Little Deed, Big Heart

Yesterday, B woke up and tried to convince us that he was feeling OK, but I could see in his eyes that he wasn't well. His buddy was scheduled to come over to spend the night and he wanted it so bad. He sobbed and sobbed when we took his temp and realized the fever was back. I took him to the doctor and FINALLY they diagnosed him with a sinus infection and prescribed an antibiotic. A local grocery store/pharmacy is giving away FREE antibiotics, so that was about $20 less to shell out.

Last night was yet another long one, staying up and taking care of a sick child. On Thursday night, J is the one who woke up, crying out in pain. He never threw up, but he moaned a lot, I thought he just ate too much junk food. Last night, I said good bye to my last croppers around 11:45 and came back to check emails. Around midnight, I heard something upstairs and found C in the bathroom, very upset. A stomach "episode" hit him and I was as brave as I could be, helping him to get cleaned up, showered and putting the bathroom back into a sanitary place. I ran a load of laundry and never woke up the other three, they slept soundly. It was embarrassing for the little man, but he didn't want me to wake up his dad. I am no longer allowed anywhere near my boys when they are dressing, showering, etc so this was a stretch but he was such a trooper. After we cleaned up, I brought him downstairs, popped in a Looney Tune DVD and snuggled with him until we both fell asleep.

This morning, D went upstairs to wake J and see if he felt up to playing his basketball game. From my place on the couch I watched J come down the stairs, tiptoe over to check on C. Then he gantly laid his own teddy bear, "Steve," on C's pillow. My heart was touched. I am blown away when I see these guys take care of each other. Precious, precious, precious. I asked J if he was ready to play hard this morning. "I'm gonna play for three of us, for me, for Carson and some extra too!"