After I wrote yesterdays morning post, I received a call from the school that Dekker had thrown up during their Christmas concert practice. Apparently three kids threw up within four minutes. I called my mom, she came by to sit with the other kids, and I drove over to snag Dekker.
I found him in the office with his teacher. He was sitting on a chair with a bucket in front of him, and she was crouched down, talking with him. He had dirtied up his hoodie and his shoes, so they were bagged up for him, and his coat was on, as he was quite shivery. His teacher said he had been very brave and hadn’t even cried or gotten worked up. He was matter of fact, and just told it like it was. His main concern was that it was a special lunch day, and he was anticipating the pizza, chips, and chocolate milk that we had ordered him in advance. Of course, all of that was already in his backpack, ready to come home.
It says something pretty wonderful about the school, and his teacher, that he wasn’t panicked or scared when it all went down. Not very long ago, he would have been completely freaked out by throwing up, not to mention in front of most of his school!! He was clearly cared for very, very well, and feels safe there. That helped my mama heart a lot.
So I took him home and tucked him in on the couch for the rest of the day. All was well.
Then came the night. Solly is clearly feeling something as well, because he was up four or five times. We got about an hour of sleep between each wake up, and the few times he gave us a slightly longer stretch, Dekker came up to our room. The first time he came, he threw up and shook and struggled a little bit. He didn’t actually throw up the other times, but I think he was scared he would, since he felt so sick. So Brady and I were up about eight times last night, which is virtually unheard of. So needless to say, he and I are completely trashed today.
Its the same story for our kids. Laela is pouring snot, coughing up a storm, as she sits in one place and stares. Dekker has been sleeping on the couch for maybe an hour so far? Rowan woke up quite late into the morning (maybe 10:30-11:00) and has been napping for a couple of hours this afternoon already. Solly is the one who still physically appears healthy, but he sucks at sleeping today! All of his naps have been short and seemingly half-assed. Doesn’t he want to sleep??? Crazy kid! At least he’s happy when he’s awake and not a total zombie like the rest of us.
If you think of our family and feel like praying, we could REALLY use a better night tonight. Brady has to work for a chunk of this weekend (which is SO sad for me!) and it was going to be today, but thanks to the awful night, we bumped it to tomorrow. Working Sunday always feels so much harder than working Saturday. So please pray for a better night for him going into tomorrow, and for me to have the strength to be a fabulous mom to my little sick family when he’s not around to help. Even though we’re all somewhat ill, this is a really special time of year, and I want us to be able to enjoy it well together.
Stay well and healthy, friends! This “constantly being sick” thing is for the birds.