This is not a cheerful, happy update...and it's more for my recollection/diary than anything, so if you're not interested in reading about "sickness" you might want to skip this post!! We had a rough couple of weeks at the Froehle household, but things seem to be much better this week! Whew!
I left for Baltimore for training for my new position (MMS) on Sunday, January 13th. Luke had his VP of sales riding with him Mon-Wed, so he had to be gone Mon and Tues night. Both Grandma's had commitments on Tuesday night, but my mom forfeited her 500 night with her friends to help us out...and "helped us out" is an understatement looking back!
I checked in with Luke on Monday morning to see how the night went.......it was pretty bad! Nora threw up all over in her crib, so Luke had to clean everything up and get her back to sleep, etc. Speaking from experience, it's not an easy task to clean up and console a sick baby in the middle of the night! It was a one time incident and she kept her milk down and was fine in the morning. Luke had to meet his VP for work, so he took her daycare.....she didn't last long before she had a fever. My parents came and picked her up and spent the next couple of days with her. She had some messy diapers, but never got sick again. Noone else picked it up either--thank goodness! Mom and dad we could never thank you enough!! THANK YOU!
The rest of the week was relatively uneventful. It was so hard to be in a hotel room in Baltimore and to know Nora was sick and there was nothing I could do for her (or anyone else for that matter). My week of training went pretty well, but I was definitely ready to get home on Friday. Luke and the kids picked me up at the airport and I got some big smiles and kisses!
Jack was born Saturday morning, so Luke and I took turns visiting him. Saturday night...Nora got SICK again...multiple times. It was bad, really bad! Poor baby girl! I'll spare you all the details, but between Bishop and Nora, we had someone sick pretty much every day for the rest of the week. Bishop did get sick a few times (not as many as Nora) and both kids had diarrhea. It was ugly! I had to fly to Chicago on Monday--just for the day, for a meeting. Luke stayed home with Bishop because he was pretty sick in the middle of the night. Nora was every other day from then on...I was home with her on Wed and Fri. Thursday night was another really rough night for Nora (and Luke was gone this time) I took her to the Dr on Friday and I had to take her to Children's to have her blood drawn. Her electrolytes were off, which was most likely causing her to be dehydrated and nausea, which was contributing to her getting sick. If she got sick one more time we were to take her to Children's (regardless of when it was). I was fully prepared to take her to Children's in the middle of the night......but, thankfully she never got sick again and she's been fine ever since! Bishop's been healthy too!
It was so hard to watch them be sick and in pain. I hope the sickness stays away for awhile now! We are so thankful for our health! We hope you remain healthy during this crazy winter/flu season!
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