Update on our week.

Wow. It's been one crazy week. Oh, wait, it's been two...didn't realize today was Wednesday til just now.

Monday of last week, Zac slipped in the shower. He complained of headaches & loss of hunger, so I took him into the doctor. They said no permanent damage, but that he had bruised the tiny bones in his ear that he landed on, which was causing the jaw pain, which was making him not want to eat. We kept him on Tylenol til Friday, and his healing progressed fairly rapidly.

On Wednesday of last week, Chayce woke up vomiting with a fever, slept most of the day, and we watched some movies to keep the other kids quiet for her sake. Thursday, Zac woke with a fever (yes, on top of his pain from his fall). By Friday, both children were feeling fine and running around again. Which is good. I hate to see them sick.

Saturday, Stephen had the Klondike Derby with the BoyScouts. He enjoyed it, but came home achy. We chalked it up to exertion, but he awoke Sunday morning with a high fever, vomiting, and a sore throat. The fever and vomiting passed by Monday night, but the sore throat remained ever so painful. Today--Wednesday (really? Already?) Stephen went into the doctor to figure out what he had. They did some tests. H1N1 AND Strep. Seems the kids probably had a day of the former, but Stephen got stuck with both. He's on some major drugs (legal, prescribed) at the moment to help him rest so this can all go away.

As for Payge and I? Well, we haven't caught anything. We're healthy as can be, so we run around taking care of everyone else. I'm still convinced that the Virgin Pressed Coconut Oil improves immunity (it has high amounts of lauric acid, which helps the body fight viruses, bad yeasts, and the bad bacteria). Given that Payge and I are the only ones that seem to enjoy it on a regular basis, well, I'll draw my conclusions and my husband will tell me it's only correlative not causation. Ha ha.

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