How not to spend December
December, in terms of health, was not a very good month.
As many of you are aware, Nate was in the hospital from the 5th through the 7th due to dehydration from a viral infection. I was sick with the same virus at the same time and 
helloheather was left to deal with the both of us. Unlike Nate though, I did not feel recovered until the 12th or 13th.
A few days after Nate came home from the hospital, helloheather contracted a nasty cough, aches, and general illness. She was feeling better by weeks end but still had the cough. By the 23rd I was sick and the 24th Nate was sick. It wasn't until the 29th that all three of us finally were prescribed some antibiotics. Unfortunately for me, the possible side-effect of "headaches" has been a reality and something that tylenol and advil /together/ have been only able to reduce but not eliminate.
In the mean time, we missed out on all Christmas activities on the 25th. We had to cancel Christmas morning with my parents, the afternoon with my grandmother (who has since gone into the hospital with double pneumonia), and the evening with helloheather's dad's side of the family (all the cousins). And I was so sick on the 24th and 26th that I am not sure how I made it through.
Yet again, the week was spent with helloheather tending to two sick people in the house. Oh and, like during our last illness, we had house guests and at least one of them also became sick.
helloheather is, rightfully so, very frustrated with how December went. We have been sick since December 3rd. We had to cancel time with family, she worried herself silly with caring for the both of us, and quite frankly the continual coughing, nose-blowing, body-aches, etc has been just about too much.
My plans to finish the tile in the bathroom, go sledding with Nate, work on my photography, visit people, and everything else were all forced aside. But really, this pales in comparison to what helloheather has had to go through. I'm really not certain how she has stayed sane. But I'm sure glad she has.
I really hope January turns out to be a little better than December.
edit/update: I messed some of the dates up. Corrections made.