The Sandell Family: Sick

This past week the entire Sandell family fell sick. Holden started the trend, but soon enough, Nathan and I were feeling the bug, too.

Our afternoon started off just fine, but just before we put Holden down for his nap, he started becoming restless and whiney. Usually Holden runs to his crib for his nap and is excited to go to sleep and be with his Lambie (yes, I know just how lucky I am!). Not this time, though. He was restless during his entire nap, too, and then at around 4:30PM he woke up crying, which he never does. Nathan was visiting friends who live out of town, so I rushed in and discovered a huge mess in Holden's crib. We immediately went for the bath, and as I cleaned him off, he finally calmed down and stopped crying.

Holden has never been sick in his crib before, so I was a little nervous and called Nathan to come home. It was the right decision because Holden threw up on me about an hour later. All I could do was ache for my little boy at that moment. I think as a Mama, one of the worst feelings you can have is that of helplessness when your child is in need. I could not make that sickness just go away and that was a terrible feeling.

After five more fits of throw-up, countless diaper changes and lots of snuggles, Holden finally began feeling better on Day Four. The bad news was that Nathan and I got sick that night. By God's blessing, my mom lives close by and I called her very early in the morning to be our back-up. She dutifully came over and watched Holden, helped out with the housework, and brought us fluids. I love my mom!

It took us about three days to get over our bug, and now, we are back to our healthy selves! We didn't snap too many pictures of us as we were sick, but there was a funny moment when I tried to feed Holden a mango popsicle to keep him hydrated. He loves mangoes, and the doctor suggested popsicles, so we were surprised, and amused, that Holden did NOT like the popsicle and even threw it on the carpet, and under the chair. He wanted to make sure we knew he did not approve!