Nov. 7, 2009 - ah the joys of a big family
always someone to play with, fight with, share toys with, share germs with. As usual along with the arrival of winter came the arrival of sickness. Sooooo not fun. D-9 was first one sick, more than likely picked it up at school (cant recall if I have mentioned that he is now going to half days of Pub School Special Ed this year). Then one by one each child was bit by the bug 
. Only a 24-48 hour bug, not too bad right? Nope, not bad at all if there are 1-2 dc in the family. However.... when you have 7 dc & each child is sick for 24-48 hours & no two dc are sick on the same day it turns into a very loooooooooooong illness. Plus it was one of those bugs that leaves you with a cough that just never seems to go away. Poor D ended up being sick twice, he was the first to get it & then after everyone else had it he got it again. He ended up missing almost 2 full weeks of school by the time he was totally over it cuz he could not go as long as he had a productive cough. Thankfully everyone is healthy again now & I am hoping we stay healthy for a nice long time.
