Sick kid

So my family is sick. Since 11:30pm my poor little Gracie has been sick to her stomach. I don't know if it is going around but we have been sick here since the 28th of December.

I was the first to get sick but I thought it was because I had surgery the day before and I don't always react well to anethesia. After it lingered with me for about 24 hours I figured it might have been more than just the anethesia.

Well during that 24 hours both my husband and Grace got sick once. Don was feeling a bit under the weather all day but Grace decided to get sick first... vomit in the bed, on the floor, on her clothes, and all over her Mom. I had hand surgery and couldn't get my hand wet, yet I am rescuing my baby girl from her imitation of the pea soup scene in "The Exorcist". Whe Don doesn't feel well he is, for the most part, not very helpful. I will give him credit for last Wednesday though, he did all he could to help me. I just didn't seem enough you know... I have a hand all bandaged up, vomit all over me, and well it just felt like on of those moments.

So last night, once again, Don and Grace don't feel will. Poor Grace is throwing up bile she is so sick this time. Don has moaned most of the night because his belly hurts. Grace has thown up about every 2 hours. I have tried to give her a little 7up to help her belly, but that just comes up too. She has slept with us all night and well of course it is my side of the bed that has taken the beating from her being sick. I'm up at this time because I have been doing laundry to get rid of that smell that comes along with stomach flu. Mac woke at 5 so I have just stayed up since feeding him. He is the only one who hasn't been sick. I don't want him to be sick... so now I have to figure out how do I keep him out of VOMITs way.

I am not good when people, including myself, are sick. I tend to have to buck up even when I'm not feeling well. Is that the way it is for most Mom's? Sick or not sick you job is never done. I didn't even get pampered after having surgery... (I'm having my own little pity party right now...)

Anyway... to all Mom's out there I commend you for all you do especially during this flu season when we are catching ourselves coming and going and making sure that our family is taken care of.