So, here I went and said we were on the upswing!

HA!

Little did I know that mere hours after writing that post, I would be the next to succumb to the nasties of a stomach virus. Sparing you the gross ugly details, for me, it lasted roughly 20 hours. After that, was the repercussions of having been through it.

Ray was having the joys of massive sinus drainage that was causing him to near vomit if he did stay on top of getting it out rather than down his throat. Oh boy.

Phoebe was perhaps the only one to feel great yesterday. I felt terrible that no one was well enough to take her to her dance classes yesterday morning, but, well, that’s the way the cookie crumbled this weekend.

Today was a different story, however. Phoebe awoke with a fever. Running right around 103.4…

Great… I ended up giving her too much Motrin (which is the actual dose she should get… just makes her hyper lately) so she didn’t rest as much as she should have. Although, the fever was done (not gone), and she was fairly rambunctious, she was not her sparkly self…

Both Ray and I did end up leaving the house today, which was a good thing. He took Alex to her band rehearsal. I went and picked her up then we got some food from Subway (note to self: Chinese place AND Quiznos here are both CLOSED on Sundays).

Shortly before bedtime, you guessed it, Phoebe’s fever shot back up to 103.6, only about thirteen hours after that ONE dose of Motrin this morning. She fell asleep quickly and early.

I hope this doesn’t last too long. Good thing the girls don’t have school tomorrow (professional development day…whatever).

Last night, while Phoebe had her little Daisy meeting, I drove out to my mom and dad’s last night to deliver a whole bunch of Girl Scout Cookies for them and the ladies at the beauty shop my mom works at. My original plan was to go in the morning, but having not only a sick teenager at home, but one that is vomiting kind of made it necessary to change plans. Night-time was the only time I was going to be able to do that…so… I did. And and a nice visit with my folks while I was there.

While I was gone, Ray picked Phoebe up from her meeting and tended to Alex (who had a relapse while I was gone).

Way back on Wednesday, since Alex seemed to still have her sinus infection, I had made her a doctor’s appointment for this afternoon. Fortunately, for me — well, for my vehicle– she has stopped with the vomiting (especially since I neglected to bring along a container AND my tissue box was apparently empty). Phoebe was also pretty happy to be leaving school really early since I couldn’t guarantee that we would return home before the bus got there. (Turns out, we were home well before, but it didn’t include a trip to the pharmacy either–this time!)

The verdict was that her sinus infection is gone, but she’s having allergies wreaking havoc on her now and her asthma, I’m sure, doesn’t help. More meds is what that means. I was extremely happy that they had a “sample” medication to give her since we don’t have prescription insurance coverage currently. I know I shouldn’t be, but it’s amazing how much medications costs. Crikey!

This evening, Alex is up and conscious and at this morning watching (kind of) cartoons with Phoebe. Ray, however, came home not feeling well. He thinks he has a cold. I hope he’s right and that’s all it is. As long as there isn’t vomit involved anyway.

Phoebe was sick last week with a stomach virus that included a lot of vomiting. I do mean A LOT. As well as OFTEN. (Read about it here.)

Apparently, now, it is Alex’s turn. Poor girl – on top of her never ending sinus infection that she is supposed to go back in to to see her doctor tomorrow. Now this. And more missed school and rehearsals and dance classes…

I hope it stops there, but I have my doubts. Any chants or spells or prayers that you know?

Welcome to PukeFest 2010: The Second Tour!

This morning when Alex caught the bus, it really wasn’t foggy out. Then again, it was close to 6:30 a.m. too. However, by the time Phoebe caught her bus – around 8:15 a.m. – it was pretty darn foggy out. Fog in cold weather has this tendency to freeze to the trees (and most everything else) differently than just frost. It was pretty cool.

See? Neat, isn’t it? Phoebe thought it was pretty darn neat too.

Although it was still quite cold out, it was a very nice thing to see the roadways being clear AND dry while waiting for the bus this morning:

The rest of the day went well. The sun shone brilliantly all day. I did not wear a winter coat all day (I did wear a fleece sweater/jacket that I had on inside and out).

Phoebe’s ballet class got to try on their recital costumes today. They all looked amazing. While in costume they went to the other dance room to show the older girls (an advanced jazz class, I think they are all 16+ years old?) their whole dance and did it wonderfully!

Phoebe’s teacher is keeping the costumes to do an alteration to them before we get them back. This is a first as well, usually we are just given verbal instructions on how to complete or alter or whatever to the costumes. I cannot wait!

Today is the last day of February. It seems like such a blur that I don’t even know where it went.

Phoebe is still not feeling well. Her tummy is queasy enough that she’s carrying the bowl around with her and looking very pathetic. Poor girl. We did not go to my niece’s family birthday party for this very reason. Queasy tummy + LONG car ride = NO GOOD WILL COME OF THIS. Not to mention the real possibility of sharing spreading the bad germs to the little ones while there. Phoebe was very disappointed and was visibility trying to will herself better in order to go. Sorry, honey, it doesn’t work that way.

On a positive note, Phoebe was feeling MUCH better by the end of the day. Finally.