Sick Days...

...call for lots of game playing!

For once in my life, I actually

thought I was going to WiN 

in a matching game against Sweet Girl.  

BUT, it didn't happen!!!  ;(

Sick Days also call for...

TENTS in the living room!!!!!!!!!!

...and indoor football games.

(He literally played football in my room

for 45 minutes ~ running, tackling,

catching the ball, scoring, etc!!!)

Then a fashion show!!!!!!!!!!;)

But mostly sick days with this

girl mean A LOT of snuggling!!!!!!!

This sweet thing is a CUDDLE BUG...

even when she's not sick! 

Sweetest little girl in the world(:

Feeling better, but still had to make

a trip to Dr. G's...strep it was!  :(

That just meant another day of game playing!  

Cutest little Banker, EVER.

Almost all better called

for a USwirl trip!!!!

The day Hadlee went back to school,

sweet Jersi Girl gave her this card.

What a sweet, sweet friend!!!!!!!!!!

Jersi Girl did this on her own

and it brought tears to my eyes.

So thankful they have each other!!!

Unfortunately a whole week later,

Walker came home from school

burning up with fever:(

He left that morning feeling fine,

but he said during SECOND period

he started feeling bad.  He never

told anyone although several friends

and teachers asked if he was okay.

When I got to him, he had 103 fever:(

He had an important play off football

game the next day and that's why

he didn't say anything about being

sick.  He thought if he made it

through the day that he could still play

in his game the next day. 

He thought wrong:(

Last minute I texted our doctor

and he let me run Walker up to his

office for a flu and strep test

(after hours when his own son was

about to play in a real play off game...

God bless our kind doctor!!!).

Negative on both, but our doctor

highly suspected it was still flu -

just too early to test positive.

This was a heart breaker for Walker.

Lots of tears were shed over

not being able to play in his game.

Took a lot of pep talks and his team

rallying for him and telling him

they'd win the game for him.

And they did!!!!!!!!

Poor Guy pretty much spent the rest

of the weekend playing football

on his iTouch and watching movies

with Mama ~ which I loved(:

People who have sick children

or disabilities or illnesses themselves

are never too far from my mind,

but especially when my own are sick.

It is SO hard seeing your children

hurt or be sad.  I can't imagine

it what it's like for those that it never

lets up.  All I can do is keep them

close in my prayers and pray that

I never know that feeling. 

It can happen in an instant though.