5 Down

Last night, the title for this would have been 4 Down, Dwayne to Go. But this morning took care of the last man standing.

Timeline:

Two Saturdays ago:  Piper gets sick (over her siblings); no kids wake up, Piper is fine the next day.

Last Saturday:  We return from the cabin Friday night to go to two birthday parties Saturday morning.  Kyla starts us early by getting sick about 4am.  I’m sick by the morning.  We lay around on the couch all day, sleeping and crawling to the bathroom.  Kyla is fine by dinner time. 

Last Sunday:  Time for Mama to get better because Wesley gets sick.  Starting about 10am, he throws up 1-3 times an hour until bedtime, and then is okay.  Mama just held him all day and did a lot of laundry when I could.

Monday:  Hesitantly optimistic.  I’m not feeling great, but  I’m upright and moving.  Make a quick trip to the cabin to get all the food we left in the refrigerator of Friday when we had planned to be back hours later.   Piper throws up for the first time  just I as am getting ready for bed.

Today:  I drag Piper’s mattress out to the kitchen so she and I could sleep next to a sink and a easy-clean-up floor.  That comes in handy about every hour during the night.  Come morning, she is weak but more energetic and no longer needing the bucket and towels.  Kyla is losing ground so I keep her home from school to rest.  Dwayne becomes unbearable nauseous and actually stays home from work and sleeps until midafternoon. 

Tomorrow:  Please, please let us all be back on our feet—not on our knees—again!