Please tell me I did the right thing by leaving Delaney in that germ-infested cesspool otherwise known as preschool today. The poor kid is finally healthy again and then I go and drop her at school this morning with a kid who's got a hacking cough and another who's got green snot streaming out of both nostrils. Add to that the slips of paper they sent home with me detailing all of the illnesses currently going around the entire school: scarlet fever, colds, flus, pink eye, more vomiting, RSV. Oh my! It's like a horror movie over there. It was all I could do to drive away when every cell in my being wanted to scoop Delaney up and run straight for home. Add to that the fact that she's been out of school for a week and stuck to me like glue in the meantime, and Delaney was NOT happy for me to leave her today. She went through the whole sobbing for mommy thing again. It broke my heart!
The C-section's happening two weeks from today and the last thing we need is for me to be sick or for Delaney to be sick while I'm in the hospital or for Roger to be sick. I can only hope that the last few months of illnesses she's caught at school have toughened up her immune system so she can fight those disgusting preschool germs off for the next two weeks. But, what happens then? She'll bring a bug home again at some point or other and then I'll not only worry about her but about her newborn brother.
There's really no end to the string of sicknesses and worries, is there? Only brief breaks in between. Sigh.
I can honestly say that this is one of the reasons, looking back, that I am glad Claire was in daycare as an infant. She got all of the bugs early, was pretty easy to manage (nurse, cuddle, nurse, repeat), and now she has a ROCKSTAR immune system. My neighbor's kid started preschool this fall for the first time and has been sick off and on for three months, at age 4.
Sending lots of healthy karma your way!
Posted by: Nicole | December 13, 2007 at 11:36 AM
2 weeks! yeeehawww! Whatever happens, everything will be OK!!! Don't stress about things you cannot control, this is just the time of year for it.
Posted by: Anne | December 15, 2007 at 01:53 PM
I remember the pedi telling me, "She either gets it now or in kindergarten, so quit kicking yourself."
I repeat that to myself every fall.
Crossing my fingers that everyone is well when it's time for delivery!
Posted by: Arkie Mama | December 18, 2007 at 12:12 AM