Wardrobe Change

Well, Bill went and bought our new TV last night. We were up until about 1am playing around with it and getting it all set up. Right about 1:30, as I was about to head off to bed after finding myself dosing in the chair, Maddie woke up crying and coughing. I walked in to find her vomiting and completely scared. She had no idea what was going on and was terrified. I scooped her up and took her to the bathroom as she continued to vomit all over me. She finally calmed down and stopped so she and I took a shower together (it was in her hair and mine) and then settled in on the couch so I could hold her until she fell asleep again. About 45 minutes later, she started again. Again, I rushed her to the bathroom, barely making it in time. Time for a wardrobe change.

She settles in again and it seems like she's done for the night. Then Josie wakes up. I let them both cuddle in my bed to watch a little Dora while they fall asleep. I start to nod off again. Then, of course, Maddie starts again, this time with Josie falling in right after her. Two kids vomiting all over our bed and my pajamas. Time to get naked again. At this point, I've spent most of the evening topless and we are running out of blankets on all of our beds. Throughout the rest of the night, the girls took turns vomiting. Maddie seemed to be okay with it as the night went on - not fun, but she wasn't freaking out as much. Poor Josie, though, just shrieked every time.

When they started up again around 5:30 this morning, Bill let me sleep while he got up. The girls woke up at 8:30 this morning all excited and ready to play. I don't know how they're doing it. They're still sick, but they're also smiling and playing.

I know this sounds familiar to those who have kids, especially older ones, but this is the first time the girls have been really sick like this besides spitting up when they were babies.

Our day will be full of rest, Sprite, crackers, and lots and lots of laundry.

****Update:
The girls are doing much better. Saturday afternoon we noticed that Josie was feeling really hot. We took her temp, which turned out to be 103. Maddie's was 100. Four hours later (our dr's office waiting room sucks) we were told it was a flu bug going around and that they weren't too dehydrated. Go home and give them teaspoonfuls of Gatorade every 10 mins. By Sunday morning they were back to their old selves... and we had most of the laundry done.