sick days

What a week, or should I say few weeks!

The weekend away and wedding was wonderful. I wish we could have stayed a bit longer... It was so great being out of town for a few days. Unfortunately there was not really much time for relaxing, but we enjoyed the time there nonetheless.

So a bit of a health update... I am definitely improving, and I must add that it has been by far the longest few weeks of my life! I have some movement back in my mouth, although my smile is still completely lopsided. My speech has improved, but I still slur my words at night when I am tired. Some movement has returned in my cheek to - just slight, and it mainly twitches when I try to move it. My eye is basically shutting at night now, but still not blinking 100%, so I am still suffering a bit of dryness during the day. But I am so relieved! After seeing a few more doctors and having some blood tests done, it was established I never had mumps. The parotid gland swelling finally started going down at the end of last week. This has not yet fully recovered either.

And then yesterday I get the call that my boy is running a fever and not eating. When I collected him soon after they had tried feeding him more but he did not keep anything down. Back to the doctor we went (I think we need a frequent visitor card now or something!). I stayed home with him yesterday, and he seems much better today.