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greyt00

I don't know how single parents do it, I would die.  The only reason I'm not in a mental institution is because I have so much help from my parents.  I'd be so $crewed without them.  DH went out of town for ten days in July because his grandmother died.  Now 3.5 weeks later he's traveling for work for 4 days.  DS1 gets sick with a temp of 103 today before DH's plane has even landed in his destination.  He probably has the crappy virus I'm trying to get over.  I've been sick for over a week and I'm on antibiotics, so I guess it's a virus.  I got a fever the first day and had horrible body ache all night.  It was almost as bad as being in labor.  It was horrible.  I'm afraid that's where DS1 is headed.  My dad is picking up DS1 now.  I'm taking tomorrow off but now I only have 3.5 unallocated days off for the rest of the year.  I walked away from 36 days of PTO in 2014 to a new job (I really HAD to get out there) with only 20.  And I "bought" 5 of those days by taking a salary cut.  No way in he** could I get by with only 15 days for a year.  

I want to ditch DH and the kids for a week for no reason.  But I would miss them so what I really want is to stop by and visit for an hour each day, and then leave. 

It's very bad when DS1 is sick because he doesn't eat and he won't drink much, either.  And if antibiotics won't be able to help him, THIS IS GOING TO SUCK.

typeset

I hope you and your son feel better soon and the other kiddo stays healthy.

greyt00

I think this virus started in DS2's eyes.  He got an eye infection and several days layter, DH and I got sick.  If so, shouldn't he be immune to it now?  I don't know.  He also took antibiotic drops and got better pretty quick so maybe that was something else.  Anyway.... thanks both.  I'm in one of those poor-me-I-hate-my-life moods right now.  And I'm afraid to get in the shower b/c I just put DS1 in bed and he might come out of his room.

greyt00

Thanks.  When I was on the no soy/no cow milk protein diet for BFing, I was weak... I ate some fruit and vegetables, but it was very hard getting enough to eat, especially since I'm a ravenous pig while BFing.  I was sick as a dog that year.  I hope all the nutrients were going to DS2 since I don't think I was getting much. I thought things would get better when that ended, but it's been a year, and in the last 7 months I've had 3 upper respiratory infections and 1 stomach virus.  But in the first 1.5 years of DS2's life I got SIX stomach viruses.  Yes, 6.  More than I've had in my entire life to that point.

greyt00

Apparently we've all had viruses and it just so happened to be right after DS2 got a bacterial eye infection.  Now DH has the eye infection.