Down for the count...

That would be little e and I, with the stomach flu.  Yippie.  How'd we get here you might ask... well, here is the story of the last week in our apartment.

We had to take both boys into the doctor for coughs and fevers, (to the only downtown pediatrician that would see us because we couldn't get appointments at the clinic because we're tricare standard, not prime, because we came from Korea.  There is a certain amount of irony in the fact that we had better access to medical care in Korean than we do here... but I digress.)  It turns out they both had pneumonia... or at least e had pneumonia and N had something that highly resembled pneumonia and responded to antibiotics... vague diagnosis from the doc on that one, but it's not important... try to follow along!

But of course, they couldn't get sick at the same time.  Nope we were in the pediatrician's office two days in a row.  Oh yeah, the first time we waited an hour and a half to get seen.  Fun times.  We got antibiotics on board both of them, and the fevers and coughs improved drastically.  So yesterday when I went in to get little e up from his nap, he had that "I feel so much better now, Mommy!" look on his face.  I even picked him up and laid him on top of me on the bed to cuddle for a bit... it was at that exact moment he decided to get sick with the flu.  Yup, he threw up all over me.  Let me tell you, if someone would have told me how many times I would have been pooped on, peed on, or thrown up upon as a mommy, I wouldn't have believed them.  Not that I'm complaining... I know it comes with the territory, more just stating a fact.

Then today, I came down with it.  Lucky me.  So I pretty much have not left the couch all day, just long enough to get N food, because he is still healthy and feels the need to be fed.  Imagine. So anyway, if you're keeping track, in the five weeks we've been here we've had one ear infection, two pneumonias, and two stomach flus.  Oh yeah, and a flea infestation.  Don't even say it Karen, I know what you're thinking!   Anyway, pray that the other two don't get the flu too... I'd like to get to the beach this weekend!