Nasty Stuff Goin' Round

Ugh! The flu has been making its rounds here again. It never fails, every winter, it has to make an appearance at least once. Usually, I try to avoid it like the plague, since throwing up is what triggers the blood vessels in my eyes to burst, causing permanent loss of eyesight for me.

It's hard because as a mother, my job is to take care of the sick ones in my house, but the flu sends me into hiding. I've been lucky the last few years. No flu since 2001.....

Until this year.

Rebecca started with it a week ago. It's not a long lasting bug. Throwing up one day, pretty much fine the next, but man oh man! That one day of sickness is awful! The stomach cramps hurt so bad, all you can do is cry.

After Rebecca came Timothy. He didn't vomit, but he had stomach cramps and the runs, for just a day. After that, it seemed to be gone. I thought I had escaped the dreaded flu again.

A week later, I started not to feel good. I tried brushing it off as something else. I fought it all day, not allowing myself to be sick. By the afternoon, it was no use. I was sick. But, I was scared. I could feel the vomiting coming. I couldn't stop it. I just prayed that my eyesight would hold out. And it did! I made it through the flu with the same amount of eyesight that I started with! I was so happy!

It's terrible that I have to worry about losing my eyesight just because I have the flu. I don't even drink to excess anymore (like my younger years!) for fear of vomiting and going blind. It always looms on the horizon, in the back of my mind. But, I made it through this time!

It's back to avoiding the flu like the plague again for me!