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March Snow

March 7, 2013 – 11:22 pm

This winter has not been kind to us in terms of sickness. Early December all five of us had a stomach virus (a nightmare). Early February, despite flu shots, we were all sick with something viral, which my doctor suspected was a mild case of the flu. And which, a week later, turned into pinkeye. […]

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This Week

February 3, 2013 – 11:31 pm

Last Sunday I spent much of the day in bed, writing. I had a 2,000-word article due first thing Monday morning. I also had a sore throat, runny nose and a terrible headache. Everything ached. I was exhausted. Monday morning, I rallied. I felt (a little) better. Andy went to work. I cleaned less than […]

By kara | Posted in All | Also tagged andy, bat, cold, couch, cough, flu, James, mailbox, milk, Owen, parenthood, reward, Sophie | Comments (1)

The Nutcracker

January 1, 2013 – 9:49 pm

I was 6 years old, the first time I saw The Nutcracker. I still have the program from the Cincinnati Ballet Company—I pull it out every Christmas. And I can I still remember the wonderment I felt when Mother Ginger lifted her enormous skirt and a dozen children danced out of it. So I don’t […]

By kara | Posted in All | Also tagged Aronoff Center for the Arts, ballet, christmas, Cincinnati Ballet, de la Dance Company, Nini, Sophie, The Nutcracker | Comments (1)

Worse

September 20, 2012 – 2:49 pm

I don’t know what’s worse. Using my legs and arms to pin Owen against myself, a nebulizer mask over his mouth and nose while he thrashes and screams, feeling him soften every few moments only to say, muffled and between sobs, “all done, Mommy, all done.” Or looking at the look James gives me at […]

By kara | Posted in All | Also tagged asthma, breathing, cold, doctor, James, nebulizer, Owen, parenthood, worry | Comments (2)

Pinkeye

May 20, 2012 – 9:24 pm

Somehow Sophie went from runny nose and cough to runny nose, cough, high fever and (a lot of) yellow gunk coming out of her eye. (This in addition to other runny noses, fevers and maybe-pinkeyes in the house right now.) Cue the Saturday evening call to the doctor and antibiotics prescribed over the phone. We […]

By kara | Posted in All | Also tagged eyes, parenthood, pinkeye, Sophie, worry | Comments (2)

The Middle-of-the-Night Cold

April 19, 2012 – 11:45 pm

Sophie is: wide awake at 10:53pm watching the all-hours Sprouts channel (so this is why they play children’s shows so late at night) in our bed sweaty but cold rubbing her always-watering eyes endlessly making awful sounds when she breathes. She calms, for a few moments, then sits up, a sobbing mess. She says: “My […]

By kara | Posted in All | Also tagged parenthood, sleep, Sophie, worry | Comments (2)
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