A week ago today.......

Here was Maddy a week ago today. She was so sick and threw up all day long. I was a little concerned that we would not be able to make our MN trip, but she was better by Monday night and we were able to go ---- I'll have to say that now that she is older, it is so much easier when she is sick. She knows to just sit/lay around and can also throw up into a bowl instead of all over the floor ;-) She can tell me what is wrong.....It is also harder in some ways to see her sick now as I know she is hurting and she is telling me this as she is throwing up. It is so hard when there isn't much you can do to fix it. I guess her ability to communicate the pain makes it more 'real' for us and no parent wants their child to hurt. It makes me wonder what some parents have to go through who have kids with very serious illnesses and there is not much they can do to help. What an awful feeling. I need to be more appreciative and thankful for the health of our children each and every day as it truly is a gift.