Angels among Us!!!

This is going to be just a quick update. I have so much I want to share and so many fun things going on. However, I have been so sick that I can barely keep my head above water. Jay is in Hawaii for some training. (Lucky man!!!) He left on Sunday. I had been getting sick and really feeling under the weather. He asked me if he needed to cancel and stay home. Silly me, not knowing what the future held for me I assured him I would be fine. Well by Sunday night I was beginning to doubt my decision. By Monday afternoon I knew I was in real trouble. My sinuses were killing me, my chest felt like it was on fire, my eye was so swollen and blood shot I could barely see and I had a fever and chills. Still in denial I went to bed knowing I would wake up fine and all would be good. Not so much. :> I woke up to an eye that was so swollen and leaking you could not even tell it was an eye. That scared me so I realized I had to get to the doctor as soon as possible. I called my great friend Lauren who was just getting off of work after working all night and asked her to please meet me at the clinic and take Tanner to the dentist as I did not have enough time to cancel but had to get to my doctor and I was lucky enough that they could see me at 8:00 . Which would put me home in time for the quads to get off the bus from the preschool. I was diagnosed with a sinus infection, an eye infection as a result of the horrible sinus infection and the beginnings of bronchitis. Yeah, what fun.



I go to the store with sunglasses on, naturally as you cannot have people looking at that horrible mess. And this really is better than it was 12 hours earlier. Bad. Anyway, I finally get home and the kids should be home any minute. I run in to use the bathroom and realize that I have not done that yet that morning and to my utter dismay I can feel a bladder infection coming on. If you have ever suffered a bladder infection you know what I mean. Those first few moments when you start to go to the bathroom and have horrible discomfort, your bladder spasms and you immediately think you have to go again , only to discover you are .....oh so wrong. I could have sat down and cried. How does this happen, and how does it happen when you are home alone with six wonderful children and your husband is in Hawaii soaking in the rays of sun.

But as the day progressed I realized how lucky I am to have the friends and family in my life that I do. Lauren was there the instant I needed someone. Even though she had worked all night. She did not even hesitate. She jumped right in and found the dentist office and got Tanner all checked out!!! Thank you Lauren. Then my mom in Utah was making chicken noodle soup. And I don't know about anyone else but when I am sick all I want is my mom. Well she said out loud that she was wishing me some chicken noodle soup. And within an hour there it was. My neighbor Kathy showed up with cranberry juice (for the bladder infection) and chicken noodle soup as she knew it was the best cure for the blahs. I just could not believe it. Then the same night Phil called to make sure that I did not need help getting the kids to bed, thanks Phil!!! Next day my visiting teacher from church showed up with yet another pot of chicken noodle soup. Wow, may people stepped in and became my angels and helped me to get through some horrible times when I really wondered if I was going to live . So thank you so very much to all my angels!!! On a happy note, today after getting the antibiotics and eye cream I am feeling so much better. I am still easily exhausted but we are doing well. And thanks to my wonderful kids (who bless their little hearts) have tried very hard to take care of me and make sure that I get better!!! I am a lucky woman. Great kids, great friends, and great family. Thank you everyone, I am now off to bed to get more rest and feel better!!!