Sick Day Yet Again

I think I have the flu.  I have sore throat and my eyes are burning behind their sockets.  And the worst part is that Adrian is, too.  When you are a mom, you forget about being sick because you think of your family first.  He is excited pa naman over his Christmas Party...He was having rocking chills last night and high fever so I was not able to rest really well.  The next day, I was informed he had wet poop.  I was very worried. In July, he had amoebiasis.  He was vomiting round the clock (seriously) for like five days and got mildly dehydrated.  We were not able to know he had amoebiasis immediately because he hides when he poops and just calls me when he is done.  And besides, he barely pooped.  Just projectile vomited every time.  This time though, we were able to do lab tests immediately because he was more than willing to give samples on account of his Christmas party and that I-have-to be-well-for-tomorrow's-party attitude.

I was shocked when he turned out positive with those entomoeba thingies.  I try to be clean!  I boil my already distilled water for 15 minutes!  (It can last up to around 30 or so if I get engrossed writing a post and forget I am boiling something)  He doesn't even eat left-overs!  Most probably, it could be the water tank, but I pray there won't be a repeat of this.  Unlike the first one, he is having high fevers and chills and he is pooping more than usual.  I hope he is better tomorrow because he is sooo looking forward to his party.

Remember those times when as a mom you say "Lord, let it be me instead of him/her..."  A lot of times I say this until my mom told me she used to say this about me, especially when I am having those terrible asthma attacks.  One time, when I stayed home for almost a month when I was in my first year in high school because of flu and a flu relapse, she prayed this and she ended up sick with the flu a week after I got better.

So don't ever say that, mommies. Ask the Lord to heal our children and to make you strong because you are the primary caregiver.  Di ba?  How many times do you have to clean the sheets with poop and vomit in the middle of the night while hubby sleeps soundly?  How many times did you have mastitis because you want to breastfeed your child?  How many times have you taken a bath and smelled so fresh until the baby will burp or pee on you?

Hurray for mommies.  By the way, I wrote a post about scents and how it can be a description of your perfect moment.  Now that I think about it, the most wonderful smell in the whole wide world is Baby Smell!  Seriously.  They may have not taken a bath, have burped sour milk, pissed or pooped, but they smell oh so glorious!  I just realized how wonderful baby smell is when I smelled Hailee (did I spell that right?).  Hailee is my grand-daughter!  Tama!  I have an apo na.  She is my niece's daughter.  My niece just turned eighteen the day my dad died and we didn't even know she was pregnant (athough I suspected).  anyway, thee good thing is that she did not do any harm to the baby and immediately was immersed into a responsible teen mommy.  I hope she will be like that forever.  She is also, by the way,  a living lesson to my girls.  I know they must have realized how hard it is to be a parent and won't even try to have kids until they are way in their forties (!!!).  Anyway, I enjoy the baby.