Holy Stomach Bug BATMAN!

So, here at the Conroy house, things were not so great yesterday (and the night before). Daddy Conroy came home with a nasty bug that ended up putting both of us on our behinds yesterday! His included the night before. As soon as he came home I just knew either I would get sick, or worse, Cash would. Luckily, so far, it was just me. Still keeping our fingers crossed that Cash stays well. So my hubs is the silliest man alive when he starts to not feel well. He just starts rattling off all the things it could be. I don't know if he does it because I am a nurse and DUH! I am supposed to be able to help him. He wants me to diagnose him just by looking at him. He is so funny that way. I am not the sweetest wifey when it comes to a sick hubby either (esp when I know for a FACT it is not the Dr. Pepper he just drank). I knew by looking at him Monday night that he had something bad, and that I could count on waking up with it as well. I was a tad grumpy too because I had just gotten done working three in a row (DID YOU HEAR ME??? THREE IN A ROW NIGHT SHIFT!!!) Shoot me now! I usually just start feeling human again the day after my shifts. That is....I get off Monday AM, go to bed at 9:00am, wake up at noon to a screaming child (that had just been blissfully sleeping two minutes before when daddy left for work), feed said child early, both take a snuggle nap, then wake up and usually straighten things up around the homestead, do laundry, prepare a nighttime bottle, feed "real food" to the boy, feed boob food again to the boy, take care of pups, etc, until Frank gets home for bath and bedtime. I usually don't make it past 9 or 10 before it is sleepy, dreamy time. Dreamland gets interrupted around 1am so I can fulfill my milk maid duties (since my child sucks down about 30 ounces of my "gold" while I am working/sleeping those three shifts). I always thought moms at work were freaks when it came to breastmilk. I was all, "why don't you just give them some darn formula already?" and now, I too, am a milk obsessed weirdo! For starters, it is FREE! The prices of formula are comparable to that of gas. You have to buy it, so why not make it cost you an arm and a leg. Since riding a bike/walking isn't an option for transportation we won't be saving any money in the gasoline department, so the least I can do is pump away so we aren't in the poor house by the time Cash starts drinking regular ole cows milk.

So...back to the stomach bug of 2012! Being sick with a child is NO FUN!!! I repeat, NO FUN!!! Frank and I have never once been sick at the same time until now. Of course we would get sick together for the first time when we have a baby to take care of. Isn't that how it always works out? We also had to get our firstborn (Amelia) to the vet because she has had some serious UTI issues as of late. They needed to bring her in and do a cysto to get sterile urine. We could have rescheduled, but it needed to be taken care of. Poor girl has been scooting around for months trying to relieve the burning I am sure she is having in her womanly parts! Gross! So, while Frank went to the store to stock up on gatorade and other essentials (he said he needed the CRAB diet....what he thought was carrots, rice, apples, and bananas...carrots?? I don't think so). He, of course, bought all of those things including rice like he was going to eat an entire box of rice or something. He didn't eat any rice! Mostly, he just downed 25 gatorades. Cash and I hung out in my room for most of the day.....napping and "playing", napping and "playing". It wasn't too bad, but still no fun at all. I am pretty sure he was thinking..."why are we still in this dark room? I want to go for a walk or see the daylight!" We did get up around 2:00 and I went on a cleaning/disinfecting rampage while Frank took Weeza and Cash on a walk. We also gave little Cash his first taste of bananas! He seemed to like them. Cash got to go to bed about thirty minutes earlier than usual because neither of us had the patience to deal with evening fussy time for too long. It really was a no fun day, but we survived! Now we are just praying and watching Cash like a hawk to see if he is going to be the next victim. I really hope not. I would much rather be sick for a week than him get it. The stomach bug is no fun for anyone; especially a four month old.

The good news is we survived! Things could have been so much worse. It was only for a day and we are super thankful for that. Being sick sure did make us wish we were closer to family. We would have loved for Nana Sue to come over and rescue us. She would have had the chicken soup over in five seconds flat; and taken Cash so we wouldn't risk getting him sick and could get some rest. That would be the dream. We know she was thinking about us and that is all that matters.

Today we are much better. Frank is off at work while Cash and I hang out. We need to go to the store later and run some errands. For now, we just got done eating banana and rice cereal. We started feeding Cash over the weekend and he is doing great so far. He just makes the funniest faces. He isn't the best at keeping it in his mouth, but he is learning. We are having fun too, and that is all that matters. He still seems to want to breastfeed every three hours, but that is ok. Real food is just extra anyway. His poops have for sure changed since we started food. YIKES! They are chunkier and pretty smelly! So nasty! We will keep doing bananas and start avacado this week. We will try oatmeal cereal next also. So that is what is going on in the Conroy household this Easter week. We are going to try to go to a little breakfast with the Easter bunny thing at the YMCA Saturday before I have to go to work. Really bummed that we won't be able to go to church Sunday morning. We haven't been able to go since I went back to work. I hate that. We loved our Sundays before. It was so good to go and hear the message as a family every week. Frank will probably start going soon with Cash; even when I can't go because of work. He is just waiting until he is ready to go to the nursery.

Well, I hope everyone has a wonderful Easter weekend; and that we all remember why we celebrate. The easter bunny and candy are all fun, but the real reason is so much more important. God made the ultimate sacrifice by giving his only Son to die on the cross for all our sins. He did just that, and three days later, Jesus rose again!!! Because of this, if we believe, we can have everlasting life in Heaven one day. Oh, happy day!!!! That will be such a happy day!

Happy Easter!!!!