Seriously...

So Jason had the day off today. I have said before that expectations will be the death of me. I'm so silly...I actually expected a quiet fun-filled day with hang out time. Well, yesterday, as Jason and I were doing the car switch, Allison decided to throw up her entire lunch (fish sticks and applesauce)!
It was all over her, all over the car, and especially all over her carseat (which is not very well made considering you can't easily take it apart to clean). So, we hurried up and cleaned her and the car as best we could with a tube of wet wipes and I headed to class while Jason headed home. She threw up again in the car before he made it home, and continued to throw up about every 30 minutes to an hour until about 10:30 last night. Needless to say, I feel awful for her. It's so hard to sit and watch your child dry heave and know there is nothing you can do for her. It made tears well up in my eyes every time. The weird thing is, she had no other symptoms. She was fine all day...at well, played well, slept well...and this morning she appeared fine again. Wanted to eat breakfast and chugged two sippy cups of water and milk. She had her 15 month well visit this morning and the Doc thinks it's Rotavirus. I'm not so sure. I think two weeks ago might have been with the diarrhea and vomiting, but she has no diarrhea and no other symptoms this time.
Anyway, Jason went to the appointment with me and them we tried to have a normal day at home. Put Allison down for a nap, he went out and ran some errands while I took a nap. I had been up with Allie about every 2-3 hours last night and was exhausted. Then, she didn't want to eat lunch and after a crying fit, threw up again all over our stairs. AAGH!! She then proceeded to want to eat and drink and act like nothing ever happened. WHY IS SHE PUKING!! She's now down for a nap and Jason is doing work stuff on his computer. So much for a great time to just hang out and relax. I'm spending my time cleaning up vomit and doing 10 loads of laundry. I'm not in the least bit angry at Allie. How could I be...she clearly doesn't feel good and doesn't understand what's going on. I know how I feel when I puke, so I can't imagine this is much fun for her. But, I was just telling Jason, maybe God is continuing to beat some lesson into our heads about what we expect out of life. Literally, every time we have had time like this to relax or spend time together something happens. Last week it was the plane delay, and several other times before that it has been either Allison or I getting sick. It's so frustrating!!

On a much lighter note...I learned to suture last night in class. I was actually pretty good at it...I caught on really quick and would love the opportunity to stitch someone up. Maybe it's the PICU nurse in me!! We learned on bananas...which was very strange. Banana skin doesn't have much give so it's impossible to pull the stitches tight without ripping the peel. But, I learned how to do traditional stitches as well as the mattress stitch and what is like a whip stitch in sewing. Jason has made fun of me endlessly about this...but here are some pictures of my beautiful stitched up banana!!
~V~