couple weeks mostly sick which was not fun. I felt like we were one of those prairie families who got a bad sickness and there was only one person well enough to take care of the others. I was that person as I kept track of medicine to keep down the high fevers, popsicles and pedialyte for hydration, lots of adventures in odyssey and some good movies for spirits. It wasn't fun- the kids really felt bad- so bad they didn't even eat Grandma's yummy meatballs on Mothers' Day. We were so glad to see her and Uncle Brian even if lots of the kids spent most of their time lying down on the couch. We'd had a week or so of only seeing each other and doctors and were definitely ready for friendly visitors! We did have a couple breaks in the sickness and not everyone was sick at the same time- Girl C first, then KG, then the boys. Then everyone was well long enough to go to church (after missing 2 Sundays) before V got sick. Thankfully his wasn't as bad- although his eye looked worse- and didn't last as long.

There were some good things over the two weeks. We saw several good movies- God's Not Dead, Letters to God, and Mercy Rule. We got lots of practice time for potty training. We had wonderful friends who took care of big kids so I could take CE to urgent care. So thankful for good friends.