Friday, December 17: Leave Spring, TX at 7:00 p.m. for the drive to SLC. Arrive in Amarillo, TX at 4:15 a.m. Get a hotel for a few hours of sleep and a hot breakfast.
Saturday, December 18: Leave Amarillo, TX at 9:00 a.m. Drive through Albuquerque, NM and decide not to stop at the bowl game b/c BYU is winning by a long shot! The girls were angels... until Brooklyn started throwing up at 9:45 p.m. We thought she was having an allergic reaction to dinner. But since it continued every 15 minutes for the next 4 hours... while we drove through a snow storm... we realized it was probably the flu. Arrive in SLC at 2:15 a.m.
Sunday, December 19: Brooklyn throws up again and has diarrhea. Bill stays home with her while the rest of us attend church. Then it's off to the airport for Bill, he has a 4:30 p.m. flight back to Houston. Brooklyn goes through 6 diapers in an hour. Time for some Immodium so we can sleep.
Monday, December 20: Do a little Christmas shopping, play with the cousins. Take Madisen to the dentist for an emergency cavity filling. Arrive home at 6:00 p.m. to Kellie and Caitlyn throwing up. Eat dinner and put kids to bed. Lysol and Clorox the entire house, hoping no one else will get sick. At 12:00 a.m. mom and dad start throwing up. I'm up all night alternating btwn. Caitlyn throwing up and Brooklyn's restless sleeping.
Tuesday, December 21: Everyone is feeling lousy, affected by this crazy stomach bug. We all stay in our PJ's ALL day. Watch movies. Wash countless loads of laundry. 8:00 p.m. Madisen throws up. More laundry. Clorox and Lysol the house.
Wednesday, December 22: Everyone feels BLAH. We shower, but lay around again except for Kellie & dad who went back to work. Eat an early dinner (pancakes) and opt for some fresh air. We headed downtown to look at the window displays and gingerbread houses at the Grand America. Madisen is burning up by the time we get home, saying her neck and head hurt. Kids in bed by 9:00, all with a dose of Tylenol. 10:30 drift off to sleep, only to be awakened at 11:00 p.m. by a screaming Caitlyn who has thrown up in bed. Shower her and do some laundry. (Text Bill: THIS IS LIKE THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS!) Shuffle beds. I end up with Caitlyn so I can help her through the night. Madisen is in my room with Brooklyn. At 3:00 a.m. when Madisen came to tell me that her neck hurt, I did the responsible thing and sent her to grandma. My parents were up with her from 3-6 (BIG oops on my part), with a fever of 103, a pounding headache and a terrible neck ache. We know her fever was 103 b/c grandpa ran to the store for a thermometer.
Thursday, December 23: I woke up at 6:00 a.m. to the news of Madisen's rough night, but she's finally asleep. I find an Insta Care that accepts our Insurance. Caitlyn looks awful when she wakes up. At 9:00 a.m. I load both girls in the van and head to Insta Care. After a throat culture and chest x-ray, it's determined that Caitlyn, although looking quite pallid, is not as bad off as her coughing, 103 degree sister. Madisen is given Motrin and prescribed Tamiflu. The girls ask for Slurpees & french fries- it's the only thing they've asked to eat for 4 days. After a few doses of medicine we have started to perk up. Clorox the house again. However, Madisen's throat looks awful. She probably has strep on top of the flu virus. We're waiting for the 24 hour culture results. Bill arrives at 11:35 p.m. Our knight in shining armor! (His turn for the night shift!)
Friday, December 24: We are going to ride the North Pole Express Train in Heber! NO.MATTER.WHAT.
The best part of all this has been that we are together. It wasn't exactly what we had planned... since we had to for-go the Echoes of Christmas, the Gateway Children's Museum, the BYU Basketball game, and more...but it's still a memory!
*Side note: no one is back to normal quite yet, this bug is VICIOUS! And yes, we all had our flu shots! So much for that!
Merry Christmas to all, and to all a GOOD NIGHT!
8 comments:
I think you and the Chandler's had better just plan on staying home for every holiday. This does sound like the Nightmare Before Christmas! And you did it alone (besides taking advantage of Grandma and Grandpa!)
I hope you guys have a better half of your trip! Oh, my heart aches for your tough time. No fun. We miss you guys. Hope you feel better. . .
Poor Mommy!! Taking on all that sickness. It is really going around. Hope the kids are feeling better and you guys can enjoy your Christmas! Praying for you all to get better.
:( but kinda funy
So so sorry to hear that. It's obviously gone the rounds. All 3 of mine got it last Sunday night within an hour of each other and through the night were all throwing up together. Weston, like Brooklyn, are at a horrible age to throw up where you never know when or where it's going to happen. And then of course the next morning Abby was still throwing up and then I started with it and Joe. It was HORRIBLE!! And then Abby threw up for the next few days with a fever and ended up with double ear infections. But hey, at least we were home and better by Christmas. I can't imagine traveling. Hope the rest of your trip goes well!! Good luck! See you soon!
Oh that sounds so miserable!!! That is the worst! I am exhausted just from reading what you went through. I hope everyone starts to feel better soon!
Why do Christmas family get-togethers always end up this way? Such a bummer. Thanks heavens for medicine and washers and dryers! What a memorable Christmas!
Ugh, Emilee. And I thought I had a rough Christmas! Nothing like the flu bug to make a mother wish she could curl up and die. Not to be dramatic or anything... sorry you guys are stlll under the weather, REST UP!!
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