Sick Day(s)

A couple weeks ago, Mitch started getting really intense headaches at work. He's been working so much--staying late, going in early, and working from home. On top of that he has church and family time, making him one busy guy. I feel terrible when he has to work a 10 hour day and then top it off with 4 hours of meetings. He works so hard and his headaches are made much worse when he's really busy and/or stressed. A couple days after the headaches started, he began getting a fever and really bad neck pain as well. We think it may be a sinus infection? We went hiking this weekend and Mitch could barely go 1/2 mile, which is unheard of. I've never seen him get tired on a hike, ever. I'm always the one needing a break. He has an appointment with the doctor today, so I'm praying that they can offer some help or good advice.

Then on Saturday night Emerson started feeling really sick... he got a bad fever when we were at a friend's party, and threw up twice. Mitch took him home to bed early and he woke up Sunday with a fever still and also had a sore throat. Then I started feeling sick with a bad headache and extreme queasiness. So our house apparently has some kind of virus right now... coupled with Mitch's work stress and sickness, we are a little worried. Yesterday I wanted to help my sick guys, but felt a little inadequate when I could do no more than lie around to keep from passing out. Today I'm feeling much better but poor Emerson still has a bad sore throat. Luckily the fever is gone, but there is nothing more sad than seeing your baby in pain. I'm hoping he gets through this quickly. I've been sanitizing and laundering all day, determined to kill those germs that made our fam sick. (ps, isn't it July? Who gets the flu in July?)