Sickness Hit Our House

I knew we had just been WAY too LUCKY this year! The Influenza A and B epidemic this year has been terrible and so has the stomach flu. I couldn't believe that we had managed to stay healthy! Before this year our kids were sick ALL the time so it is extremely unusual that no one has had a sick visit in over 9 months!
We had planned Abby's birthday party for Sunday the 3. On Friday night Caleb was a little quiet and wanted to lay on the couch with me. I thought he was just tired. Before bed he complained of a headache and Robb gave him Tylenol. He immediately threw that up and we knew he was SICK! He spent the entire night until 4am throwing up and miserable with a fever. I don't remember our kids being that miserable ever! By Saturday morning we had made the call that we would have to cancel the party. Poor Abby! Again she got the short straw for her birthday. When Robb told her that we weren't going to Norfolk she was a little sad but then a couple minutes later it soaked in that she would be missing her birthday and the poor girl was crying.  Caleb spent the weekend miserable and laying around. Luckily no one else got it as bad as Caleb. The next week I had a fever and felt miserable for a couple days but no one else got the full blown flu! Thank goodness after 6 years and 4 years it seems my children may have finally gained a bit of an immune system.