Where did November go?

PJ has been sick since November 2....and its November 20 today. It started as a cold and went away after about a week. Then 3 days later, he was running and playing, then stopped and was immediately hot with a fever. All we hear on the news is about H1N1 and that if you get a fever that comes on suddenly, that you have it...YIKES! The fever continued for just over 3 days and was mainly around 102 every day and hit 105.2 on Saturday evening. I was ready to run to the ER but phoned the health-link and they said he was ok unless it was 105.8 on 2 tests, 1 hr apart - which never happened.

He stopped eating that day and wasn't drinking alot. Once the fever ended, I thought we were good, but he was still lethargic and not eating and drinking very little. He'd be closer to his normal temperament in the morning, but when he got up from his nap, he was very whiny and weepy until he was back asleep. He'd wake up every 4 hr...just when the Tylenol wore off. Then he started holding his head and looking at me like he was in pain.

I was able to get in to see his DR because there was a cancellation (thankfully) and today she determined he had an ear infection...so I sure hope that the antibiotics kick in quickly because I need him to be back to normal so he can go back to school....and so we can get out of the house.

GJA got a cold about 1 week into PJ's cold so they have both been moping around here for over a week and a half...driving me nuts. I've had a sore throat for 2 days...hopefully that will be it for me. I've been taking Cold-FX since PJ was sick at the beginning of November, so I think that's helped me so far (knock on wood).

Anyway, I haven't been in here very often because of that...and because I haven't done much since he got sick. I had all these plans to get my Christmas shopping done & cards done & baking started & decorating started...Nada.

Well - not 100% Nada, I did get about 1/2 of my cards done while sitting on the couch offering PJ juice every 5 minutes.

Tonight I'm off for a dinner with friends...I am looking forward to a break from the sick males and to have a nice dinner...and to miss the bed-time drama. Then on Sunday, I get lunch out with other friends...so that will be a nice break as well.

I'm going nuts and I'm tired from worrying about whether he's breathing in the night or has H1N1 or what's going on...and going in and sleeping with the sick boy to help him get some well needed sleep.

I'm ready for the end of November 2009