First sickness

Last week was my first full week back to work, and it was quite a week. On Monday, I was late to work because I forgot to bring milk to daycare for Regan. Also, my (borrowed) pump broke and I had to go buy a new one, take it home, wash and sterilize everything and pump in the middle of the day. On Tuesday, I was late to a meeting because I was pumping, then late to training after that. Then I had to leave training early to pick up Regan and come back to finish with a crying baby in my arms. On Wednesday, Regan started getting sick so I had to go pick her up at about 3:30. On Thursday and Friday, she was still sick so I had to stay home with her. I got a little work done at home, but still... On Saturday morning she was worse and her wheezy breathing was getting scary, so we took her to the ER. We weren't there very long, and they ruled out all the scary stuff like pneumonia and bronchitis. She did have RSV though, which is basically like a super-cold but can get worse, especially in young infants. They gave her some medicine to help her breathe that contained steroids, which made her wired and impossible to get to sleep. It has been like having a newborn all over again for a few nights. Her longest stretch of sleep was 4 hours. She's been getting better and better since then though. It was a 3-day weekend, thank goodness, and she's ready to go back to daycare tomorrow.

I never really believed people who said that work was a break from being at home, but at least this week, it has been true. Oh, and Paul caught Regan's cold yesterday, so my holiday was soothing a sick, crying baby and trying to get her to take a bottle again after several days without one, cleaning up, making meals, grocery shopping, etc.

Sorry, I think I'm just whining now.

Anyway, my boss has been amazing. I felt so guilty about missing work, but not because of anything she did or said. I'm really hoping that we'll have a nice, smooth week this week and I can make it up to her. If everyone is feeling better next weekend, and we can finagle a babysitter, I think a movie with friends is in order. Crossing my fingers.