The Sickness

Well well well...here we are again, facing another ear infection. Kale's 5th since November in fact, and let's make this one a double! And just so we don't feel like the sickness is letting up, let's make sure Dane has a double ear infection to go along with it!! I hate to complain but GEESH! I am complaining! We have been sick since November...it's a non stop cycle. Sick for a week, well for maybe 2 weeks and then we get a nasty cold again. Every cold has settled into Kale's ears and this is Dane's second ear infection since January 1. And...and to top it all off, Cameron has had a CRAZY work schedule so he's been gone. I know he feels terrible about it, but what do you do? Someone has to bring home a paycheck because being a mom doesn't pay anything but LOVE (and whining, crying, tantrums, frustration, extreme patience...well you get the picture). I know things could be so much worse but right now I just want to marinate in feeling a bit sorry for myself. Thank God my mom came up on Wednesday and Teresa came over to hang out. Once I told mom that Dane had a double ear infection and Cameron was leaving that day for CA, she wouldn't take no for an answer. So I had an extra set of hands. Cameron gets home tonight thankfully and now that Kale is on a new antibiotic, hopefully we will kick this junk and keep it away. So life around here has been tolerable at best...barely. Two crab apple boys and a mama about to pull her hair out has made things a bit difficult to say the least. After all this, I really do not know how moms with really sick babies handle it. I truly don't think I could, except for I guess you just have to. Thank God for benzocaine numbing drops...that is the only thing that allowed Kale to sleep last night. Poor guy...I squirted so much in his ears, it was dripping down his lobes but it worked! And if I thought that benzocaine would have numbed me to the chaos that is currently my life, I would have drank the little bottle. Here is to a healthier February for our boys...and to no more whining posts from me!