New Year Plans vs. Reality

Well, our New Year's eve was quite eventful. Not in the way we had wanted it to be. Our plan was to spend the day at home nibbling on finger foods and watching movies before the ball dropped. What actually happened was far different. I woke up at about 1:30 am as one of our kids was feeling nauseated and wanted some meds. As I was getting back into bed I realized that I also felt sick to my stomach and sure enough a half hour later I was in the bathroom. I'll leave out the fun details but needless to say I could not keep anything down and was feeling very sick. I spent the entire day attempting to keep down liquids which was very difficult as I wanted to guzzle something as I was dehydrated. I spoke to the triag nurse at my doctor's office several times and she informed me to be highly aware of any contactions as sickness like this at 35 1/2 weeks can induce labor. THAT IS NOT SOMETHING I WANTED TO HEAR. Since I have never had kids before, I had to ask what a contaction feels like and how she described it did not help. I may have felt a couple during the day but I'm not sure. We decided at about 6:30 to go the emergency room and got me hooked up to some IV fluids (as I was still unable to keep anything down - no worries, Samuel is still in the belly safe and warm). My temp. at that point had gotten up to 101.7 and I was feeling less nauseated but very tired. I slept through most of the IV stuff although the bed was killing my back as there was very little support for my growing baby bump. Poor Sam. I was so concerned that he was not getting what he needed. My dad reminded me that he gets first dibs on anything he needs and I get the left overs, which at this point was little to nothing. After the fluids, my temp was back to normal and I was ready to sleep. We got home by 10 (a super quick trip to the ER, I believe due to the fact that I was pregnant). Michael woke me to watch the ball drop and then I was back in bed. Michael and one of the kids made the finger foods and all the kids enjoyed eating them. Yesterday I was mostly tired and Michael let me sleep/rest most of the day. Sadly, this morning I woke up at about 5:30 to Michael doing the same thing I did hte other night. He has been in bed all day not feeling well. I am taking care of him and hoping and praying that he can sleep through most of the day. Unfortunately about an hour ago one of the kids told me that she was feeling sick to her stomach as well. She is now in her room resting and hopefully will be feeling better soon but I have a feeling it is going to take about a day. My prayer is that this stomach bug will leave our house soon as it seems to be going around and around. Hopefully our next update will include some good news concerning a healthy family. In the mean time, we appreciate your prayers for patience and healing. Thank you.