Summer Sickness

I don't usually post about not-so-great things that happen to our family, but the focus of this is mainly appreciation for the kids' wonderful grandparents who came to my rescue a few weeks ago.

Annie got sick during the night on a Sunday going into Monday. She has a bad habit of sticking her hands so far in her mouth that she gags herself, so one throw up didn't really faze us. But when it continued throughout the night, we knew we had one sick little girl. Poor thing just did not feel good at all, so I knew I would need to spend the whole day taking care of her. Nana and Papa came to the rescue and came to get Cade so he could still have a fun summer day. He played lots of sword fight on the Wii with Nana and they even took him to karate. Here is sweet Annie when she felt well enough to eat some applesauce later on Monday.



The next day was our outdoor water fun day. We had a great time (see post below), but Cade started complaining of a headache while he was jumping on the trampoline. I got worried that he hurt himself, so I made an appointment with the pediatrician. She assured us that he was fine, but suffering from a viral headache that was going around. She said that kids were crying and screaming from the pain and would even throw up because it hurt so bad. I was glad she said all of this, because it all ended up being true. Poor Cade was in so much pain and spent the entire rest of the day in bed. It was awful. I did take a picture of him, but it is too sad to put on here. The next morning, though, he was completely fine! We were so thankful! The kids and I went on a walk around the neighborhood and had a relaxing day at home.

Thursday was supposed to be packed with errands as we got ready for Mama to start going back to work the next week. Unfortunately, Round 3 of the summer sickness had other plans. By mid-morning, my head hurt so bad that I just could not take care of the kids. Nana came to the rescue again and picked them up. Both kids had a fun day with Nana and Papa, and we got this cute picture of Annie sitting on the box of worms that they are raising.



I would not wish this illness on anyone. I have honestly never been in that much pain or felt that terrible. Thursday night was my mom's turn to come to the rescue. I did not want them in the house on Friday because I did not want to infect anyone, so Annie had a fun splash day at school, and Cade went to Chuck E Cheese and Grand Station.



Thankfully, by late Friday afternoon I was able to get out of bed and eat a little something. I was really glad to play with the kids and my mom that night! It was actually good that Chance was working so much because he stayed away from all of the sickness. It is hard for me to ask for help, but I am so incredibly thankful for our wonderful parents and all of their help while we were sick. It truly takes a village to raise kids, and we are part of a great one.

Good thing we were all well, because our next event was the first Cougar football scrimmage!