No.. It's none of you. Don't worry about that.. Heh
But when you have a sick child.. DO NOT bring it around WELL CHILDREN!
Case in point.. We moved last week into the new place. We knew ahead of time that our niece (His Brother's 1-year-old Daughter) was sick, and he and his girlfriend were coming down to help move. They PROMISED they would keep her away. Bullshit. They brought her with them! My Mother-In-Law took our kids home with her so they wouldn't have to deal with the open doors exposing them to the icy cold weather while we were moving boxes in and out. Well.. The Brother-In-Law's girlfriend and THEIR KID ended up going with my kids and the Mother-In-Law. What the fuck is that about? I didn't realize they were even gone until a while later. Grr.
I thought we were all fine until Dan left for a Manager's meeting in Atlantic City on Wednesday. That's when Hunter started getting sick (that's always the way, isn't it?). Coughing, wheezing, running nose, up all night, the whole nine freaking yards. I figured it was your average run-of-the-mill cold.
Fast-Forward to yesterday (Friday). Hunter's cough had gotten worse and his nose was plugged up with stuff that wasn't clear (as it is with a normal cold). I give the Pediatrician a call (the same guy who was MY Pediatrician as a child. He's excellent, but he's gotta be like 150 years old by now). They tell me I should bring him right in and gave me an appointment for the afternoon. By the time the appointment rolled around, I was feeling uber-crappy myself and sent Dan to bring him instead. He called about a half hour later and told me it wasn't a cold---it's an upper-respiratory virus. Lovely shit, right? Hunter was given a prescription for Zithromax and they were sent on their way. We gave him his double-dose yesterday, and he's gotta have 3 more single doses (Today, Tomorrow, and Monday), then he'll be done with it and hopefully done with this infection.
I had my Mother-In-Law grab me some Zithromax-ish meds for me at her work and I took the first dose last night. Hopefully I'll be back to my abby-normal self in a couple of days. But last night was pure hell between the both of us.. We were coughing, sniffling and all that happy junk all night. We've both been up for good since about 3AM. Bleh. To top it all off, I re-started receiving that dreaded monthly visitor that I've had the pleasure of escaping for the past 14 months. It's back and only adds to my icky-ness. Double bleh.
So far, Delia and Dan have escaped this.
::knocks on wood::
Now, I've been a Mommy long enough to know (Nearly 15 years now), that kids are going to get sick at some point, no matter what you do. Some things are unavoidable. BUT... I also wouldn't bring my children around others if they were sick. It's a common fucking courtesy to other Moms, and ultimately the other kids who would have to suffer for someone else's stupidity.
Just figured I'd rant here to you all, as opposed to what I REALLY want to do. And that of course is, beating both of their faces to bloody pulps. I don't know---I still may end up doing just that anyway.



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Oh, and once again, SPORK THEM! (with a rusty spork preferably)
I believe you Dottie and you have my support




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