Ellie and Deb spent the night in the hospital last night. She caught a cold from Augie (he was apparently proud of this-- when Deb was telling someone on the phone that she had a cold he yelled "She got it from me!") Her cough got worse and eventually, 5 days into it, her breathing was bad enough that we brought her into the ER (because it was Sunday). Her oxygen saturation bottomed out at 89% so they admitted her. She did great overnight and was discharged in the morning. She's currently noiselessly asleep in her crib and her cough is all but gone. It was definitely worst for Deb, who had to go through the ordeal without a baby's lack of awareness.
To simplify things, we let Augie stay home from school today with Joe (I said "no school today, Augie" as he came down the stairs this morning and he gasped and exclaimed "I'm excited!"). Augie drew a picture of Jupiter, Mars, and Earth (labeled by Joe) which are close enough to scale to make me beam with pride. And then Joe asked Augie what he'd like to thank his Mommy and Daddy for. He wrote Augie's answers down on the paper. Please note, I cannot count the number of times I have told Augie that he is definitely NOT allowed to touch my noots.
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