The month that may as well have not existed

I had big plans for this month. Things like; wake up and shower, take my kids to the park, make meals, exercise, celebrate Valentine's day, go on a double date with friends, spend time with my sisters, go grocery shopping a few times, eat.

The month went more like: get very sick . . . stay very sick . . . husband sick . . .get a little better . . . kids get very sick . . . get a little better . . . I get very sick again. . . spend the night in the hospital . . . feel a little better . . . and hopefully March will be better!

I'm not entirely sure what I've had but the basic symptoms include: Fever, headache, worst sore throat of my life, throwing up, body aches so bad I couldn't move, extreme fatigue, coughing and more coughing.

Diagnosis have been: walking pnemonia, flu, bronchitis, pluerisy (swollen lining of the lungs) and strep throat. I've never been this sick in my life or this dependent on other people. Thank goodness for my mother! We would not have survived without her. She basically took care of the boys all day every day for weeks.

Their days included outings to the park, home depot, trips to get chocolate milk, the dollar store, visits to cousins and the list goes on.

I am more grateful now for simple things like: being able to get out of bed, getting outside to play with my kids, making and being able to eat food, being able to watch a show or read without getting a head ache.

Most of our days looked like this:

The poor boy ran a fever near 102-103 for 3 days and a low grade fever for nearly 2 weeks.

I sure hope you're better to us next year, February!