On the downhill...we hope!

For all of you wonderful sympathetic friends and family (sympathy is almost as good as healing!)...
...Asher was fully himself today. Still speckled, but the hives mostly looked like they were on the wane rather than new and angry like yesterday. Some of the hive patches from yesterday were so severe that he was bruised this morning! He was happy today, and that was a major relief because...

...Owen had a very rough day. He threw up a couple times (3rd day!) and just laid around and was irritable and moaning most of the day. Poor guy. He tolerated apple flavor pedialyte a lot better than grape; wish I'd tried that earlier! He wanted supper even though he didn't eat much once I got some bland choices in front of him...but the presence of appetite was marked improvement, so I hope he's on the downhill of this!

...Reuel is better already and my cold seems to be letting up surprisingly early.

Hallelujah! Just a couple weeks back I was kind of in a rut of disgruntlement about feeling like all I ever do is run a hamster wheel...clean, cook, bath, bed, laundry, and repeat. My attitude has been checked and I am now ready to return with gratefulness to the ordinary. Ordinary is quite spectacular, really! Trials are a gift, recognized only in hindsight :) And I do know this wasn't the biggest trial in the world. I'm a complainer :P

I just so happened to remember that I had a little Playmobil set stowed away from Christmas...when we discovered there were a few too many purchases for Owen and held it back for a rainy day. Yay! The kids had a blast with the tiny pieces of a workshop set, pretending with the tools, setting up the workbench, and it really turned Owen's attitude around for a little while. After I don't know how many solid days in the house now, a little something new was awesome.

Thanks for thinking of and praying for us!