Where is Fall? Autumn? The time of year when the leaves are changing from their bright vibrant green to orange and yellow and brown. Fall . . . the indication that Halloween and Thanksgiving Day are just around the corner. Fall . . . the sign that temperatures will begin to drop and there will be a cool crispness in the air.
Apparently, Florida has not gotten the memo about fall. It's so hot and humid here. Mid 80's everyday. If you are reading this and you've got fall weather, do you think you could send it down our way, please? Thanks!
What's going on . . . well, we've got a house full of sick children. As if it wasn't bad enough that I had to spend last Thursday in the flu infested emergency room, today I spent 2 hours in the pediatricians office. For most people, the emergency room is not a big deal. But, for a germ-a-phobic control freak . . . well, let's just say that my children were the only children in the ER wearing those masks over their faces. In fact, I had two of the girls strapped into the stroller so that they couldn't touch anything and the other was glued to me. One of her hands was totally unusable and the other . . . well, I held it to keep it from wandering over and touching even the arm of the chair. All of this to say that even with all of my fretting and precautions, my children still ended up sick. Now, I'm not saying that they necessarily got the bug from the ER,but sitting there for four hours certainly couldn't have helped.
Anyway, today . . . well, they did a strep test on Maddy and it came back negative. They also did a flu test on both the older girls. We should have the results back from those tomorrow morning. The doctor said that she was really only doing the flu tests to figure out what the girls had so that if Aleah starts running a fever, we can treat her appropriately. Any baby that runs a fever prior to 6 weeks of age gets a minimum two day stay in the hospital. For those of you who have known us a while, you'll remember that this happened to Lacy when she was an infant. She ran a fever prior to 6 weeks of age and I ended up having to spend a miserable two days in the hospital. To this day, we still don't know what caused the fever!
As of now, the girls are in bed. Maddy has been running a consistent fever today but Lacy has not. I'm hoping we're on the other side of whatever this is and we'll all be well soon. As for me, I'm just tired. Aleah has been feeding every four hours but last night, she decided that she'd like to eat every two hours. So, needless to say, I'm exhausted.
Oh yes . . . the whole point of the title and this post . . . a friend asked me how I was doing handling all of this and I told her that I felt like this was just a "season". It's just something we'll get through and then move on. But, I am wondering, if mother nature can skip out on some seasons, why can't we?
Blessings!
