Bad News/Good News

Bad News: Sorry its been so long and sorry there are no pics this time (I don't think you'd want to see any). Both my babies are sick! Sadie started getting a cough last Friday and it just wouldn't go away. Wednesday I decided to take her in to the MD since I had to work Thursday and Friday and I wouldn't be able to take her and I didn't want it to get into the weekend and her still be sick. Its a good thing we went. The doctor said the cough is "good" since it is clearing her lungs of the gunk. She's had a little bit of fever and not eating much, which made since when he looked in her ears. Yup...nasty ear infection! So she was sent home on antibiotics and cough syrup. When I got home (I had been gone Tuesday and most of Wednesday at Mandy's) Elijah had a cough! Grrr! I kept him them both home from church and put them to bed early. Elijah went to school on Thursday and Sadie went to Jackie's. By yesterday Elijah's cough was really bad and so I called the MD, got some dosages for cough syrup for his weight and picked up some medicine for him after work. He had a fever during the night which kept him (and us) up most of the night and has run a low grade temp all morning. I just hope he doesn't have an ear infection too! Sadie seems to be slowly getting better, but Elijah is getting worse. He's complaining of his "mouth hurting" (sore throat). Please keep my kiddos in your prayers. I put them both down for a nap this morning (Elijah hasn't taken a morning nap in 2 years, but he really needed it).

Good News: Elijah has been teetee-ing in the potty!! Apparently he went up to his teacher at school on Thursday and told her he needed to go. She took him and he did it all by himself. Then on Thursday evening (I was still at work) Beau was getting Sadie dressed for bed and Elijah went again by himself and came and told Beau afterwards! I made a huge deal about it when I got home. Elijah immediately told me he gets to go to the zoo now (I had promised I would take him if he went in the potty). I said okay and he went to start getting dressed. I told him we couldn't go since all the animals were sleeping and that seemed to hold him over. He went a couple more times yesterday. Today while I was feeding Sadie he told me he needed to go, took off his pants and diaper and went in the potty. He promptly came back and told me he was ready to go to the zoo now. I said no because he was sick. "I'm not sick. I'm a big boy" So then I said we couldn't go since Sadie is sick. "Sadie can stay here" Shoulda guessed that! Then the light bulb came on. "Well, Elijah, some of the animals are sick so we better wait a few days" That seemed to suffice him. I think we may try to go Monday if they are both well. Better go...they're waking up.