It’s been a rough couple of days for us. McKenna, Travis, and I have some sort of bug or sinus thing. Travis has had bad allergies this year. I think he’s still dealing with that, but every now and then it presents like a bug. I have been nauseous, have had a stomach ache, and have had a slight fever since Monday. McKenna has had it the worst though. She has had a fever over 101, sore throat, chills, stomach ache, plugged up nose and ears, and red eyes. Last night around 1 am, she woke up in tears with a horrible earache. I gave her some Motrin and a sinus pill, and she was able to sleep. Today she isn’t in pain, fever is gone, but still stuffed up. We are going to go to the doctor this afternoon to check her ears out. 

Its tough seeing your kids in pain for any parent. Its really tough when you are chronically ill, and struggle to keep your own symptoms under control. I’m very good at empathizing with anyone who is sick or hurting. The hard part is trying to help them when I’m hurting. Last night as I was sitting next to McKenna and rubbing her back, it occurred to me that as much as I was hurting, there was no way I was leaving her side until her pain was gone. In fact, I was so worried snout her, I noticed my pain less and less. She finally fell asleep, and I went back to my bed, took my pain pill and eventually went to sleep. 

I think that as mothers, we are equipt to put their needs first. I’m so thankful for that. Now, if I could only feel good  enough so we could go get her ears checked! Just waiting for my pain pill to subside so I can drive. She isn’t in pain, so I’m trying to not be hard on myself. I think we are on the tail end of this nastiness.