sick of being sick

So of the 6 people living in this house, my sister included, three have come down with a really disgusting stomach bug. It all started early in the week when Karston was vomiting in the middle of the night. After a day or two it turned to constant diarreah. In one night he took 4 showers and even had an accident in the middle of one of those showers. It was not a good night because that was the same night that Heath came down with the same stomach bug. He came home early from work, because he just couldn't stay out of the bathroom. Yesterday got even worse because not only was Heath home from work sick and Karston home from school, but Alyssa was also not feeling well. She had some really bad diapers and was complaining that her tummy, her mouth and her ears hurt. To top all of that I was having such a bad migrain headache that the vision in my right eye was blurry and it was hard to concentrate on anything. Heath and I spent most of the morning trying to sleep it off and hoped that Karston would take care of his sister. Instead the kids went and got Aunt Angie. Thank goodness, she knew exactly what to do.

Watch a marathon of Lord of the Rings. Heath and I watched a little but mostly it was Angie and Karston and Alyssa (when she wasn't sleeping.) They watched the second and the third one so I think that is a whole 8 hours.

Mid morning I got a call from the school. Josiah had fallen off of the top of the slide and hit his head. He was ok. but they gave him an ice pack and called me to let me know.

So that afternoon, Alyssa and I went to the store to get soup for dinner. We also decided that everyone needed a dessert to help them feel better. When we got home, Alyssa was so excited to tell everyone "Mom mom, cake!" While the cake may have helped us feel better for a short time, Josiah woke up at 2:00am vomiting. After cleaning him, my bedroom, myself and then checking in on the other kids, I finally got back to bed around 3:30am. It was a rough night, but today Heath has gone back to work and the boys have been bouncing off the walls with energy and not feeling sick at all. Alyssa is still a bit crabby and I am just exhausted.

We are looking forward to getting over this disgusting stomach bug with no more out of control bodily functions. If I don't post again for a few days you might want to check on us and make sure we are still alive. Look at that I can still have a sense of humor in the midst of it all.