Wednesday, November 9, 2011

& then...

All seven lambies seemed to get the same horrible cough... it kept them up at night & robbed the whole family of sleep.  We kept thinking, oh, one more day... one more day... it should be getting better tomorrow - & we'd limp through another interrupted night of sleep and slog our way through sleepy days. 
Finally after three weeks, we decided i had better take a couple of them to the walk in to make sure that there wasn't something else going on.  Sure enough, they got diagnosed with bronchitis, so i drove my babies home & picked up the remaining 5 to take them back to the doctors to get their diagnosis & prescriptions too...
& as i bundled my loves in & out of doctors & pharmacy with my bulging bag of antibiotics... i thought about how lucky i am to have all my chickies under one roof.  These years are so fleeting - and soon they'll be calling me to tell me their children are sick and that they spent the night soothing a distraught child, or comforting a feverish babe... & i'll remember this week of bronchitis - hacking coughs and the smell of menthol & halls & wistfully remember these child-growing days. 
So i'll take this present shared sickness - i'll measure out doses and count pills... i'll make sure my little ones are comfortable and comforted - and i'll count it all joy that these moments are mine. 

4 comments:

jessica jespersen said...

blurry eyes from reading the last two lines... dolling out pills for years... and fighting to be on the thankful end of the spectrum. I *will* be grateful, joyful and thankful for even the years that are riddled with pain. I will imagine them from a future perspective and trust that He will carry us all through. Thanks for this. -j

Carol said...

Hope you are all feeling better soon

Kari Jeanne said...

It happens all too fast.... this is the first year my mom is without ANY children living at home. She doesn't know what to do with herself! Good thing Scott & I are here now to distract her with all this wedding hoopla ;) Hope everyone is feeling better!

Sara L said...

:( so hard having sickies around... Hopefully you're all feeling better..

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