where did the summer go? does anyone know? seems like just yesterday we attended f's last day of school and took the boys for haircuts to celebrate. it wasnt long after that when camp started, and somewhere in the midst of the drama i lost track of summer. school starts on monday for f. and i am feeling like the days just slipped right through my hands like. we did plenty; went to a baysox game, road the rails in strasburg, enjoyed dutch wonderland, had great friends visit, had plenty of cookouts, went to the water park, and all the things you are supposed to do during summer.
still i have been feeling like we wasted the summer and was looking forward to making the most of the last few days of it. then last week i caught a terrible virus. i have never been soo sick in all my life. it was awful. then each day after that another family member woke up with the same thing. i felt horrible for spreading the germs and mostly just spent a week laying around in between cleaning up vomit or digusting diapers or both. it was not the staycation i imagined. it was not making the most of the last few days of summer. then just when everyone was feeling better and normalcy resumed, i was stricken. again. this time i ended up in the ER and was discharged with a probable diagnosis of salmonella and a heavy dose of cipro to kill what ails. its been a terrible two weeks.
all the while though, k. has been chugging along and has had a language explosion. he is seeing a private therapist now, still attending ITP playgroup and still has his ITP therapist visit us at home weekly. finally its paying off. it is soo exciting to finally see this happen. earlier this summer i was soo sad for him and feeling his frustration and frankly some of my own as he was rated to have the expressive language skills of a child half his age. today on the way to naptime k. tripped and fell over. i scooped him up and asked him if he was OK. he replied "I OK" and thats when i knew it, he is going to be OK. maybe the summer wasnt a waste after all. maybe the good things are what happen when life is just coasting and dealing you a bad hand. "I OK" too. we are all going to be OK!
3 comments:
i'm so glad you are ok. what an awful two weeks you've been dealing with... i wish i lived closer so i could have done something to make the awful feel less awful. and, i totally hear you about summer feeling like it has slipped through your fingers. b. has wanted to do a lemonade stand all summer - and i feel like we've done so much, but not the lemonade stand. and i have a feeling that what she will remember - from all the summer fun we've had - is that we *didn't* do that. :( it all goes too fast... and they weren't dealt a supermom... just a mom trying to be as super as she can, when she can.
i'm so glad you are ok. what an awful two weeks you've been dealing with... i wish i lived closer so i could have done something to make the awful feel less awful. and, i totally hear you about summer feeling like it has slipped through your fingers. b. has wanted to do a lemonade stand all summer - and i feel like we've done so much, but not the lemonade stand. and i have a feeling that what she will remember - from all the summer fun we've had - is that we *didn't* do that. :( it all goes too fast... and they weren't dealt a supermom... just a mom trying to be as super as she can, when she can.
Very exciting news about K. I am so glad you are seeing positive results.
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