Getting Over a MAJOR Tummy Bug
Mommy was sick as a DOG on Thursday -- it came on like food poisoning, but we had eaten at home that day, and no one else was sick.
And then when it resurfaced Saturday night so horribly, it was time to hit the urgent care clinic in Castle Rock. Thank goodness for that place! We love the PA there, he is really great.
Said he has been seeing this a LOT lately, there is a nasty intestinal bug going around. Highly contagious, and lasts anywhere from 2-7 days. NAturally, as soon as Daddy heard it was contagious, he pretty much came down with it straight away, so we had a couple of miserable days. Only Sally managed to escape -- even poor Sydney got it (thank goodness she's still in diapers!) and when we took her to the doc, they said it's most likely something called Rotovirus, which can last up to 10 days. Yikes. But she said Syd was well-hydrated, so we should keep doing whatever we've been doing.
Meanwhile, amidst all this, we managed to landscape the yard with a friend's landscaping labor crew this weekend. Just the bare bones (mulch; no exposed dirt) plus raising the retaining wall a couple of feet (did you know we have a 28% grade in our backyard? Makes it virtually un-usable without a deck, which we hope to have in place by September). Just enough to keep the HOA off our backs.
Next plan is to build a platform (think mini-deck) for the playhouse we built for the kids, and create a nice area for a sandbox. It will be a bit piecemeal, as we are planning to do it ourselves, and we've set goals around getting the deck done (that looks like a $22k project, so it might take us a couple of months to pull the funds together).
And then when it resurfaced Saturday night so horribly, it was time to hit the urgent care clinic in Castle Rock. Thank goodness for that place! We love the PA there, he is really great.
Said he has been seeing this a LOT lately, there is a nasty intestinal bug going around. Highly contagious, and lasts anywhere from 2-7 days. NAturally, as soon as Daddy heard it was contagious, he pretty much came down with it straight away, so we had a couple of miserable days. Only Sally managed to escape -- even poor Sydney got it (thank goodness she's still in diapers!) and when we took her to the doc, they said it's most likely something called Rotovirus, which can last up to 10 days. Yikes. But she said Syd was well-hydrated, so we should keep doing whatever we've been doing.
Meanwhile, amidst all this, we managed to landscape the yard with a friend's landscaping labor crew this weekend. Just the bare bones (mulch; no exposed dirt) plus raising the retaining wall a couple of feet (did you know we have a 28% grade in our backyard? Makes it virtually un-usable without a deck, which we hope to have in place by September). Just enough to keep the HOA off our backs.
Next plan is to build a platform (think mini-deck) for the playhouse we built for the kids, and create a nice area for a sandbox. It will be a bit piecemeal, as we are planning to do it ourselves, and we've set goals around getting the deck done (that looks like a $22k project, so it might take us a couple of months to pull the funds together).
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