we have a house of vomiting diarrheas this morning! jackson has been fussier than normal this weekend… we assumed it was because he is teething like a maniac, but then jackson threw up like a maniac on saturday. paul and i had never experienced this before, only his spitting up which he hardly even notices. well this was ENTIRELY different. poor jackson turned green and puked his guts out (nice, huh?) since paul and i weren’t feeling totally pukey yet ourselves, we thought maybe we had overfed jackson through his tube. oh no no… while jackson didn’t throw up yesterday, he was extremely fussy and icky looking. i started to feel kinda funky yesterday, so i started pumping my body full of immuno shield to ward off any nastiness. so far i’m doing alright… paul on the other hand is not and is fighting off this grossness he picked up from jackson. he couldn’t do his prt (physical readiness test) this morning, and i’m hoping he comes home a little early today to get some rest.
i took jackson to the pediatrician this morning to do a weight check and see how to combat the vomiting diarrheas for him with his tube. the GREAT news is that in 2 weeks of jackson having the tube, he has gained a pound!!! the GOOD news is that with the tube in place, we can pump his little body full of pedialyte to keep him hydrated while he is sick. the BAD news is that when i called to cancel his feeding therapy session for today, teri told me that a stomach bug is going through the clinic right now and it is lasting 24-36 hours. (then she told me, “welcome to parenthood.”) soooo…. the clock is ticking…. i’ve got 24-36 hours to kill this beast of a bug because paul and i have andrew and molly’s wedding this weekend and we are NOT (i repeat NOT) going to miss that no matter what. paul is in the wedding and i don’t care if he pukes while walking down the aisle, WE ARE GOING!!! uncle andrew and aunt molly are the last of “the family” to get married, and this wedding is something we have been looking forward to for months. we will be celebrating andrew and molly as well as reconnecting with “family” members who have been in washington state for the last 3 years. so bring it on you vomiting diarrheas!!! i will beat you!!!
i am channeling kate from “jon and kate plus 8″ and entrenching myself in vomit-laundry (for those of you who have seen that episode, you know what i’m talking about). i am also channeling my mother and disinfecting my entire house, as well as enforcing the “b-r-a-t diet”.
ok, so does this officially make me a mom now??? my end of the day treat for myself will be a
hair cut, which i will be fantasizing about all day long. 5:30 pm cannot come any faster. ~