Eight hours in the ER with a very sick hubby.
Not exactly the way we wanted to start the New Year…thank heavens for antibiotics and pain medication!
The children, while worried that Daddy was so sick, spent a nice evening with Clementine and Arthur in command. Movie night for the boys and “an evening at the spa” for the little girls. To quote Charlotte: “We went to the spa! Clementine gave us our bath and then rubbed this stuff on our feet and hands to make them cleaner and softer, and then we put on this really good smelling lotion to make our skin nicer. She put stuff on our nails to help them grow, too! If I stop biting mine, she’s going to paint them! I’m going to try really hard…”
What a comfort to mom and dad, when the older children take the lead!
Please pray for my dear husband. He’s in a tremendous amount of pain with an abscessed sinus, not to mention extremely high blood pressure…only partially in response to the pain. He only narrowly escaped hospitalization. The ER looked like a field hospital trauma unit. Every chair filled, some people on IV, some on oxygen, some using nebulizers…apparently the flu is here, and every available hospital bed is filled. It seems to be the same all over Columbus. Looks like I’ll be taking lots of Echinacea to ward of the “bugs” I may have been exposed to last night. May God keep us all well!
This evening, Daddy will stay home and rest, while mom and the children will attend a “pizza and pie potluck” party at the home of a friend. Lots of children, and lots of fun…though we sure wish Daddy were up to it, I think the noise would be a bit much for one who’s suffering. We’ll return home well before midnight, to ring in the New Year together as a family.
May God bless you all! May the coming year bring every bit of peace, love and joy that God has to offer…
Blessings,
I am a traditional Catholic homeschooling mother of 9 children, married for 30 years to the most patient and sainted man. As converts to Catholicism in 1991, our family has only recently discovered the beauty and full expression of our beliefs in the timeless liturgy of antiquity, the Extraordinary Form also commonly referred to as the Traditional Latin Mass. An avid knitter, I also enjoy gardening, reading and immersing myself in the everyday graces of my vocation.
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O dear…we’ve been hit here too. Endless congestion but not of this degree, thank God.
Lifting an AVE now for you dear husband.
Ohhhh boy — poor Roger! Abscessed sinus infections sounds like worst of an already really horrible thing.
Glad the big uns could take command. Get plenty of rest. That’s the best way to ward off the bugs. (Plenty of rest, she says to herself, thinking of how much Kimberly has to do, and shakes head and says a quick prayer.)
I’m wondering if I should ever go out with the baby before thaw now…
This season is definitely more sickly than others that I recall. My entire household was hit, and I have heard of many many others far worse off.
Roger’s abscess sounds dreadful- the headaches must be prodigal! When he and I briefly spoke early this morning, he seemed so determined to be cheerful that I had to laugh a bit, not knowing then that his sinuses had taken a turn for the worse. He then told me of his ER fun, as detailed in your message here.
My own prayers are definitely for him right now.
Get well. I’m stuck near Yellowstone and it seems everyone has sick ones home this week.
Need a good ENT doctor?
Praying for your husband and your family…the most pain I have ever known was from a severe sinus infection. Twice I have had one, and it brought me to my knees most literally. I have given birth at home with a midwife four times, and the pain of labor was nothing in comparison, so I truly will be thinking of him and praying for him. And that your family remain untouched by the flu.
God bless you all in 2009 and special prayer for your poor sick husband.
Oh Kimberly! I am praying for your DH and all of you.
Happy New Year.
Keeping you in my thoughts and prayers. This will be in our family rosary intentions, today and the coming days. May a return to health be quick in coming. God bless you all.
It seems like I always have sinus problems, recurring sinus infections – but not to this degree. Its certainly no way to begin the new year. Your husband will be in my prayers.
Wishing your family a blessed new year.
Thank you all, so very much, for your prayers and concern for my dear husband. Today was much worse than yesterday, though this evening he seems much improved. Your continued prayers are much appreciated!
Kimberyly, praying for you all… hope your hubby is getting better!
Oh I’m so sorry to hear this Kimberly, will pray for his quick recovery and hope for a better jumpstart to 2009 for you all!! Many blessings!
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