Sick Boy

We awoke and got ready just like any other day, at least Dean and I did. Caleb still wasnt awake when we were done getting ready, so I went to get him up to find him covered in throw up as was the crib and everything in it. We never heard him cry through the night or throw up for that matter. It was horrible. He’s still been sick all day. His playmate from church had this flu last week that lastest for 4 days! I pray to God it doesnt last that long. I can took blood but any other type of bodily fluid is just not my thing. I SO want Dean here to deal with this. I’ve done 3 loads of laundry and thats just sickness related laundry. Changed at least a diaper an hour, lately more so. My poor little hyper boy is laying around. After a dose of tylenol he perked up a bit, long enough to get sick again. He refuses to drink. Gave him a popsicle, he loved it, but later his belly didn’t. We have no health insurance so I’ve got to keep him hydrated since we cant afford an ER visit. Irony was he was supposed to go to the dr today for a rash that was worsening, but after an “incident” in the car on the way home from taking Dean to work I thought better of a car ride again and cancelled it. We know this is just a bug, it’s going around. Not like I can afford to pay a dr to tell me that! It’s been a long morning, Caleb’s finally napping peacefully on the couch. His second nap today. I hate seeing my baby sick. It just breaks my heart. It hurts more to know I dont have the strength or stomach to hold him while he throws up, I managed to make myself last time but then I needed a change of clothes. So I am trying my best but this is just not my department. I can managed house, and do all sorts of motherly things but tending to a sick baby, or at least a vomitting one, isnt my forte. I was going to get Dean to come home early but we cant afford him to miss hours especially if theres a chance he’ll need to miss soon if he gets this bug himself. So I gotta buck up and deal with it, one mess after another. The joys of motherhood.