Dear Santa,

I am not sure why I ended up on the naughty list this year, but coal in the stocking would have sufficed. Projectile vomiting, fiery diarrhea, fever aches, chills, and lack of sleep… maybe a little cruel?

Trevor’s tummy issues seem to be mending, but I spent the night wide awake and miserable and throwing up and feverish. Brendan went to bed like normal but at 10:30pm, he woke up vomiting too. He had a VERY rough night, he couldn’t keep any of his fluids down and his nurse had to hold him pretty much all night to get a little bit of sleep. Bill was up until after 1am doing laundry so that we had clean sheets, rags, and towels.

I could not keep my eyes open all morning. Moms don’t get to call in sick, so I had to fight to stay awake to take care of Trevor. Brendan had a nurse and Bill had to work.

Brendan had a better day, getting only pedialyte pushed by his pump. I have had nothing but water all day, even the smell of Trevor’s chicken nuggets cooking made me sick again.

Bill is feeling congested with post-nasal drip tonight, so I really am fearful that he finally caught what Trevor and I had and now Brendan will have to fight it off again.

We are grateful that Brendan’s night nurse is working tonight and tomorrow. It means a lot to us. His day nurse will be off tomorrow for the holiday.

I did not even look at the camera today, so here are two snaps of our poor little sweethearts finally asleep and getting good rest. Now it is my turn!

Merry Christmas Eve to all of our blog readers. Stay healthy!