still sick

All four of us are sick and have been for the past two and a half weeks. Pancake has been to the doctor twice in the last four weeks. She is now on an antibiotic because her fever of 102+ was here for a few days then vanished, then reappeared on Thanksgiving. She's been vomiting at least once a day for the past five days because she has no other way of getting the mucus and junk out of her little body. Under her eyes are red, the rest of her is pale except for the multi-colored snot dried to her nose. Lovely image isn't it? Doodle has been sick with the same thing except he doesn't have a fever. He threw up yesterday because he has been refusing to blow his nose and sucks it in instead -- very annoying!

I had a coughing fit last night that made me convinced that I was going to vomit too. I didn't but I was awake until midnight and then up at 12:55 a.m. to nurse Pancake. Then again at 5:30 a.m. to nurse her again. Mr. D was up with her then too, and has been awake ever since. Mr. D has been coughing and generally sick too. I can only hope that we're building our immunity now so we won't be sick again for the rest of the winter. I know, I know it's a pipe dream.