I Am Glad For Many Things

Before I can talk about how we spent our Thanksgiving Day I need to first discuss the past week.

Last Thursday before Mark and I fell asleep I expressed my deep sleep deprivation status and my concern for being on the brink of a break down. Two months ago (when Megan had her shots) Meggers stopped sleeping. I am lucky if I can get a two hour stretch at night. I don't nap during the day because I have Kendra. The exhaustion is wearing me out. Little did I know it was about to get worse.

That night Megan woke up after sleeping for 30 minutes. 20 minutes later Kendra walked into our room, (she hasn't walked to our bedroom for over a year, usually she just cries for us). She wanted to sleep in our bed with us. Her whole body was on fire. I laid awake next to her expecting her to be sick. 45 minutes later when I no longer could keep my eyes open she threw up! Mark raced to the bathroom with her but wouldn't you know Kendra was too scared to puke in the toilet. So, I spent the first couple of minutes of my birthday cleaning vomit. Happy Birthday to me!!

Friday was hard as Kendra laid on the couch all day. She has NEVER done this. I had to force her to eat ice chips and sip any liquid possible. Although she did eat toast late that night her appetite hasn't been the same. Megan got sick somewhere between there and Monday but wasn't really sick until Monday night. She coughed many times so hard that she would throw up. As the cough progressed her little face turned red. Because she is so little I took her in to see her doctor. Oh, and Mark got sick on Tuesday. Don't know why I'm not sick yet. We think everyone has parinfluenza (croup) and let me tell you that it is worse than the swine flu. With the H1N1 we had two really bad days and then it tapered off. Croup seems to just linger. Kendra sounds like a little barking seal.

So that brings me to today. We were invited to spend time with friends today, but because everyone is sick (except me) I decided we needed to stay home and I'd make us a Thanksgiving meal.

Not much of a feast but all homemade!! And because I'm the only "well" one we have a ton of leftovers!! I was happy because my pumpkin pie tastes just like my mom's.

It is nice to have a day when we can remember all we are grateful for.