This Week at Our House # 5

1. Well, what a crazy week it was. Arwen starting throwing up Monday afternoon, and soon there after most of the rest of us got sick too. John began his new job on Monday and was sick on Tuesday. This is where the perks of working at home come into play. John worked half days and Saturday and the middle of the night when he was up, and got his full work week in even though he was sick about 4 days.
2. I took work off Wednesday night for illness and I rarely get sick. I didn't have influenza or the last stomach flu with the kids. But this time, I had a fever for about a day and a stomach ache and some nausea for about 3 days.
3. Ruth felt sick and stayed home from school on Wednesday.
4. Kate was one of two family members to stay well. Because of the sickness, I did not get my usual deep cleaning done during the week. Kate helped me to catch up on Saturday. I think it was a bit of a shock for her. I get the downstairs decluttered, reorganized, thoroughly swept  and washed once a week. It takes about 2 hours. Kate helped clean off surfaces, sweep the stairs, reorganize the toys, clean the desk, and wash the floors. I cleaned out from under couches and the piano, did the laundry, reorganized the toys, swept out the pantries, swept the floors, and washed the floors. Then we cleaned the bathrooms together. I usually do this all myself. I loved having a cleaning buddy, but I don't think my cleaning buddy loved working with me.
5. Johnny stayed well until Saturday. When he knew that he was sick, he quit eating anything and ended up being okay stomach wise. But I think he may have been a little fevery.
6. Adam was sick Tuesday night and better by Friday. He has really bad excema on his hands. I've been using eucerin all winter and it is just not working. I recently switched to coconut oil and that seems to be working just a little better.
7. Rachel was only sick on Sunday. She did not miss any school at all. In fact, I would say that with all of the sickness going around in our family since December, Rachel has probably stayed the healthiest and I think she is proud of that.
8. Anya has been saying that she is sick everyday since October. I know that she is not being honest, and it is getting very frustrating. It started when she had a UTI and got to skip her homework and watch TV. Now she says she is sick before school, at homework and chore times, and before church. We have called her out and talked to her about it, but she still persists. Right now we are just ignoring it and making her do everything no matter what she says. The funny thing, though, she told me the story of the "Boy who Cried Wolf". She seemed to really like it and find it meaningful. I wish she'd learn the lesson in it.
9. Joseph never got sick either. but now he has a very runny nose and a cough. Blah, we have had too much illness this winter!
10. Joshua threw up twice on Tuesday night, and once in his bed on Thursday night, but he never woke up. I find it so odd that I have some kids who sleep through puking.
11. Arwen brought the illness into the house. I think she must have picked it up from nursery. It seemed to have about a 24 hour incubation period and it was pretty much 24 hours from nursery to Arwen puking. Arwen threw up 5 times. We have not had that much puking in a row in a long, long time. Ruth, Kate, and Johnny used to get the stomach flu where they would throw up every 20 minutes for hours, but the younger kids really haven't had that much.
12. I knew Susan was sick because she would not be put down. I knew she was better when she went off to play again. Now Susan has a very runny nose, but I am going to take her in to get her next set of vaccinations soon anyway.
    
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