Finally

For the last 3 days, we have been saying regarding Gavin’s illness, “Well, he seems much better so he must be on the mend.” Ummm… not EXACTLY… Friday was one of the worst days – high fever all day, achy all over and NO APPETITE. Upon calling the doctor again, we concluded he did not have strep and very well could have influenza, but we should be getting past it soon. Saturday, he seemed much better and that evening, we even went to Brian’s brother’s house to play cards while the kids played. About 3 hours into our evening, I thought Gavin looked a little pale. Cheryl took Gavin’s temp at it was back to 101.5. Man, it had been 6 days at this point in time. So, we gave him more Motrin and, I am ashamed to say, played more cards. Hey, I REALLY needed to get out of the house after 6 days of this. Anyway, Grant and I went to Sunday church while Gavin slept in. We returned at 10:30 to find him STILL in bed. He had slept for about 12 hours. He woke and seemed to be doing better. The rest of the day, he whined a lot, complained of aching legs and wanted to be RIGHT ON ME. I held him as we watched Green Bay beat themselves lose to the Giants and he fell asleep on me at 8:30. I woke him today at 8:45 (12 hours again after only being awake yesterday for 10 hours) worried that he might have mono as I stared to google “prolonged fever, cough, and aching legs.” However, there is no fever today, he wants to have a friend over (no), is smiling and is fighting with Grant. Prayerfully, we are over this sickness. I NEED MY LIFE BACK and I CAN’T WATCH ANY MORE SPONGEBOB! I’m pretty sure it is going to take Gavin 3 weeks to catch up on the 5 days of school he missed because he has become more stupid due to prolonged exposure to Spongebob. I pray Grant doesn’t catch this sickness, as I don’t know how much love remains in me to give. And Grant’s comforts would be Power Rangers and Star Wars Episode II marathons.
KEEP BELIEVING