Illness…YUCK!

Unfortunately, we recently had some illness in our home.  About a month ago, I had a cold and was unable to take any good medications due to pregnancy.  I suffered through it and we survived with no one else getting sick.  About a week after I was feeling back to normal, Scott was just about to come to bed when he heard Rachel crying in her room.  He walked in and smelled an abnormal and horrible smell.  When he picked Rachel up, he realized what had happened.  I was then woken up to Scott, “Wake up.  Rachel just threw up and I’m going to need help cleaning up.”  We spent the next hour cleaning up, just to have Rachel throw up again and have to start over.  Over the next couple of days, she was up and down.  One night while Scott was gone to mutual or class, Rachel and I decided to have a bath and get her cleaned up.  She seemed to be feeling fine and not tired, so I decided to pull out my sponge curlers from when I was growing up.  She tolerated the procedure very well and even went to sleep in them!  Come morning, there was only a curler or two left on top.  As Rachel was still on the mend, things got worse.  I left Friday afternoon to go see Wicked (yes, it was fabulous!!).  When I came home that evening, Scott was not feeling well.  We stayed home the rest of the weekend…sick.  Come Saturday morning, my only prayer was that they both get better and I not be next!  We survived and I never got it.  We are grateful to all be better.  Maybe Rachel and I will get to play hair again without her being sick.