This bed has seen a lot of action this week.

It all started when Lana didn’t feel too well the Monday we were home from our Wellington trip. Fortunately it was the Queen’s Birthday so she was off from school. Monday night she had a high enough fever that we brought her into our bed so that I could keep an eye on her. Tuesday she stayed home from school and was sick enough that we allowed TV viewing and some iTouch time. Normally when the kids stay home they are allowed books and more books and sometimes ‘homework type’ activities. A wise woman named Diane C.B. once told me that you make days at home boring so they’d much prefer to go to school.

The next day she was well enough to go to school (or so we thought) and it was Nuno who started up with a nasty cough. By Wednesday I had to escort him into class letting his teacher know that if he wasn’t up to it, I’d come pick him up at school. He lasted the day and was able to go in on Thursday as well which was a relief as it was Grandparents Day. Lana, unfortunately was back at home and back in my bed.

By Friday, Nuno was home in bed with me (I was starting to feel sick again too) and we shipped Lana off to school with her friend. That lasted all of a couple of hours before we got a call to pick her up. The deputy principal walked by me as I was in the office and said they’d rather she cough all over us that them. Fair enough.

Then Friday night my son got that much worse. His cough was so bad that he was having tantrums in his sleep. It was as if he was telling his poor little body off for not allowing himself to rest. As I lie next to him it was sad but sweet to see that even in his sleep he is thoughtful enough to cover his mouth each time he coughed. He awoke with a terribly high fever at about 3am and I quickly gave him some medicine. Unable to fall asleep he begged me for more. It wasn’t until the morning that he said his ear hurt. That was it. A while later I saw that his ear was bleeding.  I wasn’t immediately alarmed as I though he may have nicked it with his nail. But on closer inspection I suspected that this was not good.

After a visit to his doctor he was diagnosed with a burst ear drum and a nasty infection in the other. Great.

We have spent the weekend in our pajamas rotting our brains with television, movies and computer time. The count now is mom is well, Nuno is in recovery but staying home one more day and Lana… It’s 8:46am. School started 45 minutes ago & she is just waking now. Hopefully she’s arising with renewed vigor.