Well our house was infected! Infected with influenza! We all learned something (which can count for 30 before 30: learn something new). Here it is, we all say we have the flu and more often than not we don't really have a strand of influenza. We have some virus that is making us feel crappy, but influenza is more intense.
Intense enough to put my sweet girl in the hospital and back on oxygen. :( She is now on day 14 of being sick and we are still going. It was scary and awful to see her this sick. I woke up one morning and she just laid there, no response to me, limp and gray and she would not move. It was mortifying and heart breaking and let's just say I have cried a lot the last two weeks. One because my biggest fear is that she will die before me and it was so real. The reality that she is still fragile and susceptible to this nasty world is so scary, the reality that I cannot save her from everything is terrifying to me.
This bloody bug is intense enough to bring this mom right to bed also. And let's just say not sleeping and having this does not go well together. I have not been a very good sleeper since Miss Olivia came home because she has always had breathing issues, but when they are legitimate I have a problem, like I have maybe slept 1-3 hours a night for the last 10 days.
She is on the mend though. She doesn't need oxygen all day, just when she sleeps. She is playing and eating and being sassy again. She is totally getting better and I am so happy. Happy that her little body keeps fighting and fighting. Happy that she is a fighter and we have so many loved ones that pray for her. She is buoyed by your strength. Thank you so much.
I sort of feel like we lost 2 weeks of our life, like we have been trapped and now that we are getting better we have to figure out how to get back into the real world. It's a little bit weird and crazy.
But, we made it. We have learned more about influenza, we have learned more about our little miss and we have been reminded that we are surrounded by the kindest most wonderful people a family could ask for. Thank you for the meals, the gifts, the prayers, the text and calls, the oils, blessings, and good energy. We feel blessed and we love you all.
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