Things are ok...just not fun...

As you well may know we have had a lot of doctors appointments this month because we have had mostly some sort of respiratory something-or-other running through the house. So I was in hopes that we were healing and getting past all of this. Keeping in mind that with young children their symptoms aren't always clear and they can't tell you what is wrong here is what has gone on....

1. Josie woke up Saturday night unhappy. She has had teeth coming in, she has been snotty, could be all sorts of things.
2. After trying a few things she threw-up and Jim went to take her temperature.
3. Jim tripped over the stool in the kid's bathroom and fell while holding Josie (meaning he couldn't catch himself).
4. Josie was fine but Jim was afraid he had broken his ribs falling up against the side of the tub.
5. We called Ben, who fortunately was in town, and he came to watch the kids while we went to the emergency room for the second time in about two and a half weeks. (We lived in our old town for 8 years and went the the emergency room a total of 3 times).
6. He did not break any ribs but most likely seriously bruised them (so this is how he started his Thanksgiving vacation)
7. We tried to have Ben and his sister Katie over for a special dinner on Monday night...that ended up in Andy puking on his plate (which of course ended dinner....)
8. I spent Monday night with both boys in the recliner and my finger hooked like a life-line on a bucket so they could vomit approximately every hour.
9. Tuesday we were mostly clear except that Doug progressed to out the other end....
10. Tuesday night Josie and Andy both threw-up (but only once a piece)
11. We were hopeful that we were clear because we had a good day with food consumed and acting normal, but then Wednesday night Andy threw-up multiple times and Josie threw up once.
12. So...rather then traveling to Nana and Pop's we are having a quiet Thanksgiving here with (at least today) the main dish being dry white toast accompanied by a lovely, freshly mixed Gatorade.

Except for the vomiting the kids are acting normal and have no temperature so there is not a whole lot else we can do except wait it out. So not to worry we are just trudging along...we WILL look back on this and remember it as THAT Thanksgiving where everyone was so sick and miserable.