Geez Louise

Despite S's cool demeanor, it's been kind of a rough week for the Aplin fam. Friday Susannah woke up in the middle of the night with a high fever. Our doctor thought she might be getting the flu and prescribed Tamiflu, which she promptly threw up (twice). Over the weekend the fever came down and congestion set in. She seems better today but is coughing up a lot of mucus and has had hardly any solid food in six days. (Except for the time when I was asleep and Ben tried to give her some hummus which has sesame in it which she is allergic to, so the Benadryl had to come out. Good times.) We have her one-year checkup tomorrow so we'll make sure that she's improving.

Today we celebrate our 4th anniversary, and Ben is feeling sick. I had it for about two days and now it is his turn. I don't think we have the flu -- despite the worldwide pandemic. I think we'd be feeling a hell of a lot worse if it really was the flu.

It's a bummer because Susannah was on an awesome upswing before this latest bug. She gained about 3/4 of a pound in three weeks and was eating all kinds of food and started to crawl! We just hope that soon she'll be back to 100 percent so she can resume kicking ass and my blood pressure can go down.

Here's a few more pics from Chattanooga. First swim with Daddy. She liked the water but hated the glare in her eyes. (This was before she got two awesome pairs of sunglasses for her birthday.)






She didn't much like blackberries but she really liked smashing them on her head. Hope this one isn't too gory for folks.





Chillin on the front porch during a visit with Ibbe, one of her great-grandmothers.




Hopefully this weekend we will be able to get out and have some fun. It's bye-bye for now from the House of Phlegm.