WARNING: DO NOT READ THIS POST IF YOU ARE EATING BREAKFAST (or lunch or dinner for that matter) OR IF YOU ARE ADVERSE TO GROSSNESS.
So my darling little six-year-old, MiMi, the happiest child on the planet, has a virus of some kind that means about every hour or so she pukes her little guts out.
Look, I've been at this mom thing a while now. I've cleaned up the puke of my children many times, of other people's children, of dogs, and of cats. I'm not squimish about it. I see what needs to be done and I do it (the wasband didn't always like the way I did it, but I DID IT). But this particular bout of illness has me almost as sick as she is, mostly because she is such a brave little soldier about it.
She doesn't complain.
She doesn't even tell me that she's going into the bathroom to throw up. She just waltzes in there and does her business.
Afterward she washes her own little face and swishes with a little water.
Then she goes back to laying down and watching "Little Einsteins".
Occasionally she asks (politely) for a sip of water.
By contrast, CoCo, my eldest is also home sick today. She has a headache and a low-grade fever. I am running myself ragged waiting on her.
She needed powerade (shaken not stirred) of a certain color.
She wants to lay in the master bedroom because it has the "good" channels.
She needed another blanket, not that one, the OTHER one.
Have I seen her new dsi game? Can I look in her room for it? While I'm in there can I find the power cord so she can charge it up?
Guess which one I'm going to send to school tomorrow NO MATTER WHAT....
Oh, poor babies! I hope they are BOTH better tomorrow.
Posted by: Sandra | January 07, 2010 at 04:21 AM
Hope everyone is feeling better. You know I love you but keep that sickness on your side of the river. ;)
Posted by: The Eastsider | January 07, 2010 at 03:02 PM
Hope you don't catch any of it!
Posted by: Rachel Cotterill | January 07, 2010 at 05:03 PM