Feeling Fortunate
A much better night than I’d expected, really. Barney never did make it to his own bed - he’d fallen asleep by the time I finished writing the post below, and got moved onto the mattress on the floor a couple of hours later. He was up twice to throw up during the night, but has made it through today so far without anything more than feeling tired and sorry for himself. George has been demanding food (”I’m starving to death!”) so I think he’s on the mend. Freddy’s headache has gone; he says he has a sore throat but still wants to go to dance class today, and Jack is as bouncy as ever. Toby hasn’t thrown up since early yesterday evening, and seems almost back to his usual self. And I’m still healthy, so the fingers remain crossed that we’ve said Bye Bye Blergh.
They even got up this morning prepared to do some work, so we did a bit of French and more times tables, Barney did some science and Freddy finished his book about animals, which is about an inch thick, so that’s quite an achievement. Looking back through it, we could really see how his comprehension and writing had improved. We’re still mostly in pyjamas though, and so there’s much snuggling on the sofa going on and Spy Kids 2 on the DVD player.
All of which has left me feeling very fortunate as I’ve done the rounds of the blog-ring (catching up, and haven’t commented much, as I haven’t had my hands free much, but I am reading!) I see that they’ve had the blerghs for much longer than us over at Joanna’s, and at the Beans they’re not only coping with a much longer-lasting blergh than us, but I do believe Helen’s broken arm tops my fractured rib too. So I really, can’t complain.
And then there was a dreadful announcement on an email list, stillborn twins, which is just so awful that there isn’t anything anyone can say 
I can’t imagine how difficult it must be to go through a loss like that.
Feeling very thankful for what we’ve got.
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It’s bloody dreadful isn’t it? I just lay awake last night thinking about them and how much we fretted here that we were tempting fate by our VBA2C attempt. Feeling more fortunate than i can bear to even contemplate.
On the other hand, we’ve got lurgy too - so can we be added to your roll call of sympathy. Pleeeeease.
Yes, feeling thankful here too. Glad some of you are feeling better and hope the rest of you are better again tomorrow.