Sick!

So, this week was the first week back at school and I was happy because my schedule this semester is condensed into two days. I teach and take all my classes on Monday and Wednesday. This leaves me the other days to get all my work done for said classes and attend meetings, fret about being a new doctoral student, etc. Unless, of course, I were to get sick . . . that would leave none of the days for doing anything other than being in the bathroom and worrying about having to go to the ER.

Sigh. Yes, from Wednesday night on I was sick, sick, sick. I didn't realize I was sick (versus just worn down, a common feature of pregnancy) for sure until Thursday afternoon. At that point the intestinal flu set in and I was a goner. I am not good with the intestinal stuff. I'm really more of a throwing up girl, so this really threw me for a loop. Because the risk of dehydration is more dangerous when you are pregnant, I was very concerned. Friday night I came a hair's breadth away from waking up Trevor and going to the Emergency Room to get an IV. But Saturday morning I felt a little bit better and with the addition of the highly disgusting pediatric rehydration drink (otherwise known as grape flavored sugar) I appear to have survived. Whew. Unfortunately, in a mere 3 days another 2 1/2 pounds of my baby weight is gone so I will be working hard this week to rehydrate and get the pounds back on.

Less than 3 weeks til the sonogram. :-)