I mentioned yesterday that I had a sore throat and that the whole family was starting to feel sick. Well, our colds escalated quickly in the evening and I went from a sore throat around supper time to completely incapacitated by bedtime. I kid you not, I lay awake until 6:30, when I finally began dozing in and out. I did this until around 8:00 when the kids woke up. So it was definitely not my finest night.
I’m sure I’ve had a cold and pregnancy at the same time before, but this one hit SO FAST! I can’t lay on my stomach because its insanely uncomfortable. I can’t lay on my back, or even reclined, because my belly is big and squashed my organs so I can’t breath. Laying on my side was hard too because one pillow didn’t raise my head enough but two was too tall and hurt my neck. On top of that, I can take almost nothing. I have a humidifier next to my bed, so thats a pro, and I’ve been taking Tylenol on schedule, but other than that, there’s not much I can do. Especially considering I got sick after arriving home, and we have no pharmacy or anything of the sort out here. Its been a definite challenge.
Because Brady actually slept in the night, and because he is able to tale DayQuil and all that good stuff, he left me in bed and got the kids fed and up for the day, which was a HUGE gift to me. I couldn’t sleep, but I took my time getting up. A fun surprise was that the kids were in much better shape today. Laela is chipper and cute, with a bit of a dry cough, but thats about it. Today was Dekker’s snot faucet day but he also seems pretty fine otherwise. Just doesn’t care for having his nose wiped like most kids. Brady and I are definitely in worse shape than the kids, but thats as it should be. We’re more so at the point of not being able to breathe through our noses, but breathing through our mouths hurts our throats sooo much!
The day was fairly uneventful, to tell you the truth. We sat downstairs and poked each others belly buttons and watched some TLC. The toys didn’t even really get messed up.
One thing that is wonderful about our kids feeling sick is that they napped for over three hours this afternoon! We ran a tub and soaked for two hours, which was awesome. We’ve eaten soup and toast for pretty much every meal and/or snack today, including in the bath. Yes, we ate soup in the tub. Challenge accepted. When the kids woke up from their nap, the baby monitor was quite shocking actually!
Boogers boogers boogers!!!
The sad reality of our crazy colds is that we had a really busy Sunday planned, and the whole thing is over. We had to call in last minute back up to cover us for leading worship, we dropped out of the plans our small group put together for a fun social event, we’ll miss our usual time with my parents, and we’re even in the process of rescheduling something we look forward to with each and every pregnancy – the 3D ultrasound, which was supposed to happen Sunday afternoon. While it will be good to know we don’t have to surface again until Monday, its still a bummer.
However, we have high hopes that today was “our day” and that, like our kids, we’ll have our one particularly gnarly day before we start getting better faster than expected.
This is all I have the energy to post right now. Time for another bath and some kind of snack that will scratch my aching throat. Or soup. Again.