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Great-Aunt Barb, Amelia, and the flu

Posted In: Everyday life — January 30, 2006 @ 3:42 pm — Stephanie

On Sunday, I woke up with extreme stomach cramps and felt utterly disgusting. I figured it was food poisoning, since I had it years ago, and the feeling was similar. My Aunt Barb and her husband, Bob, were paying us a visit later in the day, so I showered, dressed, and laid around until they came. When they got here, I tried to buck up, and distracted myself from the gastrointestinal misery I was going through.

They came, and were enamored by our darling, as they should. Peter took some pictures, while I tried to not internally combust from the couch. Barb was on a quest to get Amelia to smile for her, and eventually she got plenty of smiles. They held, cuddled, and played with her for two hours and then left, making us promise to have more visits in the future.

Aunt Barb and Amelia:

Bob, Amelia, and Aunt Barb’s head–Barb was playing the ‘tongue game’ with Amelia (her favorite game):

After the visit, I felt increasingly worse, developed a fever and flulike symptoms. So… I felt at death’s door until I took a Motrin and got some rest. Feeling MUCH better now, so it might just be a cold, who knows. Amelia, so far, hasn’t shown any symptoms. I’ve been washing my hands like a fiend and boiling her pacifiers and everything to try to keep her safe from my germs. The thought of my baby getting sick just terrifies me. Peter thinks I might have ingested some trace dairy or meat products from Saturday night’s dinner (Indian), but I really can’t say. Yesterday, this was kicking my ass, but last night I started feeling better rapidly. No idea… I’m stepping up my germ paranoia even more after this. I had to take Amelia in to the doctor’s to have them look at a rash on her head and some guy shoved his face and his sick child’s face towards my baby before I could see it coming. I shielded her from them in time, I think, but not myself. You’d think another parent would know better not to do that to a newborn. Apparently, stupidity knows no bounds.

BTW, we posted lots of new pictures from the past few days

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