Enter at your own risk

Our house is officially a biohazard zone. 

Please enter with caution!

I had managed to make it 6 whole years without a child throwing up, but I suppose that had to end sometime. 

It all started around 2am on Monday morning, when Jaxon woke up throwing up and coughing (aka barking like a baby seal).We called the Dr and were told not to come in, just keep him hydrated and in a humidified little cage, and that everyone in town has this and theres nothing we can do for it.  She said had the croup, and what we THOUGHT was a stomach bug. OK, we can handle that.  He seemed to feel fine the next day, but the night came and the high fever that refused to break came with it. Even with tylenol/Motrin every 3 hours he STILL had a fever over 104, and was nothing short of miserable. Finally I decided to take him to the minor ER since the Dr. wouldn't see him, while Michael stayed home with miss priss. 

Turns out he has the flu.

If we would have been allowed to make an appointment with the Dr. 2 days ago, we would have had the tamil-flu in his system much earlier with a much higher success rate of it working. Nearly 36 hours into it we finally got it, and are praying it works for him!

So we figured we were all on the road to recovery. That was until Abigail woke up this morning throwing up. This girl has an iron clad immune system, so her getting sick is a pretty big deal. Hopefully she will be feeling better soon. And hopefully Mommy's coughy, achey, yuckiness will soon go away too.

Don't worry, I'm done being Debbie Downer!

The good news is, there is always a silver lining to every grey cloud.

When else would it be okay to watch the movie Elf 5 times in 3 days? Or spend 24 hours straight in our PJ's? And what other time would my wild, rambunctious little boy lay with Mommy for hours on end, and let me get a years worth of snuggling in? 

Only in sickness.

 Not the ideal situation, but I will take it.

I am so thankful that Michael was off yesterday! He helped with Jaxon so much, and most importantly watched him while I went with my family to pick up my big brother, and bring him home for the first time in 10 years :) I am so happy for him to be home, and that he got to meet Jaxon for the first time. Although it wasn't regular Jaxon...still better than nothing.

I am thankful that I have a wonderful Mommy that has been brave enough to take on our biohazard home and help me take care of these sicky kiddos, help me clean up all the messes that sickness brings, and bring us food because I'm too worn out to cook. I am thankful that she is SUCH an awesome nurse, that she knew he had the flu before the rest of us did. She always knows what to do, and I'm lucky to have her :)

I am also blessed with a husband who will stay up late with  a sick baby just so I can get a few hours of sleep before being up with the baby all night...even when he works an 11 hour day, gets off at 11, and has to be back at 7. He picks up prescriptions, picks up lunch, and does just about anything I need him to when he's not working. He's pretty amazing.

Even in all this sickness, there is plenty to be thankful for. I know that my babies will soon be well. I also know that there are so many children out there that will not be well, and can't afford the medical care that they need and the medicine to make them well. Or that have an illness that medicine cannot cure.

Thank you Lord for always providing :)

Writing this post has made me feel like I've regained the world that I've been closed off from, for what seems like  f o r e v e r . 

I know these kids aren't going to sleep all night, so I better get caught up on laundry and disinfecting while I have two free hands. 

Thanks in advance for all the healing prayers for our family!