The Galatro Family Chronicles: December 2008

How was everyone's Thanksgiving? Better than mine, I hope. Chris came down with the stomach flu Thanksgiving morning and left me to fend for myself and the turkey. We did get to spend Thanksgiving with some very dear friends who we still can't be thankful enough for. So that part was nice. Secretly though, I was mad at Chris for getting sick. Since Jacob's birth, I can count on one hand the number of times I've actually slept through the night. He just turned 9 months and is still not sleeping through the night. So, I was tired as usual. You would think I would get used to sleeping less after all this time. But I guess it's just been piling up on me.

You see, 3 weeks ago Jacob got the stomach flu (He's really got to stop putting his mouth on the shopping carts at Walmart.) It's was terrible. He threw up and had diarrhea pretty much back to back, plus fever. We took him to see a doctor. That night was one of the hardest nights. Jacob could only drink 1 tsp (5ml) of Pedialyte every 10 minutes for the first 2 hours and nothing else because anymore he would vomit. He was starving and crying. He was dehydrated. He didn't have any tears. He would sleep for 20 minutes and wake up starving and crying again. Slowly I increased the amount of Pedialyte per doctor's orders. 15 hours later I was able to give him 1-2 ounces of Pedialyte at a time without vomiting. Guess who stayed up with him all night? Moi.

A week later I came down with a cold. You know the usual runny nose, fever, body aches. I was enough to feel like a tank ran over me. Luckily it was the weekend and Chris didn't have to work that Saturday, so he watched the kids.

A week after that, the week of Thanksgiving, Jacob got sick again. This time he was having 103+ fevers that lasted for 3 days. On top of that 2 days before Thanksgiving Kaleigh got the stomach flu. So, that's how Chris got the stomach flu. But don't think that I escaped unscathed. The night after eating turkey and lots of other delicious food, it was my turn to experience the stomach flu. It was terrible. All I could do was puke and sleep. I didn't have the energy to do anything else. Chris was recovering himself and had to take 2 days off from work to take care of Kaleigh and Jacob while I recovered. Hey, at least I don't have to worry about those pounds from the food. However, we didn't get to go shopping on Black Friday like we had planned. Oh well... So, we don't have a TV yet. I guess we're lucky to at least get a wireless connection from someone in our apartment complex even if it is weak.

So, want to see some pictures of our apartment?

living room