I'm hoping I will feel much better tomorrow. But I never forget how trying these sick days are when I am all alone. Sickness should be banned from milspouse homes during a deployment, don't you think? But I guess that might make our lives too easy then.... ;)
November 22, 2010
The Hardest Part of Single Motherhood
For me, without a doubt, the hardest part of being a single mother without family or friends local and a deployed hubby is taking care of the kids while I'm sick. I'm not talking sick with a cold, but rather more along the lines of flu or food poisoning. It happened once during Pat's second deployment when Ryan was probably around 9 months old. I was sick all night long. Thankfully he slept well that night, but in the morning I was miserable. It is very hard to put aside that kind of misery and take care of the kids. Last night I started to not feel well. I thought my stomach was just having hunger pains. Unfortunately in the morning it proved to be something else. I have not kept any fluids down today, and made no real attempt at even eating food. Overall, I feel okay if I remain sitting. Yeah, like that is easy with two little boys, huh? I have to admit on these sick days, I pray to make it through to bedtime and hope that it will be easy putting them down.
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I am so sorry to hear that you are so sick. I know what that feels like and I wouldn't wish that on anyone.
Years ago, when my youngest was still an infant, my hsuband was out on training for a couple months. I wound up catching a "bug" from the kids and I can remember one night being so sick; B still slept in my bed at that point and he would scream whenever I got up without him. I wound up putting him in his carseat carrier thing in the doorway to the bathroom so he wouldn't wake up everytime I got out of bed. I just lay on the floor. I had such a fever that the cold tile felt good.
I wanted nothing more than to just have a few hours to myself so I could worry about ME and how sick I was. I wanted to feel sorry for myself but the kids just wouldn't let me. Man, it was rough. Luckily it doesn't happen often, but when it does...
I hope you feel better really soon. I'm sending healthy vibes your way, lol.
Getting sick when your husband is gone is bad. Let alone the pukes! That is the worst! You can function with a cold, with a stomach flu, you can barely move. I hope you are feeling better really soon!
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