I find it ironic that I wrote on my first day of maternity leave when everything was "normal" and then everything went downhill from there...I took these two weeks off before the due date #1 to get everything done that hasn't been and #2 to REST. Work KILLED me near the end. My ankles were swollen, everything hurt, and I was EXHAUSTED! But alas, I haven't gotten everything done in the manner that I'd like as well as definitely not rested. Mind you, Sean, thankfully has been working for a new company, but doesn't get home until after 6...so by that time I am ready to collapse!
Last Tuesday I kept Kiera home for her JcPenney pictures...which she was COMPLETELY uncooperative for. Thank God Aunt Rae Rae came with us or I wouldn't have survived. After two hours we finally got THREE pictures out of her. Blech. But the ones we did get were cute, so que sera sera. While sitting on the couch having a nice leisurely lunch with Rae Ann, Jenn called to let me know that she would not be taking children for the next two days because her son had a stomach virus. Fabulous. Fabulous. FABULOUS! Hence, Kdog was home for Wednesday and Thursday as well. Please don't get me wrong, I WANT to spend time with the peanut alone while I still can, and I had days planned for that, but I had things to do like run around which is hard to do without lugging a two year old with me who has learned how to say, "Mommy, I want to go home!" in every store we enter.
On Friday we reluctantly sent her back to Jenn's because I know how stomach viruses can linger, and hence, Saturday night at 2:07am, Kiera awoke and threw up hot dog all over her crib. *sigh* She threw up religiously until around 5am when we all passed out in our bed and then awoke to vomit around 7:45am. Poor thing would look up at us with sad puppy dog eyes, not crying, but saying, "why is this happening?!" with her face. It broke our hearts! Needless to say she was a mess all day and we felt so sad for her.
The last time she threw up was 10:30am, then she napped for 3 hours and got up with a better outlook. However, after pedialyte at 5:30, she ran about and threw up again at 6:45...so we kept her home on Monday. She slept from 8pm-10:30am! She was so lethargic and rested on the couch most of the day...and then she and I took a three hour nap in my bed...so that was nice :) But, we decided to send her to Jenn's the following day because she seemed much better by bedtime and slept through the night successfully again.
When Sean left for work on Tuesday I felt like CRAP. I hadn't eaten right the day before due to Kiera not eating properly, so I thought it was that, but alas, NO...I dropped Kiera off at Jenn's late and she ended up having diarrhea within the first hour and a half. Again, *sigh*... I had just gotten home and thrown up...oy vey. I couldn't get off the couch to even go and get her...I was so dizzy and seeing things in my peripheral vision, so Sean had to come home and get her. I felt awful! Enough's enough!! Within 12 hours I was feeling a bit better, but now I'm even more tired and run down then ever.
THEN...because honestly, we didn't have enough, Jenn was sick today, so Kiera was home again!! And we think she's going to be home tomorrow too because she still has some remnants of the diarrhea and she REALLY needs to get better before Cate arrives!!
I went to the doctor's today and nothing has changed, still one cm...which I'm actually grateful about. I cannot have this poor little baby and bring her into this tomb. I feel like taking Clorox and dousing the entire house with it! I cleaned the downstairs toilet every single time I even looked at it yesterday and sprayed everything I could with Lysol every chance I got...but it still feels unclean! Plus, I don't want anyone coming into our house to help us with Kiera if I were to go into labor because chances are, they'll get sick too!! So now I really need a day or two to clean and disinfect the whole house before Caitlin's entrance to the world...I'm a touch overwhelmed.
Right now the excitement and anticipation has turned into anxiety and trepidation. What I'm hoping is that Cate stays in until Monday...her due date...that would be 7 days after Kiera originally had the bug and hopefully I can get the house spic and span by then!! Cross fingers for the McHughs...especially my wonderful Sean who needs to remain at full healthy capacity for us to survive!!
OH...and PS...the downstairs toilet just overflowed...Oh joyous day.
