plague and pestilence

There is Sickness going around my house, one of the dangers at working at a school (which 3 of the 6 of us do, with a fourth attending said school and Damien going to work with me.) Last night I started having stomach cramps, and I woke up with full-on Oh God Why Do I Still Breathe Sickness (which comes with a delightful array of beforementioned stomach cramps, nausea, vomiting, lightheadedness, fever, and a migraine.) Thankfully it’s Saturday, and thanks to the expert baby-wrangling skills of Dan, Kassi, my parents and my grandma (who is visiting) I was able to rest, nap and even wash a load of diapers. Tonight I’m still feeling crappy, but nothing like earlier today, and I hope by tomorrow I’ll be miraculously healed.

The problem is Mr. Damien. This morning he projectile vomited on me (and the bed, the carpet, the bookcase…) but was in good spirits the rest of the day. Tonight, though, he was a little fussy and then took a super long nap. He’d randomly wake himself up with loud screams of pain, then fall back to sleep again. I also noticed Damien was flushed and a bit warm, so I took his temperature under his arm – according to the instructions, 98.6 is normal and his was 99 and climbing when he wiggled his arm away (I went to take his rectal temperature and, well, he started pooping. So I decided to stick with armpit today, lol.)

Obviously he’s not feeling well, but I really hope he doesn’t have the same thing I do because if it makes me want to die, how will it feel to a little baby who doesn’t understand what’s going on? I gave him some infant Tylenol (bubblegum flavor – he really wasn’t sure about that) and nursed him and now he’s sleeping peacefully in my lap, but who knows what the night will bring.

Oh, and Dan is now the one person in the house who hasn’t gotten sick. I’m sure he’s crossing his fingers that it’ll stay that way, and so am I, because Damien and I need someone to take care of us!

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