we are sick.

brian started it off with a sinus infection.

alix and i have been sniffling for about as long as she has been in daycare, then we both started coughing a couple of weeks ago.

last week, towards the end of the week, i started to feel feverish, stayed home thursday, managed to rally for work on friday even tho i still felt like crapola.

saturday, i decided to do something about my ailment and went to the doctor. at the doctor's office, my temperature was an impressive 103 degrees. that, along with the other symptoms, warrented an rx for antibiotics, in addition to some cough syrup with codeine, to be used sparingly (because of the breastfeeding) to enable me to get some rest. (ha ha ha! like that would help with the external sleep disturbances, i.e. brian, alix and rory)

sunday, alix couldn't keep breast milk down and the pediatrician on call said it was likely she had the stomach flu. this continued into monday morning.

moday night, the stomach flu hit me, so tuesday i was at home instead of work. feeling really pretty and fun at this point because i haven't left the house, except to go to the doctor, for 5 days now. also have worn nothing but sweats and t-shirts for those days, which i have to keep changing because most of alix's vomitting occured while i was holding her. also, this whole day, i couldn't take any of my antibiotics for my OTHER illness.

last night, the stomach flu hit rory. it's the first time she's thrown up as a toddler. sure, she threw up as an infant, but probably doesn't remember it at all. in addition to feeling gross and sick, i think the whole process kinda scared her.

now, we're literally counting the minutes until it's brian's turn with the stomach thing. it's inevitable.

wish us luck. hopefully this will break the cycle for a (little) while.