Ick…

WELL, we just had a fun weekend (not). Thursday Mike and I both went to get a flu shot. Carlo, Mike’s co-worker, came down with the flu, and although we had gotten the kids their flu shots the week before, we both had not yet had ours. So we took care of that. Friday evening, I started feeling sick, heartburn and nausea, and Mike was feeling a bit stuffy and congested. Saturday, my heartburn and nausea were mostly gone. I spent a good part of the day making French Onion soup, one of Mike’s favorites, and it came out wonderful (Thank you, “Joy of Cooking”) but around dinner time I started having trouble swallowing my food. Every bite was painful, and I only got about half of a bowl of the soup down. We didn’t know what was causing this, weren’t sure if it had something to do with the flu shots, Mike having been exposed to someone who came down with the flu, or what. Mike was feeling better by Sunday. But when I woke up Sunday morning and my problem was much worse, I couldn’t even drink without pain, Mike insisted I go see my Dr, and he watched Katie while I went (Jacob was at his mom’s). Luckily, my Dr’s office is open on the weekends, I did NOT want to sit in the emergency room for endless hours. Long story short, my Dr. thinks it is a stomach ulcer, most likely brought on or made worse by the recent stresses in our lives, and he referred me to a gastrointestinal specialist for further testing. He also prescribed some medication to help my stomach feel better in the interim. Sunday was still pretty icky, even though I had the medicine, but by Monday morning, I was able to eat breakfast with very little pain, so that’s some progress!! Poor Katie, I feel so bad for her. She had the most boring weekend, we didn’t get to go out and do anything fun with her, and by Sunday evening, she was bouncing off the walls with boredom.

The good news is Mike managed to shake off whatever it was that was trying to get him sick. Good thing he takes his vitamins!! He went to work this morning and half his office (Including the entire QA department except him) was out sick. Good thing he learned Whiteout and Wildfire on Sunday..

We have a great next weekend in store for the kids . We will keep everyone posted.
Love ya

Steph and Mike