The joy's of a sick child!

I always question my mothering skills when one of my kids get sick. I'm sympathetic for the first few days, but after that I'm so ready to have them back in school and back to our normal life. Poor Ashlee has had to deal with my lack of patience the last few days. She has been home all week with a stomach virus that is getting everyone! So many families in the ward have had it and it lasts forever! We have been lucky in the fact that Ashlee's the only one it hit. But Ashlee is, how do I put this nicely... she's quite wimpy! I can never tell if she's really hurt or sick because she acts like she's dying no matter what! I thought she was being wimpy on Monday when her fever started, and we were sight seeing with my mother- in- law. Later in the afternoon we noticed she was getting warmer, turns out her fever was 102. I felt bad for not consoling her more, poor kid was miserable! I took her to the Doctor, I put it off for a few days since I hate paying to see one and all they say is, "It's a virus and you have to wait it out." That statement makes me so mad, I always want to ask if I can have my money back since they did nothing for me! Anyway, her asthma has also started, she's been having a few attacks. So on top of feeling horrible and having horrible stomach pains she now has to have breathing treatments every 4 hours. She cries the whole time because she is so weak and hates to sit up for those 10 minutes of treatment. I think about how guilty I felt when I found out she was really sick in the beginning, but it's wearing off- I'm so ready for Monday when hopefully I can send her back! What a mean mom I am!

It was so fun to have my mother- in- law here, I wish we could have had a little longer and better weather so we could have done more. But it was nice while she was here, the kids miss her so much. Carly realized when Grandma is here and she's in trouble Grandma tries to buffer her getting in trouble, so now when Carly is in trouble or a time out she cries for Grandma!