Sick Days

Handsome is sick. We assumed it was a bad case of the flu. It came on quite suddenly on Monday afternoon and was much worse by Tuesday morning. After 3 days of high fever (102), severe body aches and the chills, he went to the doctor. They think it is flu + pneumonia. He is having his chest x-rayed right now to confirm the diagnosis. They gave him some strong anti-biotics and an albeuteral inhaler.

Being really sick is the pitts. You just wish you could make it all better without having to wait. I much prefer the kid kind of owies, the ones that heal so nicely with a cute bandaid and a kiss from mom (one for each year of your life works really well with the preschool set).

I am disinfecting the living daylights out of the house, but I still fear there's some door knob or light switch I've missed.

I am trying to do all I can to make him comfortable and getting him a lot of his favorite treats. He's been laughing at me (in between achey moans and hideous coughs) because every time I go to the store I come home with something mango flavored to make him feel better. Sliced mangos, mango pudding, etc. I finally switched to lemon sorbet instead of mango just to avoid his laughter (But I know he likes mango better!)

I miss you, my happy healthy husband but until he returns, we're gonna take good care of you.