A couple of weeks ago I got really sick. The nice part about Gaetan's schedule is that he only has one 'long' day... but unfortunately that happened to be the day that I got sick. There is something about getting a fever that just makes it the worst for me. I get this shooting pain in what feels like my brain stem and to have things touch me is painful. I would rather have any other symptom (yes, even vomiting) than have a fever. I made it through the long day and then I pretty much curled into a ball and tried to sleep through the pain.
The worst part was that I had this searing pain in my stomach. There wasn't any way I could get comfortable and anytime I moved the pain seemed like it doubled in intensity. So during the middle of the night when Lucy would wake up and want to nurse that was me... doubled over making the best out of it. Gaetan did do a great job of letting me sleep as much as possible. I ended up staying home from some previous engagements because all I could do was lay around and feel miserable.
On the bright side I did get to finish I book that I got from the library that was actually do that week. I always forget how much I enjoy reading because I never really get a chance to do it for fun. Whenever I am it's for something... and for the vast majority of my life it was for school.
The thing about being a Momma is no matter how miserable you feel, no matter how little amount of sleep you have gotten there are still the little blessings in your life that demand your attentiveness. Even though Gaetan does a great job with keeping the kids occupied so that I can sleep there is always so much work to catch up on when I finally start to 'feel' better. As a Momma, there aren't days I can just 'call in' and not do anything. So all in in all it's just way easier to not get sick ;)
So here's to hoping that I don't get to sick again that it immobilizes me!
JVG
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