Sick of sick!

I feel like this family has been nothing but sick since Thanksgiving, and frankly, I'm "sick" of it. We battled the stomach thing all of the Thanksgiving holiday with all three kids. We had a sick sabbatical the first week of December, but then last week, we were back in full "sick" swing. Reese ran fever for three days with a nasty cough. Grammy Martha stayed with her two days. She got better, and then Trey got sick. Neenaw got called for that one, and she was here Friday. Well, T got worse, and by Saturday, he was running a 104.3 fever. I took him to the ER with my parents (Al had Drew and Reese at a holiday bash in the community). They discovered he has pneumonia. They did blood work, gave him a shot, prescribed an antibiotic, and sent us home. I had a follow up appointment yesterday. Luckily, we had a snow day and so I was off. When I took him in, he wasn't getting any better. In fact, his lungs sounded worse. So... the doctor put him on a steroid, a new antibiotic, and sent us home with a nebulizer to use four times a day for the next week (we follow up again next Monday). I called in sick this a.m., and Valle ended up closing early because of bad weather. I'm hoping we're off again tomorrow. My goal is to keep Trey away from the sitter this entire week to get him strong enough to survive the holiday hullabaloo this weekend. Grammy Martha is once again on standby, to return for sick child duty. Maybe we'll just get snowed out of school all week, and she won't have to come. Either way, we'll be packing up the meds and breathing machine for our weekend stay in Greenville. What is it about my kids and being sick on holidays? Oh, I'm sick of sick!!!

Preschool Love

Reese has a preschool crush on Isaac, who also happens to be our neighbor down the road. We found out at a football game this fall, that Isaac reciprocates this love. This coming Friday, at their Christmas party at school, the students are surprising their teachers with a rendition of Rudolph. We were asked to purchase a pair of reindeer antlers for the performance. I picked Reese's up last week at the local Dollar General. Well, a few days ago I received a phone call from Isaac's mom. Seems they purchased a two pack of antlers, and one is definitely for a girl (it's covered in sparkles). Isaac suggested his mom call "that girl down the road's" mom to see if she would want to wear them. When I said Reese had a pair, Gina (Isaac's mom) stressed how Isaac was really hoping Reese would wear them. When I realized Gina was calling in front of Isaac, I quickly changed my response. Absolutely, Reese would love to wear Isaac's antlers! Both Isaac and Reese were pleased. Today Reese made a thank you card for Isaac. She drew Isaac and herself on the front, both naked as jaybirds with big, ol' belly buttons, and beautiful reindeer antlers on their heads. Isn't love grand?