We ended 2016 much like we started 2017 with one of us being sick. Most of December 2016 and the first week of January 2017 had us dealing with fevers, sore throats, flu, colds, and vomiting. So not fun! Each of us was spaced far enough apart that I don't think we were all sick with the same thing or caught it from one another. Ian missed a full week of school right before Winter Break and needed a nebulizer to help him breathe. This was a first for him. And Sam was the latest to get sick; just now recovering from a very high fever for 4 days. In between, Jeff was confirmed with the flu (despite having received a flu shot!), and I had a bad cold that put me out of commission for 2 days.
I find us getting ill noteworthy. For the most part, we are a very healthy bunch and rarely get sick. It's not common for Jeff to call in to work sick, or for me to drink NyQuil like its water so that I can get some much needed sleep. Even Ian and Sam very rarely miss school because they don't feel well.
But something was definitely in the air and it affected all of us in one way or another. Now that we have that out of the way, I hope we can move onward, keep us all upright and germ-free.
For the record, Sam was the most dramatic out of all of us when she was sick. The drama was extra high with this one. At the end of a two week Winter Break, it was a extra challenging when we both realized she wasn't going back to school when all the other kids did. Somehow we survived and lived to tell about it.
Fingers crossed we are done and can resume our regularly scheduled programming.
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