This week was a hard week. Elijah got sick on Sunday with a high fever. At around 7am, he started screaming “ouweee ouwweeee ouwweeee OUWEEEE!” and pointed to his stomach. It was really frightening and he still had a high fever. Our kids have hardly ever been sick like this where they hurt and we can’t tell what it is, so it was really freaking me out. It was also freaking Rowan out too so I had to yell up to Michael to come down and help. I gave Elijah some water, had some tylenol and he calmed down and went back to sleep. Rowan was ok so Michael took him to school and I took Elijah to the doctor whenever he got up. He wasn’t eating and was very lethargic.

The doctor checked him for strep but it came back negative. He said that there is no way to know if it is bacterial or viral, but since he is so lethargic, he should get antibiotics. So we got our prescription and left. It’s so weird to see him like this and not full of energy! We just missed a tram to go back home so instead of waiting 10 minutes, I figured we could just walk home. After a little bit, Elijah wanted to be carried. Ugh. So I put him on my back and we walked to the pharmacy. The pharmacy was out of antibiotics, but could deliver it in the afternoon to my house - cool! Elijah pretty much slept all day and was so out of it. Poor fella!

I didn’t understand the instructions for the antibiotic and was so confused as to why we got a weird spoon with powder. I thought it said to mix it with milk or water, which I did. But then I asked Riki about it and she said that you’re supposed to mix it with water in the bottle and then measure it from there. DOH! The next day, Elijah was up and around so that was a relief. I am so glad that Rowan could go to school because dealing with one was so much easier than two. Elijah is back to 100% now.

We also had speech therapy this week (it’s been 4 weeks since we last had one) and this time I asked Michael to come to and help. That was really what needed to happen. He stayed in the room with Elijah while I watched Rowan and Elijah started talking more and she said that she’s never seen him like that! There will be some changes to the routine because we can’t use the room that we normally use anymore, so I’m thinking to schedule two different appointments in the morning. While one is at school, I can take the other by myself and then that way I can be in the room and she can work with him. I’m starting to get really concerned since we haven’t been going regularly and you can really notice their speech delay when compared to the other kids at the kindergarten.

We had some really gorgeous weather last week (t-shirt weather!) and I thought spring was here, but nope, this week it was freezing cold! It even snowed a bit. We usually have one more big dump of snow before it really becomes spring, so I’m just waiting for that to happen and we can start going outside more.

Oh and Rowan can now spell his name. I was so proud of him the first time he did it!

Steve and De, our good friends here in Munich, are moving back to the states in a week or so. We are so sad to see them leave! We have really enjoyed hanging out with them and they were a really great resource for things to do with kids. I think the boys know something is going on because Rowan will say “Logan’s house” out of the blue every once in awhile. I don’t know when we’ll ever see them again…and that’s a sad thought! Steve will be back here a few times in the year, so we will probably see him again. We’re going to see them one last time before they leave this weekend. …sniff…