James is getting progressively better, and should be home in a day or so. I, too, have also made a huge improvement and even ate solid food today. Michelle has still been good, but not quite so good as yesterday. I think she realized I’m feeling better and so decided to push her frontiers a bit more. Or perhaps it was something else…
After successfully negotiating (and retaining) a solid brunch, I decided I’d best go visit James and Irene at the hospital. James still had that sick child look but he was obviously feeling much better. He is off oxygen and the IV. He’s keeping solid food down, and lots of it. He’s also none too happy about being locked up in a metal crib with monitors tied to him. That’s unpleasant for him (and I’m sure for Irene, too) but a good sign.
I made an unfortunately lunch choice at the hospital and, combined with driving home in a very hot car, set me to a bit of relapse, but I recovered after rest and even had some dinner.
Michelle wanted to go to bed, and, being no one else in the house, wanted to sleep in Irene’s an my room. I wasn’t ready for bed and stayed up, feeling somewhat ill at ease. Was something wrong?
When I went to bed, I felt the same way. The house was empty and foreboding and I had a difficult time getting to sleep. I finally got to sleep around 11:30.
I awoke at 12:10 to the sound of Michelle screaming. She was incoherent and couldn’t tell me what was wrong, but finally asked for water. When I handed her the glass she pushed it away and started to vomit. I just barely managed to get her to the bathroom before it all broke loose.
She did her business, stood there and cried for a few minutes, then washed up, told me she was “OK” and crawled back into bed.
Just after 1:00 the scene repeated itself. (I’ll spare you the photograph, but I can tell you that she had blueberries at dinner, and it’s not a pleasant sight.)
She was fast asleep again before I finished cleaning up the horror that was the bathroom, and now I’m quite wide awake, waiting for the next scream.
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