Made It!

Sicky Girl

We are supposed to get out to Florida to see Chris's family, we first had flights canceled on Sunday am, due to a snowstorm.  It turned out to be a blessing as Vivian woke up being violently ill for hours that night.  We ended up taking her to the Emergency Room as she didn't have a wet diaper for about 16 hours.  She's on the mend now, starting to eat, but very cranky and tired and not herself at all.  Now we are supposed to fly out late tonight, there is snow on the way, and Sam is complaining his belly hurts, and they both seem to be congested.  Sam has been eating though and so far everything has stayed down.  I'm sure it'll hit on the plane if we get out tonight at all.  Luckily we bought travel insurance, but it makes me think twice about trying for a trip on February vacation week at all.
Third round of stomach bug/norovirus type illness this winter and puke is absolutely my least favorite thing to deal with (other than snakes).

Water bottles are great toys, but try to make me drink it and I will throw it across the room.  And the popsicle, apple juice, Pedialyte, and uncapped drink.

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Vivian was a very good patient all things considered, even as they ran what ended up being pretty unnecessary tests as it was pretty clearly a stomach bug.  The thing she hated the most was not being able to be mobile.  Tessa was with me, and we finally disconnected her toe monitor that was tethering her to the machine and the room and let her walk up and down the hall to say, "hi" to everyone and try to visit the other children.  She was pretty adamant about what she didn't want (fluids in general) and what she did (to leave).

Vivian's First Valentine's Day

I got this from her caretaker this morning.  I'm pretty sure Vivian just woke up.

Taking a Trip

We are going to Florida next week for a few days, a last minute trip to visit some of Chris's family and so they can meet Vivian.

Sam's reaction when I told him was kind of matter-of-fact.

"Who's going?"

"Our family.  Mom, Dad, Sam, and Vivian."

"And Annie." (the cat who has slept here maybe twice in the last month).

"No, not Annie."

"Why not?"

"We'll, cats don't really like to travel.  They don't like planes, they like to stay home."

"Oh.  Well, I think we should take Annie."

Pause. 

"Mom?"

"Yes, Sam?"

"Can we jump out of the plane?"

"What? No!"

"Why not?"

"Why can't we jump out of the plane?"

"Yes, I want to jump out."

"Because we are landing at the airport and getting off the plane like everyone else."

"Because I'm not a grown up?"

"Yes.  No, not because you're not a grown up.  People don't jump out of planes."

"Yes they do."

"Well, we're not, it's not that kind of plane."

"Oh.  Well when I'm a grown up, Sam, Mom, Daddy, and Vivi can jump out of a plane.  And Annie."

Sam's drawing of "going to Florida."  There is the car on the left, the plane above at the airport, and Florida on the right.

Drawing for Vivian

Sam made a drawing/present for Vivian and had to hang it somewhere that everyone could see.  This was the spot he choose.