Well, we made it through the weekend, and FINALLY, everyone is healthy enough to start work and school normally this week.

Even Tad.

The poor kid was feeling much perkier on Friday – and then would stop, curl up on the couch, and crash fast asleep for two hours.  He’s slowly been rebuilding his energy and stamina, but he’s still not 100% of what he could be.  Still, he’s healthy enough for school, swimming lessons, and all his regular therapy.  I just know he will be dead on his feet after it’s all done.

Rerun’s digestive troubles – which are always the last thing to clear up – seem to be finally going away after a steady diet of bananas, applesauce, probiotics, yogurt and Goldfish saltine crackers.  He’s been back to his normal self for days now, and is quite completely and thoroughly acting like a… two-year-old.  His birthday is less than six weeks away.

Ane completely avoided this bug, for which I am very thankful.  The bug she does have, though – premature adolescence – shows no signs of abating or being amenable to treatment.

The Webmaster and I are in one piece.  He definitely had the worst of it, but I was feeling pretty rotten at the same time that Tad was so sick.  We’re all better now.

Between snow and sickness, I have had ENOUGH of this out-of-sync schedule!  Can we PLEASE get back to our version of normal around here??!?!?

Poor Tad has had the worst 36 hours.  I can’t say of his life, because I think breaking bones was infinitely worse, even though he doesn’t remember that.

He was up every single hour Wednesday night into Thursday morning vomiting.  He finally stopped at about 6 am, which is the same time that Rerun finally had had enough of all the disruptions and decided that he was up.  After getting changed and having a quick bath, Rerun came to watch Sesame Street in the master bedroom while his parents tried to get a little more sleep and Tad crashed out on the couch.  Once Ane (who is still feeling just fine) got off to school, we all went into hibernation mode.  Tad was alert, but wrung-out tired and kept falling asleep for naps.  After waking up at 6, I insisted that Rerun take his nap at 11 am.  Then the Webmaster and I took naps as well.

Ane came home from school feeling just fine, and Tad continued to doze.  We finally managed to get some liquids into him, but he’s going slowly.  Still, he hasn’t vomited since Thursday morning, so we can only hope that that’s all done.

I canceled Tad’s ABA appointment for today, which I didn’t really want to do, but I just know that he won’t be perky enough to make ABA worth it.

And I just want to say how very proud of Tad I am.  He knew that he didn’t have control over what his body was doing, but instead of freaking out and being upset, he just did what he had to do.  We had a plastic basin set up right by his bed, and he kept using it all through the night without having to be reminded.  He was such a trooper, and I’m so proud of him.

Now, if Ane can just stay healthy, and we can get Tad eating normally and Rerun’s diapers under control, we’ll all be much better off.

Well, Rerun seems to be improving.  As I am writing this, he has managed to keep food down and stay hydrated for most of the day.  Fingers crossed that the worst of it is behind him.

However… the Webmaster and Tad are now down with this bug.  And honestly, I’m not sure if I’m coming down with it or just suffering from exhaustion.

Ane is fine… for now.  We will have to see how she feels before I put her on a school bus.

Check back in 24 hours to see if we’re still all in one piece.

For those of you who are looking for a new blog post today… sorry.  I have a sick Rerun.  He is his usual happy self, but he’s not keeping any food down.

Boo.

To compensate for this uninteresting post, here is a picture of Tad, enjoying the new Angry Birds game that he insisted on buying for himself.  His best friend Danny got it for his birthday, and when Tad saw him unwrap it, his eyes lit up.  He then turned to me and said, “Mama, we go shopping?”  Fortunately, he had the money for it.

He can play with this game for hours.

Which I infinitely prefer to him sitting and playing it on the iPad for hours.