diedre had a great sleep on thursday and friday nights, phew!
thursday was definitely the height of the pox. we estimate that although ezekiel had what our doctor called "a very good case of" the chicken pox, poor diedre's case was at least 5 times worse! so thursday being the worst day, she was really uncomfortable and couldnt eat or be pacified and was very lethargic. she was saying "i can't stand, i can't walk, i don't like these on me."
my mom surprised me and was able to come over in the morning even though she normally would have been working (for which i am so thankful--that morning i was wracking my brain thinking, is there anyone i could call for help?).
i was able to take ezekiel out to the park and give him a bit of attention after being stuck in the house with TV on all the time. i stuck to the tylenol & benadryl schedules and diedre settled in to sleep quite well that night.
i'm actually embarassed to say that we hired a babysitter thursday night because we had music practice at the church. i was gone for exactly 1.5 hours but i still felt guilty that i wasnt there for that short time on her worst day.
here she is friday, taking a turn for the better.
you can see the mat of chicken pox on her belly from her scratching.
a smile! a smile! finally! it had been a few days.
my mom came over again and we were able to take both kids to the park after a very very good nap (ezekiel and i slept for 2 hours and diedre slept for 4, and still went to sleep by 8.30pm or so). there were no kids at the park so we were able to play there for a bit. it was so comforting and helpful to have my mom around for this.
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