Tummy Troubles

Oliver had "the runs" from 7-9am on Tuesday morning, but then he was fine until Thursday afternoon when he started throwing up all over the place. Yesterday he had the runs again, and he still wasn't eating very much. Yesterday evening while Nadia and Paul were at basketball practice (she got her very first basket!), Ian started throwing up all over the place. By 10:15pm, Ian was already on his fifth pair of pajamas and third set of sheets, and he changed clothes a few more times during the night. Nadia started throwing up around 8:30pm, and the two kids kept us busy throughout the night. Paul took the shift from 11:30pm-3:45am. I took over at that point, and Paul slept until 9:15am. Ian ate a little dry cereal and kept it down at breakfast, so I made the mistake an hour later of giving him some Tylenol for his fever. He threw up a few minutes later all over the couch and carpet. Nadia only had water for breakfast, and that was enough to cause her to throw up.

Oliver still has the runs and diaper rash, but for the first time in several days his appetite returned. Nadia and Ian haven't thrown up for several hours, and they both have kept down a tiny amount of food (pretzels, crackers, or tortilla chips). Neither of them liked the 7up Paul got them. All three took a nice nap. We actually woke Nadia up after she had slept a little more than three hours for fear she'd have trouble going to sleep tonight. I took Oliver and Ian for a walk during part of her nap. She missed her 7th basketball game this morning, and Paul asked the assistant coach to coach the team today so he could help me with the kids. We won't be going to church tomorrow, and the King's Kids choir is singing in the worship service tomorrow. Bummer.

Oliver just threw up again all over me. It had been 48 hours since he had thrown up. I thought he was done. I guess not. We have not enjoyed having the stomach flu, but I am thankful for these things:

1. This is the first time either Nadia or Ian have had a bad case of the flu. We almost made it six years as parents before we experienced this ordeal.

2. Paul let me sleep for four hours last night and took full responsibility for the kids and the laundry during that time.

3. We have greatly appreciated our washer and dryer. I lost count of how many loads we've done. I'm also thankful for our bathtub. The kids usually get 2 baths a week, but the past 3 days they have been getting 1-2 baths a day.

4. So far, Paul and I haven't come down with the bug.

5. We've used our tv and Roku (for Netflix) FAR more than usual today.