The bug lives here

Nolan with the flu bug



First and foremost, I appologize for neglecting our blog this past month. We have had a busy month, more so than usual. I had picked up several shifts at the hospital and even then, staffing was constantly calling me for more shifts. The nursing shortage is in full swing.

Nolan was hit hard with the stomach flu. He was sick for 10 days. We spent a few hours one night in the emergency, fortunately we didn't have to stay overnight. Pedialyte became Nolan's only source of diet. It was scary to see how much weight he lost and so fast. He weighed in at just under 16 pounds- He lost almost 3 pounds. Fortuanetly, the weight didn't stay off for long, within a week... Nolan was back to his pudgy self. It was not a week later, when I got the flu, then Keith and now... Nolan is suffering with a sinus cold. Geeze, with Nolan now in the dayhome, it seems as he is always coming around with some sort of bug.

We have just come out of the deep freeze. Alberta has been below seasonal temperatures, and we have experienced severely cold winds. Last week it was -52 with the windchill... our poor subaru didn't fare so well (and died in the parkade). Fortunately, this week we've actaully hit -10 and were hit last night with a blizzard. I am ready for spring, however, I think we're in for at least 2 more months of winter :(

Here are a few pictures of Nolan...