Batteling Diseases

The week after we got home from California Ethan caught the Hand, Foot, Mouth Disease from school.  He actually probably caught it the first day back, but it took about a week to incubate.

I'm glad to say that the disease has finally left the house, but IT WAS A BAD ONE!

 Ethan broke out with a severe sore throat, full of puss-filled sores, than it branched to his chin, his feet, and his hands.  All of this one top of a fever and a double-ear infection.  POOR KID!

Ethan didn't eat anything for about a week, he just wanted a bottle of milk.  He would try to eat a banana, but take a few bites and then start crying because it would hurt so much to swallow.  Often he would leave his tongue out of his mouth, because that would help to ease some of his pain.
He spent a full week out of school, and laid up on the fold-out couch.  He watched just about every cartoon known-to-man, as well as the full line-up of kids' movies in our DVD collection.  Chris mostly stayed home with him, and eventually Chris got sick as well.  Luckily Chris didn't get the full-blown Hand, Foot, Mouth Disease...only a version of it.  The severe sore throat complete with the puss-filled sores all the way down his throat, and a fever.  Then Chris was laid-up on the fold out couch watching every sports show known-to-man.

Needless to say, our poor boys have been very sick since our California return.  Chis just went to the doctor yesterday and got cleared to go back to work (Feb 1...we returned Jan. 6th...an entire month!)

Its been a rough return back home, but sadly, all too typical of Kodiak.  And, even as I write this, I stayed home from work this morning because I too have caught some sort of bug.  :(