I have been so sick and so have the kids.  The good news is that the kids just have a very nasty virus.  The bad news is I have both a very nasty virus and very nasty pnuemonia in my right lung.

I have been feeling so crap.  This morning, I knew Ben had to work all day and I lost it, sobbing like a small child.  I called my mom at 8 AM and asked her to come up cause I didn't trust myself to be able to take care of the kiddos.  I didn't think I'd be all like Ya Ya Sisterhood on them - but I wasn't sure I had the strength to take care of them  I have NEVER done that.  I also called Ben once I made my doc appt and told him that he had to come home and drive me.  He first starting going into how the store is short cause 2 people are on vacation.  I cut him off, "In the 11 years we have been married, have I ever asked you to drop what you are doing?  I am telling you that I am too sick to drive especially with our children in the car.  Do I need to say anything else?"  He was like, yup, right, see ya at 11.

What really made me nervous was that my fever stopped responding to Motrin and I started having new symptoms like stiff neck, sensitivity to light, disorientation.  I was so relieved in some respects that it was pnuemonia!  And the other symptoms were cause I was dehydrated.  My doc said if my symptoms got worse that I'd have to be admitted for IV fluids.  I promised I'd go home and drink tons of water.

So here I am at home.  I still feel like crap, but I am home!  And with the proper meds should be feeling better in a few days.