sorry for the update delay....

Matthew is recovering well now. I guess he just needed those bags of fluid to help kick start his recovery. It still was not fun, but needed. Thank you to everyone's well wishes and cards. Thank you to our friends and neighbors for the "get well treats". Matthew realized that Jello is now his favorite food! (If you can call it food)

His first day back to school was yesterday and it was rough getting him out the door. He was afraid to leave the house... Afraid to be in pain... Afraid to eat... and has become afraid of even sleeping. He's afraid that if he falls asleep that he will wake up in pain. He's gotten better sleep last night but still is afraid to sleep since he knows that his throat will hurt more when he wakes up. but as soon as he gets up and moving, drinks a bit, he feels much better. School for him today was much better. It was still like pulling teeth to get him out of the house to school. But again, as soon as he was there he was fine. Yesterday he fell asleep on the playground and almost again in his bowl of soup! But after his nap, I picked him up a bit earlier and he was happy to get home again.

THEN we thought Andrew was playing games with us saying the he was "sick". We though he was acting jealous. He ate dinner fine and an after dinner snack... had his bath and played a bit. The whole time he kept saying "ouch" and saying his tummy hurt. We told him that we were not playing games and to just go to bed. About 10 minutes later.... he vomited all over his bed!! I guess he was not joking! We sanitized his room and bathed him and he went right to bed after that. Apparently it must have just been a little bug, because he woke up in the morning and asked for breakfast and ate a whole bowl of cereal and oatmeal... went to school and ate there too without any problems. He didnt even mention that he was sick today... Although he loves to tell his "throw up" story to anyone who will listen.

So that's been our last few days and we'll post again soon. For now... I'll try to get SOME sleep.