Things I've learned this week. (Round 2)

#1.  Whatever stomach bug hit our house this past week was nasty!  All four of us wound up with it to some degree.  Aunt Myra, who had come to visit over the weekend, also got sick.  She was kind enough to help clean up some of the "messes", and poor thing got sick, too.  :(

#2.  My son is a trooper.  Kade was the first one to come down with it.  He got sick twice and had diarrhea a few times.  But other than that, you would have never known he was sick.  Marc's parents were here over the weekend as well, and I think it was Grandpa that commented, "that isn't a sick baby."  And I didn't think so either.  He is such a happy little soul.  Nothing seems to bother him.  Very glad he didn't get really sick.

#3. This stomach flu is nothing to mess around with.  Within 4 hours of first getting sick, I was headed to the ER.  Dehydrated, disoriented, and just not well at all.  Extremely grateful neither of the kids got that sick.

#4. (Something I already knew)  It is so awesome to have family so close.  When we decided I needed to go to the ER, I was in no condition to walk, let alone drive.  Marc really wasn't feeling the best, plus someone needed to stay with the kids.  I absolutely hated exposing them, but we really didn't have too many other options, so we called my parents.  They came in and took me to the ER.

#5.  Little Miss Marleigh is just as sweet even when she is a very sick girl.  While I was at the ER, Marc called to say that Marleigh started vomiting.  Mom went back to the house to help him.  Within a short period of time, it was obvious she wasn't going to stop, so Mom brought her to the ER as a precaution, to try to stop it before she got dehydrated.   They gave her some zofran, and thankfully, that was all it took.  As we were finally all headed back to the house, my feeble girl looked up at Gigi and said, "Thank you for helping me, Gigi."  Then the next day, Marleigh and I just stayed in Marc and I's bed all day. At least three different times she asked me, "Mama, are you feeling any better?"  Such a sweet spirit in that girl.  :)

#6.  I am very glad that we still have a hospital in Larned.  Here a few years ago, we were in jeopardy of losing our hospital.  The community banded together, and thankfully, we still have a hospital. They took such great care of us.  There were three nurses and a doctor that were working on me right away.  Thanks to all the staff at Pawnee Valley Community Hospital!

#7.  I could not ever, EVER be a nurse/nurses aid, etc.  Holy bodily fluids!!!  I honestly do not know how people do that day in, day out, for people that they don't even know.  I mean, the people I was cleaning up after mean everything in the world to me, and it was flat out repulsive!  Kudos to all of you out there!  Thank you for what you do!

#8.  We are now ready to be healthy for a while!  Within 3 weeks, we had the respiratory flu, and then the stomach flu.  So, now it is full speed ahead to a healthy spring and summer!  :)