No matter how careful we had been, separating plays/bath and washing hands often, we still were not able to avoid spreading the germs in the family.  Over the weekend, Stuart, Logan and I started coughing too, now the four of us have the same nasty cough.  But the saddest thing was on Sunday when Logan woke up after nap, he cried and called my name.  I went to hug him, and discovered that he was burning hot; he had a fever.  That night his cough got worse, coughing a lot shortly after he fell asleep.  I ended up laying down with him to prop him up on me; his cough then calmed down and he was able to return to sleep. 

     Connor was finally well enough to go to school today, but unfortunately it was Logan’s turn to stay home.  Logan was still coughing quite a lot and had some runny nose.  He remained having a low grade fever earlier today, therefore, we decided that Logan would not be going to school again tomorrow and would have to miss the 2nd field trip (to watch the Peter Piper).  I was supposed to be a parent chaperone, so I called the school today so they could find an alternate parent.  How disappointing!  Tonight, Logan was still coughing a lot at bedtime, and it almost sounded like some wheezing.  We tried nose spray and suction but they did not help; Stuart finally took Logan into the steaming bathroom to sit for awhile.  The cough finally stopped and Logan could then fall asleep.

     This was the probably the worse time for my dad to visit us during the transition from Hong Kong to New Mexico.  We did not do much with him as the kids have been sick, and we had our kids kept some distance to avoid getting my dad sick too.  Fortunately, the rest my dad received here allowed him dealing with the jetlag extremely well.  He will be flying home to New Mexico tomorrow.

     In the midst of all these illnesses, we celebrated my birthday today at home.  The kids enjoyed singing the birthday song to me.  Logan loved the ice cream cake as expected, and Connor did not care to even take a bite.  With this week of madness in mind, I wished for the one thing as I blew out my candle.