{"id":7155,"date":"2014-04-07T07:02:18","date_gmt":"2014-04-07T12:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/?p=7155"},"modified":"2016-09-08T14:20:26","modified_gmt":"2016-09-08T19:20:26","slug":"weekend-shenanigans-42","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/?p=7155","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Shenanigans"},"content":{"rendered":"

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My poor little guys! This weekend Oliver and Milo came down with seemingly different illnesses on Saturday night- Milo a stomach bug which had him running to the bathroom every 10 minutes or so for 7 hours straight, and Oliver a high fever and just general listlessness. It was eerily quiet in the house on Sunday, two little boys who are usually so rambunctious staring silently at the ceiling for hours at a time, waiting it out patiently.<\/p>\n

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They were both just such troopers, though. Andrew, who was up all night with Milo, remarked that he did not complain or whine or cry once; rather, he was stoic and even polite (saying “excuse me” kindly when someone was in the way of his vomiting destination), quietly taking it and going back to bed over and over and over again. He seems to accept occasional illness as a part of life and understands that it will be over soon. I could take a lesson from him. Oliver was so good too, polite and only requesting the occasional snuggle or sip of soda (such a treat, as we don’t usually have it in our house, it was the only thing Milo could keep down Sunday). Might I venture to say that they are actually quite\u00a0pleasant\u00a0<\/em>when sick?\u00a0\"DSC_0058\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"DSC_0055\"<\/a>Outside, signs of spring are everywhere. It is still unseasonably cool, but none of us are up for the outdoors right now anyway. In fact, I have found that the warm air only entices me to forget my resting orders and push too hard. It happens surprisingly easily.<\/p>\n

Andrew has been amazing. I can’t even express my gratitude, but to give you an idea, he has been doing everything-\u00a0<\/em>the laundry, the cleaning, most of the cooking, the yard work, the childcare, taking Milo to circus class, the shopping, the nighttime duties with the kids. He cleaned our basement (I can’t even begin to explain the magnitude of this…) and put up extra shelving. He did all of this on basically no sleep. I feel useless. Not being able to lift means I can’t carry groceries in by myself, or haul laundry baskets up and down the stairs. I can’t pull a heavy pot out of the oven without feeling pain shoot through my abdomen. I have to let him do everything, and it makes me feel fragile and helpless. It is not a feeling I am used to, or that I like at all.<\/p>\n

Three weeks out now, after my appendix burst, here we are. I had no idea recovery would be this slow. “The hole” as Andrew calls it, the open incision he packs with gauze, is closing up nicely. There is progress, there is! Patience, and I will heal. I will get back on a trapeze… maybe?… in two months.\u00a0Two months!\u00a0<\/em>It is frustrating to be so happy with my body and strength, proud of what I could do and what I was building on, only to have all that work stripped away, my muscles atrophied, my body winded after walking up a flight of stairs, grabbing onto the banister for support every time.\u00a0\"DSC_0027\"<\/a>In other news, Emil. Back to normal, feeling like his old self, he is an animated chatterbox we all adore. This weekend he insisted on wearing big boy undies (which he puts on all by himself) and my clogs around the house. It will be amazing and wonderful when we no longer have diapers in this house!<\/p>\n

Happy Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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