So my sister was right

Monday morning comes around and Zoe had a rough night going to sleep (this never happens) and then she slept in until 8:30! (this never happens) I was talking to my sister on the phone at the time (cuz my girl slept in! I have time to chit chat!) and she asked if Zoe was sick. I said "oooooohhh no, she isn't. What do you mean?". She told me that any time her kids uncharacteristically slept long they came down with something. Uhhhhhhhh nope, that wasn't Zoe. She was just sleeping late. OR SO I THOUGHT.

Enter "Hardest Week of Being a Mommy Yet"

Well, she went to daycare that day and was just plain lethargic. Then, had another rough night and woke up with her tongue sticking out of her mouth. Yes, bizarre symptom. I felt like an idiot phoning the health hotline with the symptom of "well, she's just kinda sticking her tongue out a bit".

What followed was a trip to the Princess Margaret Hospital for Children Who Don't Feel Well, then a completely ulcer-covered tongue and a kid in pain for about 4 days. She had Hand Foot and Mouth disease (HFM). She just cried and wanted to be held the whole time. 4 days man. She wouldn't eat. She wouldn't take the tongue-numbing medication. She just cried. FOR 4 DAYS. Luckily she would drink milk all day - at least she didn't get dehydrated. This made it a very hard week because she wouldn't let me touch Cole, and well, being a 3 month old, he has some pretty basic needs I have to attend to.

But, I survived (yes, and so did she).

On the google sites, it says that HFM is a "mild" disease. Mild? MILD! M.I.L.D.??? Uh, because you don't die from it? I don't think it's mild, you google jerks.

I'm glad we immunized for chicken pox because if my kids ever got that I think I would douse myself in gasoline, jump off a cliff, and light a cigarette. DuMaurier ultra light king size. (man, that still rolls of the tongue easily from my smoking days).
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