Three Weeks sick

Yep, this is the 3rd week of sick kids.  2 weeks ago it was Ethan - high fever and congestion for three days, then back to school.  Last week it was Jordan with the same.  This week it's still Jordan and he's got the Stomach flu.

I am so thankful for God's mercy...here's my yesterday...

Jordan with a 99 fever and written out of school by Dr. Yang was sitting on the couch most of the morning.  I got the house cleaned up, went through email, and sent some things to print at work. When I got the car all loaded to take JC to the church to watch a movie while I got ready for service I found him on the toilet.  ?

Talk about miserable...he had the trash can in his hand and had filled it half full with vomit.  We have progressed to sickness at both ends. Joy.  So off to the drug store to get the phenergin script filled to avoid dehydration.

Before I could go I had to find quarters to stop at the gas station to fill the front tires with air.  Yeah, they weren't just a little low, they were next to flat.  Only thing is after I put the quarters in the air machine and nothing happened I went in to get help and the BP station was out of business.  Why didn't I notice this when I pulled in, you say?  Well there was a truck parked with a guy using the pay phone right outside.  Let it be known that this does not mean that the business establishment is still in business.

So I called Shaun.  He said the tires weren't that flat so just get the meds and come on in to work.

Then it dawned on me that I forgot the script on the microwave.  Back to the house.  Got the script, off to Walgreens (at the same intersection as the closed gas station).

Pulled in and JC had to GO to the bathroom.  That means NOW when a kid has diarehhea like he does.  We rushed inside the Walgreens straight to the bathroom.  Made it without accident.  JC was ok with me leaving him in the bathroom while I dropped off the script, got straws and poweraide, and checked in on him.

Called Sharon for prayer, left a message for Kyle.

The script was ready and he still wasn't able to get up yet.  He was still nauseas and very uncomfortable.  The pharmacist told me to give him half a tablet of the anti-vomiting meds but they were all whole tabs.  So, best thing I could think of was to snap the tab in half.  Too small for that.  Guess I just need to break it in my teeth.  Good idea, bad move.  Tab went to powder in my mouth.  Yuck!

Managed to find a big enough piece for him to take and opened the poweraide.  JC "Wait you didn't pay for that yet!"  Why on earth would that matter to him in his physical state?

So JC wants to trade in one of the poweraides for a different kind and strikes up a conversation with the lady at the photo center.  Finally we get out of the store and sitting at the light I realized I didn't have my phone.  Back to Walgreens we go.

Retraced my steps and I had left the thing at the pharmacy counter.  I was so relieved to be back in the car and heading home when Shaun called and recommended that I take the van to Big 10 tires to get the tires fixed on the way in to work.

Are you kidding me?  There was no way I was going to go to work with this unpredictable time bomb in the back seat, let alone sit in an auto repair shop!

I had already cleaned up enough mess at the house let alone what it might take to clean up the same at church.

Thankfully Shaun didn't get upset with me.  He understood and he even tried to be my knight in shining armor.  He got a call from Sharon who had called my cell and had the pharmacy tell her that I left my phone there.  So he went to the pharmacy to get my phone.  Little did he know I had already gotten the phone.

What a crazy day.  And only one last large mess.  See no one told me that phenergin  numbs you on the inside to the point that you don't feel the need to go to the bathroom when you're sleeping.  So poor Jordan woke up in a puddle on the couch.

A day in the life...so glad it's Thursday! And so so so glad that His mercies are new every morning!