TGIF

Oh man. This week has not been good. 2022 is not off to a great start for us, but I tell myself it can only get better. I spent the morning of New Years Day at Urgent Care with Will. He has another ear infection which I suspected for days but kept thinking maybe it was his molars. Then I spent Monday afternoon in our Children's Hospital ER with him because he spiked a 104 fever. We started out at Urgent Care but were sent to Children's given his age and the fact that he spiked such a high fever while on antibiotics. His flu, Covid, and RSV tests were all negative so it was his body fighting the ear infection or the bronchiolitis he also has? Who knows. He was very sick with tummy trouble on Tuesday, probably due to the antibiotics and his tummy has been off all week. His doctor called and said we now have a very strong case for getting tubes asap. We see the ENT this morning and I will be pushing HARD (but politely of course!) for that intervention. It is clearly not ideal to have your child put under for a procedure, but Will hasn't slept well for 3+ months and his little body has been through so much between the infections, serum sickness allergic reaction to Amoxicillin, high fevers, tummy troubles, etc. 

My sad, sick baby in the ER.

Then on Thursday afternoon, we found out there was a covid case in Paul's classroom. Le sigh. He can test on Monday and return on Tuesday if it's negative (how soon he can test/return is based on when the infected person was last in school). Will can still go to school since he's not considered a close contact, unless Paul becomes symptomatic. Plus we are trying to keep those 2 apart which means Paul will get a lot of iPad/TV time but it's what we need for survival right now. Fingers crossed he stays healthy and tests negative. I can't even think about a quarantine with 2 kids and the busy month at work I have ahead of me. 

But let me try to find some positive things to reflect on in this TGIF post!

The book I'm reading is Falling by T.J. Newman which is total brain candy. It's a thriller set on a plane. Once the plane is in flight, the pilot is told that his family is being held hostage by terrorists and he needs to either crash the plane or his family will be killed. You should probably not read this when you are on a plane or about to take a flight! It's a total page turner. 

The high of my week was honestly getting an ENT appointment so quickly. I almost broke down on the phone when the ENT scheduler said to check back in 2 days as they didn't have the referral yet and it takes time to get it in their system. She clearly sensed my desperation and made an exception and got us in today. I was very kind to the scheduling person - I would NEVER be rude to someone. I was just very clear that I was at my breaking point watching our little guy suffer and being up 3-5 times/night with him. 

The low of my week was the horrible sleep and seeing Will suffer. I feel like I have a newborn. He will give us a good 4-6 hour stretch at the beginning of the night but then he's up every 1.5-2 hours. Last night I was up with him from 10:30-1. He would just SCREAM when I tried to lay him down. I'm really hoping Will turns the corner soon so we can all go back to sleeping through the night.

A recipe I made was Lick Your Plate Coconut Chicken Curry. This is a favorite recipe in our house but something I haven't made in a long time! If you like the flavor of curry powder, this is a yummy, easy recipe! 

A show we are watching is nothing! We haven't been watching shows together as Paul's bedtime has been taking longer than usual and I've been so tired from all the wake-ups so we talk after Paul is in bed until I go to bed. On my own, I have been watching "Younger" on Hulu and I was thrilled that "This is Us" is back! Phil watched half of an episode with me this week and had a lot of commentary on the drama of this show! It is SO not a Phil show. He likes to say "this week, on a very special episode of This is Us" in a dramatic voice. But I love the show. 

For workouts I did not do much as I am giving my body a rest while I'm sleeping so poorly. I did do a cardio workout on Monday and went for a stroller walk with Will on Tuesday when the weather was mild. It's been HORRIBLY cold here on and off, like a high of 1F yesterday and a high of 9F today, but a feels like of like -20F of colder thanks to the wind. If it was nicer out, I would take some walks to get fresh air and clear my mind, but it's just too dangerously cold for me. 

The best money spent will happen today when we pay the other 50% of the cost of the conversion of our fireplace from wood-burning to gas. I am SO EXCITED to have this done! It's so freakishly cold outside so I am craving extra warmth. I can't wait to actually use our fireplace!!

My plans this weekend include nothing since Paul needs to quarantine. We'll spend some time outside tomorrow when it will be a balmy 30F but that's it. I had planned to get the boys' hair cut but had to cancel that. But at least the weather will be nice enough to be outside for one day of the weekend. This terrible, dangerous cold has been awful the deal with lately!

Bonus Will and Paul photos (plus a sunrise photo):

Will loves sitting in this little hand-me-down chair that Paul has sort of outgrown

All bundled up for our neighborhood walk

After Will goes to bed, we've been trying to play games and work on puzzles with Pablo to give him some focused quality time with us. Our favorite game is "My First Orchard Game." It's a super fast game and you work together to win so there isn't a winner/loser - which is helpful at this age when losing does not go over super well!

Despite not feeling the greatest, he's still pretty happy during the day, especially at bathtime!

This sunrise stopped me in my tracked on Tuesday. The photo doesn't do it justice of course! 

What was the high of your week? What books or shows are you watching?