And Then, There Was Monday
Emilia is going to be okay. Last week was full of worry - she was so sick, and in pain, and doctors could only guess that it was something either totally mundane or wholly terrible and all we could do was keep her comfortable and watch and wait to see if the scariest symptoms would worsen or abate - so full of worry and fear and all those bad things and I could not write (I would not, I should not? The distinction became unclear) and all there was to do was wait.
So we waited. And the symptoms abated over the weekend and the light came back into her eyes and so into ours and phew.
Now I just need to give my head and heart a shake and repeat to myself like a mantra: life is good the world is good things are GOOD. And maybe tomorrow I'll be able to write again.
posted by Her Bad Mother @ Monday, April 20, 2009
68 Comments:
*whew*
hugs.
am very glad.
And this is very good.
I'm so glad all is well!
Sounds really scary. Glad things are looking up.
So glad to read that things are better for your daughter. I've been there... I know the fear and the worry. When my son was really, really sick and in CHEO I didn't even want to talk to my friends, let alone write anything on my blog or on facebook.
I'm so glad to hear that! Wonderful news!!
I'm so relieved. I've been thinking about you a lot.
What a relief. I am so glad she's doing better, and thusly that you are.
Oh, thank goodness! (Finally a Monday that is categorically good, despite the miserable weather...)
Sweet relief.
I'm going to borrow your mantra.
Glad to hear all is well! And I too will repeat your mantra.
thank goodness.
hugs all around.
I'm glad that you girls are okay. I was wondering where you had been.
I'll be looking for your post tomorrow!
Kat
A very good mantra. I'm so glad the light is back in Emilia's eyes (what a beautiful way to put that!) - I hope she's up, feisty, and enjoying the spring sun.
I am so relieved that Emilia is getting better. So relieved. Take your time to breathe, and smile, and discover again that the world is good. I look forward to reading in the not too distant future. Enjoy your day! :)
I'm so glad she's doing better. Hugs.
so very, very glad.
Heaved a HUGE sigh of relief before hitting the comment link, but now that the sigh is out, I don't have anything to say.
Whew.
I'm so relieved your girl's going to be OK. I've been worried for you both.
glad to hear that wonderbaby is going to be fine!...
PHEW is so right. Been there, done that waaaay too many times. Glad things are getting better.
So glad to hear it. With all the awful news lately re Maddie and Thalon and illness, this must have been extra scary for you. Welcome back!
So relieved and grateful to hear it.
Thank God.
Phew, indeed!
I've been praying for you guys. So very, very happy she is better.
I'm so relieved that she's better now.
What a relief! It must be strange to have so many virtual strangers (or maybe "virtual" friends is more correct) worried about your daughter. But there it is.
Poor little thing, even if it was "just" the stomach flu I know just how horrible that can be. I was hospitalized for 5 days with that last fall. (Along with my husband who followed a few days later, leaving my sick 2 year old home for first time ever overnight with grandparents.) It was horrible.
Hope she's feeling 100% soon.
Glad to hear an update. Hope she is back to normal very soon.
I am so damned relieved and happy for you. Thank goodness.
Oh, that is great news....have been checking back in frequently to make sure everything is o.k. xoxo
One of the worst things ever is when a child with spirit has some of it dwindle in sickness. As a parent it makes me sick. Glad the sparkle is back.
so happy that she is OK
Amen.
Gosh, you must be so relieved. It's so scary when a child is ill, particularly with all you've been through with your family and friends recently. Take care of you, and of yours.xx
So glad she's ok. Have been checking your site daily to see if there was news.
So, so glad to hear she is ok. I have been thinking about you and praying for your family. Susan
So glad that things have improved it is so great to hear good news Best to you and all the gang
My husband's long-lived, spry, golf-playing, missed nothing grandmother's mantra was similar: If you have your health, you have everything.
Glad glad glad your girl is bright again.
xo
I'm so happy that she is on the mend and that things are good again in your house.
Oh how scary, I'm so glad to hear that she's going to be okay!
I'm glad to hear that Emilia's on the mend. It's so scary when our little ones are ill.
I am so, sooooo relieved to hear she's doing alright. I'm sending hugs and best wishes!
I am relieved and happy for you !
Thank God, I'm so relieved to hear this!
Glad to hear that she is doing well. Prayers answered.
So glad to hear she's getting better. Have been thinking about you guys.
xo
Thank God.... Been thinking about you and wishing you and Emilia well. I'm so relieved to hear things are looking up now. ((hugs))
So glad she is going to be ok. Those times when our children are sick and we don't know what the problem is are the darkest, aren't they?
Very glad she is ok!
I'm so glad all is well. Thinking of you all a lot.
Steph
I spent all last week trying to avoid the awful topic that haunted the blogosphere, and you probably couldn't avoid thinking about it. I'm sorry you had to go through that. I'm so glad that she is ok.
oh that is so scary! glad emilia is okay!
So very glad for your daughter and you and your whole family!
Oh Jaysus, glad all is well. The world is a glass that's half fucking full - keep telling yourself. It's the only way to keep on keeping on sometimes.
I'm so, so glad. And relieved.
So glad to hear. went through a similar thing with my little man recently and know the fear and the utter frustration of not being able to make everything all right. I've been checking for updates and am glad to see one with good news.
Very glad things are okay(ish). Hope to hear soon that she's completely well!
so glad your little girl is feeling better. so sorry you had to go through that!
take good care,
rpm
missed you. glad things are better.
so glad!
I cannot begin to imagine how difficult this experience was for you. I'm so glad to hear that your daughter is doing well now. Thinking of and praying for you and your family.
So glad to hear that Emilia is doing better...that was quite a worry you must be exhausted...
Very glad your daughter is well. And that I haven't missed much of your writing during a week when I was also out of the loop . . . . Did you find out what caused Emilia's illness?
Eva - we don`t know. the fear was that it was meningitis, which it turned out not to be, thankfully.
so, so glad it wasn't Something Awful. my heart was pounding as I read and I don't even -know- you. but that fear is something moms know.
I don't mean that as pretentiously as it sounds as I read back.
meh.
yes yes, glad about your daughter....
holy MARY MOTHER OF GOD ON A PONY!!! how did i miss the video of your son in a tutu dancing in his dancy thing??!! he's obviously happy. and will have no recollection of this aside from being happy, until you show it to his first grade class. that's where the damage would begin, i think.
but that's me. and i don't have any kids. and if/when i do... and if it's a boy? totally dressing him up in a tutu.
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