Scratch That

Scratch all that "I feel good" stuff.

I've had a nasty virus all week - starting with stomach problems, followed by a very bad cold and a chest infection. I'm only just starting to recover and now the Little Dude has the same virus. He frightened me yesterday by refusing to eat or drink and burning up a high temperature. Apparently, he now also has a middle ear infection.

I spend almost all my time with the Little Dude lying on my lap, very listless, and refusing even to let me get up to have a shower or make a meal. I feel crap, the Little Dude feels crap, and the house looks like crap, too.

And now the Big Dude, who has soldiered on heroically for more than a week, tells me he feels a crash in health coming on...