It's now been over a week since my last blog and what a week it has been. Since I last blogged I have learned that it was not food poisoning as I had thought but a virus that has now run through the Davidson household. I was sick starting Wednesday morning at 1:00 AM and lasted until mid-morning. I started to feel better on Thursday although was still pretty week. Next came Ada. At around 1:00 AM on Saturday morning she got the virus as well and was vomiting etc all night. She was a trooper and bounced back really well. The wonders of youth. I felt horrible knowing that it was I who had brought this horrific virus with me. I awoke in the wee hours of the following Wednesday morning (I was scheduled to leave for home that day) again around 1:00 AM to find that now Julie was sick. It was absolutely horrendous as she had to nurse the baby every 2 to 3 hours and was vomiting and was violently sick as well. What a nightmare. I immediately knew that I had to cancel my flight to stay and help with the babies as well as Julie. Tate had been up all night as well yet needed to get to work. I took care of everything from 4:00 am on and it was incredibly difficult. The baby was hungry and Julie would try to nurse while practically asleep but her milk supplies were low due to her dehydration. I tried to feed the baby some formula however she had never used a bottle and was not happy. I did manage to get some down and it was enough to top her off for awhile so she and Julie could sleep. Julie spent the entire day in bed and I ran around like crazy taking care of everyone. All in all, it went pretty smoothly and we managed to get through it although I never want to go through anything like that again. I was now scheduled to return home Friday and although it was touch and go for awhile, I was able to leave them knowing that they were through the worst of it. Fortunately Tate never got sick so that was a blessing. I'm beginning to think it is a girl thing.
I arrived back home last night and practically cried I was so happy to be back. Thank God Frank is so helpful and not helpless at home. I returned to a clean house and no surprises or messes. It was probably neater or at least as neat as when I left. Chico was soooo HAPPY to see me as well and he was beside himself. He kept jumping up in my lap and kissing me over and over. He finally has gotten back to a normal quiet life of being grateful that is pack is back in tack!!!
I never did end up running the 1/2 marathon last week. Good thing. I did get out for a run but was still feeling run down after being sick. I ended up running twice while there so I was disappointed with that and am further behind in my comeback than I could have imagined. I did notice that my butt was rearing it's ugly head after my 10 mile run so that may be too much to try to do until I rebuild my stamina. I have to rethink my goals!
Today I'm still pretty tired so I decided to allow my body to recover one more day. It's just good to be home and to get back to some normalcy. Maybe I'll try to swim this afternoon just to do something. I am running tomorrow with two beginners at the reservoir. I hope I can keep up with them! We'll be doing a couple of loops around the lake and then I hope to be able to run another loop or two after that on my own. I think I'll shoot for about 8 miles and will build gradually from there. How many times do I "begin again?". Oh well, it is what it is.
This week will be about catch up as I had to cancel several appointments last week. I need to be sure to pace myself and allow time for my workouts. Slow and steady is my motto. Gotta Run!
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