Sick-o Central

Well, the Whisler household has really started off 2007 with a bang… or a cough, wheeze, sniffle, sneeze anyway! Between the three of us (four, if you count my mom), we have been sick continually since the sounds of Old Lang Syne filled the air. Everything from rashes to canker sores, stomach bugs to the flu have kept us busy – shopping the local pharmacy for anything vaguely referring to the ailment of the moment… each of us hoping to find the one that will help us slip into that self-induced coma that will take us away! Even as I sit here writing this, I have my trusty box of tissue sitting right next to the keyboard. And in my case, being well into this pregnancy limits greatly the medications that I can safely take. Oh joy, the perks of pregnancy! Anyway, I’d like to think we’re all on the mend now… and then Ayden wakes up with pink eye (3 days ago)… which “traveled” across the bridge of his nose during the night into the other eye. Oy vey. Will it ever end? I suppose this is also one of the many underreported joys of parenthood. We are exposed to many many more germs than ever before in our adult lives, thanks to Ayden and his associates. Kidlets in general seem to lack any “mucus management” skills. When do we learn the basic skill of sniffing anyway?