When Ephram was 3 weeks old, Charlie developed a nasty runny nose. Then Andy caught it and about two days after the initial symptoms, Andy started running a fever over 102. Then I got worried because I did not want Ephram to catch something with a high fever potential when he was still fighting his way toward 7 pounds. So we went to the doctor and found out it was bronchitis. Not fun for Andy, but also not contagious. Andy promptly went on antibiotics and as Ephram entered his fourth week, was able to start helping out a little bit again. Just in time for Ephram to get sick too. Thank heaven he didn't develop a fever above 100, but he did have the sniffles and goopy eyes for the whole week. He also showed me that he is an excellent sneezer and cougher... at least I know he is capable of moving congestion through his body on his own.
The week was a rough one. The pictures are not great or plentiful... but here you go. :)
While Andy was running his fever, I ran a 3 day marathon with about an hour of sleep each day. It is not easy to take care of a recovering 4 year old, a newborn that eats every 1.5-2 hours and a sick husband. All while I was crossing my fingers that my fatigue didn't wear my immune system down so much that I would get sick too. I hope never to relive that experience. So when Andy was finally better, I couldn't hand Ephram over fast enough. This is what they spent most of their time doing...
And this is how Ephram looked for most of the week. Poor guy...
Although he did show us his first social smiles between the tears. I never caught one on camera... but here is a sleeping smile that is kind of close.
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