Our Family: Bi-sick-le

Saturday, September 8, 2012

Bi-sick-le

Bi-sick-le=Cycle of sickness and a new bicycle! Yes, I make up words for my blog:)

Cycle of sickness:
The cycle of sickness has now gone through our family so here's hoping and praying we stay well for awhile...a LONG while:) Kayzee was actually the only one that was sick the least. Which is good because Memphis was sick for too long. Danny came home sick from work one day. And as for me? I was sick for a week but not as bad as Memphis so I endured it until I couldn't anymore. But that's how it goes right? I got to go to work two days this last week. I made it Wednesday and Thursday but was miserable and so weak I had to teach PE from a chair. I DID NOT want to miss Friday AGAIN because they were already behind on fitness testing but Thursday night I was so miserable there was no way so I got a sub and off to the Dr. I went.

TMI if you don't want to read skip down to the Bicycle part below:) It was definitely a stomach bug going through our house but it affected us all differently. Memphis was throwing up for four days. Danny and Kayzee threw up once and they were fine. I never threw up but food was going straight through me. I had diarrhea really bad for a week. I could hardly eat anything but I made sure I drank LOTS of water so I didn't become dehydrated. I was so weak from not eating and losing all my nutrients so fast. By day 7 after getting off the scale and having lost 14 lbs in a week I knew it was time to go to the Dr. I can't lose weight when I try but when I don't try I lose a ton! HA! Not fun:(

I seriously LOVE my Dr. I always praise him on my blog but he is amazing and always cures everything so fast! He gave me a pill that would instantly stop the diarrhea and a pill to stop my tummy from feeling gross so I could actually eat, a probiotic, and a nasty sodium drink for a little pick me up to get my nutrients back. That did the trick. I got home from the Dr. at 11am Fri. The Dr. told me that all the prescriptions would knock me out so Danny came home early from work and I went straight to bed. I didn't wake up until 11am Saturday morning! I slept 24 hours!!!!!! I guess I needed that. And the pills really knocked me out so I didn't hear Kayzee at all when she woke up in the night. Oh heaven! And THANKS DANNY! I only woke up twice to go to the bathroom and eat and drink a little to take more pills. Today I feel a million times better but I am just so weak and light headed still so I am slowly eating more and walking around a little and taking naps so I can be ready to go back to work on Monday.

Bicycle!
Warning: this section has some potty talk;)

When Memphis started potty-training I found a potty-training chart online that I printed out and made to fit Memphis and what I wanted him to accomplish. We told him if he filled up the chart with stickers he could pick out the biggest prize of his choice. He choose a bike! Well, he filled up the chart so off he went with Daddy today to buy his new big boy bike and helmet:) They have had fun outside trying it out. It is just a little bit too big but we would rather he have a bike to grow into. He can still ride it well enough to get where he wants to go.

Danny was getting ready to go to the store with Memphis and he put on his hat and sunglasses like he always does and Memphis said he wanted to look just like Daddy:)