It Could Be Worse

There is an old children's book titled, "It Could Be Worse." It is about a man who is very unhappy when he comes home after a hard days work to a small, noisy home. He finally says that he can't take it anymore and goes to see the wise man. The wise man tells him to put more and more animals into his home until it is so chaotic he really can't take it anymore. Then the wise man tells him to put all the animals back outside where they belong. The next night when he comes home he sits in his rocking chair grateful for the peace.

This is so my life. A week ago as Mark and I went to bed I complained that I couldn't go on like this. I have been so tired with Megan. She still wakes up every two hours...sometimes she'll give me a 3 or 4 hour stretch, but mostly it's 45 minutes to 2 hours. I'm exhausted and last week I just felt I was at the end of my rope. And then that night Kendra woke up coughing and puked. (This is a common occurrence with Kendra, thus the bucket is permanently in her room). The coughing continued all night and for the next 3 days she laid on the couch not wanting to eat anything and fighting me on keeping her hydrated. Finally on Thursday she wanted to eat something. On Tuesday Megan got sick. By Friday I took both girls to the doctor. Kendra is finally on the tail end, although she still has coughing attacks day and night, tons of snot, and still sounds congested. Megan had a double ear infection. That would be why she woke up crying every 20 minutes on Thursday night! So, now I realize, like the book, that it can be worse. And I look forward to sleeping a full 2 hours before being awaken. I thought the kiddos would be better by today and am disappointed that I probably have another week.

Megan has an extremely sensitive gut. When we gave her the antibiotic for her ear infections the pharmacist told us to give it to her with food if it caused stomach upset. Well, with Megan that means give it to her with food. It didn't help as an hour later she continued to throw up until finally she puked bile. She then lay lifeless on my shoulder. So now we have another antibiotic that causes "diarrhea" and yes, Megan has that now. She is so full of snot that she throws up sometimes. But it could be worse. It definitely could be worse.