Sentences and Lice ... Yikes!

Our pediatrician and CF Clinic have not received their swine flu vaccines in yet. So, we're still waiting. I feel apprehensive about giving them the vaccine because of all the concerns of safety over them. I know I'll have a sense of peace after we get these vaccines over with.



Both of the children have begun writing sentences in school! It's very exciting seeing how far they have already come. They are reading small, short books as well.

And, finally: lice. I think Azer is the one who got them first, somehow, from somewhere. I don't know if I'll ever figure out the source, but I suspect it comes from school somewhere. I pulled quite a few bugs out of him, and only a few out of Reema. Just in case anybody wants to know, I used coconut oil. After leaving it on their heads for a few minutes, I brushed my hand through their hair, and found dead lice on my hand. That's how easy it was. Note that I did comb through tediously for a long time. And I am still combing through daily. It's been a week now, and I haven't found any lice, dead or alive (knock on wood). Dang bugs. I feel like a monkey combing and picking through their hair. Only I don't get to eat them.

6 Years Old!

Happy Birthday Azer!

Now We Are Six

Author: A.A. Milne

When I was one,
I had just begun.
When I was two,
I was nearly new.
When I was three,
I was hardly me.
When I was four,
I was not much more.
When I was five,
I was just alive.
But now I am six,
I'm as clever as clever.
So I think I'll be six
now and forever.

Forever is fine with me.

Here is the earliest pictures of both of the kiddos together.

*Cough*

It was bound to happen. Azer said about 4 of his classmates were absent from being sick, and two of them said they had the flu.



Reema came down with it first, feeling nauseous and feverish. She was out of school for a day, the next day she felt better, but come the weekend, they were both suffering from fevers, headaches, and just feeling overall miserable. If they fight and argue a lot feeling great, imagine how lovely they were to each other when they felt terrible? Felt like calling Dr. Phil.

To my relief, they both got their flu shots last week. Reema cried (screamed) like someone was coming in to kill her. She even cried the next morning worrying about any other shots that might be planned for the future. It's mildly humorous, but I'm not going to tell her that.

Azer seemed slightly dehydrated through the feverish weekend. He had no respiratory symptoms at the onset of this, but his cough started to get wet yesterday. The doctor prescribed a general antibiotic to offset any infection that might try to stick around in his lungs. I'll be sending Azer to school with a good supply of Gatorade (although I actually feel like going to school with him and doing treatments every half an hour, and pour Gatorade down his throat like there is no tomorrow).

I'm not worrying.