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| Ada serving at a fun church event that Liz and Caleb missed because they were home with the flu. |
It’s funny that I was distressed about three consecutive weeks of kid sickness, because now that—I think, maybe—we’re seeing the end of it, it’s been five consecutive weeks since it started.
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| The brief but lovely interlude between Liz and Caleb’s flu and Ada’s flu |
A cold/ear infection for Lizzy and Caleb [13 days] + influenza/ear infections for Lizzy and Caleb [10 days] + 2 days of false hope + influenza for Ada [10 days] = 35 days.
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| The night Ada came home sick from the high school retreat |
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| Celebrating Lizzy’s birthday…Ada hadn’t moved from the couch in a while by this point |
Jason and I got flu shots in the middle of it all and he was down for a day with either side effects from the vaccine or a battle with the actual bug living in our house.
I haven’t gotten any of it, confoundingly, but I have been living with varying levels of pain in my hip and other assorted body parts.
I finally decided I preferred not to live in constant pain, and I ultimately got a health provider willing to see me (when I called my normal doctor saying IT HURTS RIGHT NOW, their earliest “same day appointment” was three weeks out [?!]).
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| After a full week Ada was able to vary her routine by lying down outside for a while instead of inside. She even helped Lizzy with her math. She had to nap the rest of the day to recover from the exertion, though. |
The diagnosis: perimenopause. So that’s exciting.
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| October girls’ birthday party! |
Fortunately(ish) there are supplements that she says can help. She put me on three new ones, not counting the vitamins I’m already taking. So, downside, I may need to get a bigger daily pill dispenser. And also travel with an extra duffel bag to lug all my herbal remedies around.
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| Making a happy birthday video to send to Ada, who was too sick to attend her own party. |
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| Happy birthday to youuuuuu |
Besides all that, she assigned me yoga (ok); 20 minutes a day wearing a weighted vest (weird); and monthly massages (ooooo).
Jason said it all sounds crunchy.
I was thinking it all sounds expensive.
Whether in life or death,
Whether in joy or pain,
I know this truth remains,
That this is the day You made.
This is the day
That the Lord has made.
We will rejoice
As we lift His name.
~ Jonny Robinson, Rich Thompson, and Tiarne Tranter, “This Is the Day”
