Av sick and J in London-I survived!!!!!

On Thursday on vacation we were standing in line waiting to go into the pool and it was about a million degrees out and all the sudden Av threw up. It was very weird. It was just a banana I had made her eat (she gets very cranky when she does not eat. We have this problem a lot. We make her eat and things are fine. She was getting cranky so I made her eat.) She was fine afterwards. No fever and she didn’t want to skip the pool. So we went in. She acted pretty normal. Little lower on the energy but it was hot and she had not eaten much and we had a big week so we just thought she was tired. We went home and napped that day. She had been coughing kind of a lot all week so I also thought it was just from mucus. The rest of the week went on good but it just seemed she had less and less energy. We sat in the car all day Sat so I thought that would be good rest for her and she would be better Sunday. Sunday was much the same. Very low energy, coughing but in and out seemed fine. She threw up again on Sunday afternoon so we stayed home from a bday party we had. Monday I had my ultrasound and a babysitter came to watch the girls (John left for London on Sunday). Av woke up pretty good and was fine for the sitter. We went to the pool after that but she was going down hill energy wise. She had taken another 2+ hour nap on Sunday and then took one on Monday. At that point I decided something had to be up. She never naps that many days in a row anymore. Took her to the doctor Monday afternoon and she had a sinus infection. Finally a reason why and a solution and she would be better soon!!! Tuesday she went to school and did pretty okay. Cried when I left but hung in there for the day. I knew they had naptime and I kept thinking after all this sleep any minute she would be better. Wednesday she was still horrible. So low energy and soooooo whiney. I had my worst parenting day ever. Both of them were horrible. Av fought all day with me about what she was eating. She would not drink the water I knew she needed. Or eat anything good for her without a huge fight. Camille was just in a mood and bit Av 3 times. Mostly for no reason. At one point I had had it and pretended to call a babysitter over. Then all the sudden like a light switch at the 48-hour mark of being on the meds she turned herself around. She became my sweet little Avery again! It’s so nice to have her back. We had many very loud discussions yesterday and I was so happy today when she got up and instead of like yesterday demanding her bagel from me and then screaming at me when I could not get it right away she said, “may I please have my bagel now?” Then after Camille took something of hers she used her words and said, “sissy can I have that back?” instead of just taking it which always leads to her getting bit. I had to help Camille a little giving it back to her but she is actually pretty good at giving people stuff when they ask. Some of our talks set in yesterday. Guess it was not all for nothing.