Too Much Sickness

We have had too much sickness this month. Camille has been suffering with some stomach bugs for the last several weeks which her sister and father caught a few days ago. She ended up staying the night in the hospital on Saturday because we were concerned about dehydration. The IV's really helped her out and she was able to go home less than 24 hours later.

Here she is right before discharge, after her IV was taken out. She really enjoyed that nurse call button and pressed it any time she felt the urge! They didn't seem to mind too much.

Other members of the family have gotten some kind of fever/headache/cold bug. Just two of us have completely avoided getting sick, thankfully including me (so far).

I have to admit, I'm getting weary of the illnesses. Camille will probably completely miss her first session of swimming lessons which started on Monday thanks to the intestinal distress she's experiencing. That always lasts a lot longer because of the medicine she has to take. It's creating a lot of extra laundry. And my summer schedule is not going as smoothly as I would like it to thanks to illness, Scout camps, youth conference, and driver's ed. I'm missing my helpers!

But there are some positives to the situation! We haven't had sickness on any recent family trips and hopefully everyone will be better in a month when we go again. Plus no one is missing any schoolwork that has to be made up. And going to the hospital and seeing patients who are much sicker than we are helps me realize things aren't that bad and I shouldn't complain.

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