Well yesterday morning Grant woke me up puking. My first thought…NO. No, no, no, no! We’re leaving for Iowa tomorrow, and any sickness we bring with us ALWAYS infects the boys family. When I walked in my little man was crying pitifully and covered in bright yellow vomit. So were his sheets, and the carpet by his crib.
It was NASTY, and heightened by that oh so pukey smell. I think I just threw up a little in my throat just thinking about it.
I took his temp, and it was 99.6. A low grade, that signals to me, his little body is fighting an infection. Ick. I thought okay, we’ll just wait it out. I didn’t give him tylenol, because he didn’t seem too miserable yet, and I’m of the school of thought if you can bear it your body will fight it.
So we spent the morning cuddling on the couch, and within feet of one another. I thought I felt myself starting to fever as well, but I ignored it. By the time the husband got home, the wee one was ready to wrestle and wrestle they did much to my chagrin. Then everything was okay until bedtime. He went down without a fight, but soon was puking again and fevering. So we medicated him and he slept until 6. When he was fevering again.
I didn’t give him tylenol until 10:30, when he threw a fit and didn’t come out of it, just laying on me and crying. Since then, he’s played animatedly, then sat with me begging for a movie and cuddling like crazy. I am feeling pukey today. And fevering like crazy. I am shaking, tired, and HOT. I’ve been sweating like a crazy person.
My husband the furnace, was too “in love with me” not to lay his hot limbs all over me while I was trying to sleep, even after repeated attempts to explain to him that he was not doing anything but making me hotter, and want to die. He would do drive by touching, laying his leg over me, rolling over and hugging me quickly, stating, “It’s just for a second, so you won’t be pestered.” Nevermind it was like laying a hot poker on my flesh, and just feeling so crappy I DID NOT WANT TO BE PESTERED, especially after having a hot little body draped on me all day.
Ugh.
But like I said we’re doing much better today, so I’m confident by the time we leave tomorrow we’ll be fever free and ready to party. The boy took the rest of the week off starting tomorrow, and we’re SO EXCITED. A five day stint with daddy is going to be so fun! 
So I probably will be off the internets until we return. Full of crazy family stories I am sure. :) Happy Independence Day!
