Joey Fordcopyright protection158ＰＥＮＡＮＡec4RZbWyP2
October 24, 2016copyright protection158ＰＥＮＡＮＡQmEky8zv01
Week 9: Journal 1copyright protection158ＰＥＮＡＮＡNckmtduKjQ
Oh man, what a weekend.copyright protection158ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0y34p2fmB4
Let's start with Friday right as I picked up Bunny. Bunny thankfully wasn't extremely sleepy anymore, but she told me her tummy was feeling weird. I was thinking maybe she had a little too much during Pizza Day, but then I remembered this was only first grade, where she more than likely wasn't allowed to get more than one helping of pizza (I would always get at least three helpings of steak fingers in high school, I freaking love steak fingers). I just assumed she would feel better by the end of the day.copyright protection158ＰＥＮＡＮＡpsr3MZbmuc
After me and Bunny gave each other kisses and nuzzled our noses a little bit (yeah, we do that a lot), she had a little something to show me. She had made another drawing of the two of us holding hands. But that wasn't all. Bunny had some love messages for me written on the drawing. And what do you, she spelled everything correctly.copyright protection158ＰＥＮＡＮＡnipIFSV9Cf
"Daddy, I love you so much."copyright protection158ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0CO3He6WAI
"You make me feel happy everyday."copyright protection158ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Zas3WsfiX
"You are my sunshine."copyright protection158ＰＥＮＡＮＡrGfRpVJl5m
"You are as soft as a flower."copyright protection158ＰＥＮＡＮＡB6ZpaGDgDe
"You are my giant teddy bear."copyright protection158ＰＥＮＡＮＡZEe97i6Axp
"I love you more than a million hamburgers." (Even when she's being sweet she has to throw in a goofy little remark)copyright protection158ＰＥＮＡＮＡxY6NPvIzRO
"Thank you for all the hugs and kisses you give me."copyright protection158ＰＥＮＡＮＡWsUVS4Cwlf
"I love it when you tickle me."copyright protection158ＰＥＮＡＮＡLkU0u2iACP
"You are my handsome prince."copyright protection158ＰＥＮＡＮＡ09N6XDCFdu
"You are the best daddy in the whole world."copyright protection158ＰＥＮＡＮＡu9Xo4PsHmN
Of course, I just had to give my little princess an extra hug and kiss for that. Thank you so much, Sweetie. Daddy loves you, too.copyright protection158ＰＥＮＡＮＡW78R7CTpdw
Even though Bunny was feeling a little sick, she still went out of her way to be a little goofball on the ride over to the Bloomfields. She started shaking her head back and forth and moving around with her eyes closed as if she were dancing to upbeat music. The song I had on was Cancer by Twenty One Pilots, which isn't exactly an upbeat song. Bunny was dancing around as if that Whip/Nae Nae crap was playing.copyright protection158ＰＥＮＡＮＡedG2kDGWjT
Me: "Are you dancing back there?"copyright protection158ＰＥＮＡＮＡrN2ob7dEOA
Bunny (without opening her eyes): "Yeah!"copyright protection158ＰＥＮＡＮＡsLHACPdweq
Me: "Is this song one that you should dance to?"copyright protection158ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2tEIwZmdVF
Bunny: "I'm not listening to the song! I'm dancing because I want to!"copyright protection158ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ns9LEgYi5
Ha ha ha.copyright protection158ＰＥＮＡＮＡyLQglt5zZk
Then at one point, Bunny looked up in the air and stuck out her tongue. She started wiggling her tongue as if she were licking something.copyright protection158ＰＥＮＡＮＡ02OELlD7yz
Me: "Now what are you doing?"copyright protection158ＰＥＮＡＮＡMFWfOIT5Hc
Bunny: "Tasting the clouds."copyright protection158ＰＥＮＡＮＡagY1wjuCTu
Me: "Tasting the clouds?"copyright protection158ＰＥＮＡＮＡWTwLyi6cpE
Bunny: "Yeah, they taste like hot fudge sundaes."copyright protection158ＰＥＮＡＮＡMcjJs8rmd8
Me (confused): "Hot fudge sundaes?"copyright protection158ＰＥＮＡＮＡzooxpVRTxK
Bunny: "Yeah." (Suddenly starts shaking head and acting grossed out) "Blegh! Now they taste like rotten broccoli! Ewww!" (Starts pretending to spit everything out)copyright protection158ＰＥＮＡＮＡnuEUgcdmpD
I don't know.copyright protection158ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1bQlUitmEH
Dropping Bunny off and saying bye went the same as it did everyday. Bunny was feeling a little sick, but she was at least running upstairs happily with Kaitlyn like she normally did.copyright protection158ＰＥＮＡＮＡve5ULuPCon
But then I got home later.copyright protection158ＰＥＮＡＮＡnMS1H9dUvD
When I arrived to pick Bunny up, Crystal told me that Bunny had started to feel worse by dinner and had hardly eaten anything. By the time she had her bath, she was feeling even worse. She said that Bunny went to bed much earlier than usual and kept on saying her stomach hurt. Crystal had already checked Bunny's temperature and it was over a hundred. Yep, my poor little Bunny was sick.copyright protection158ＰＥＮＡＮＡxxOnTJFn6k
Bunny was also clutching me pretty tightly as I carried her to the car. She obviously had been wanting me all night.copyright protection158ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ByavkFlW3
I put her to bed and gave her a large kiss. I was really hoping she would feel slightly better by the morning. I had hoped that maybe it was something she could sleep off. I was totally wrong.copyright protection158ＰＥＮＡＮＡJjQCkxLyrh
At around three in the morning, Bunny shook me awake. She was crying. I asked her what was wrong and she told me that she just threw up. Oh no...copyright protection158ＰＥＮＡＮＡbZO0mIJ25P
Yeah, she had puked on her bed. I had to throw all her sheets in the washer immediately. Some of the puke had also gotten on her pajamas, but not bad enough that I needed to throw them in the washer too. I just wiped her off with a wet napkin. I spent about five minutes comforting Bunny and telling her everything was going to be okay and then I grabbed some blankets for her to sleep with for the rest of the night. Then I gave her another giant hug and kiss.copyright protection158ＰＥＮＡＮＡn9rWkWgZid
I really wanted to stay there by her side for the rest of the night, but I ended up walking back to my room and falling asleep. When I'm extremely tired, I tend to be a totally selfish idiot by nature. Anyway, I was supposed to wake up in less than two hours to get ready for work and drop Bunny off at the Bloomfields, but I refused to go to work while my daughter was this sick. So I made up my mind that I would give Starbucks a call when my alarm went off and explain the situation. Thankfully, I already knew that Ruth wasn't working in the morning.copyright protection158ＰＥＮＡＮＡ31wTDRqpqS
And thank the Lord, Mike was perfectly fine with giving me the day off. Normally I would be totally relieved to get a day off (especially on a weekend), but I was thinking way more about my Bunny. I really, really wanted to get her to a doctor as soon as possible. Thankfully, the nearest pediatric clinic in town did walk-ins on weekends, but they didn't open until eight. I started wishing I could control time and make that stupid clock move faster. Yeah, when your child is sick, it makes you really worried. Especially when it happens in the middle of the night.copyright protection158ＰＥＮＡＮＡGCRvCedmhi
After I got off the phone with Mike, Bunny threw up again. This time all over herself. I now had to throw her pajamas in the washer and give her a bath. Bunny was crying all throughout her bath and stayed really upset up until we left to go to the doctors. I gave her about a million hugs and kisses that morning.copyright protection158ＰＥＮＡＮＡcEsDBMARMS
In the end, Bunny had gotten a stomach flu. The pediatrician told me to make sure she takes a sip of water every few minutes and to keep things around the house as clean as possible to not infect anything. So me and Bunny ended up spending the entire day sitting in the living room watching Netflix cartoons while I gave her a sip of water every few minutes. I also made sure to give her plenty of more kisses.copyright protection158ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4PUBJysaXT
Bunny hardly spoke for most of the day. I was desperate for this stupid sickness to go away so that I could get my happy, goofy, little Bunny back. I really, really hate it when she gets sick. copyright protection158ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3DvU979mtq
Bunny only ate applesauce and crackers for dinner that night, as recommended by the pediatrician. She didn't throw up again for the rest for the day (thank God), although she did have some pretty bad diarrhea. Thankfully that didn't up anywhere other than the toilet.copyright protection158ＰＥＮＡＮＡEF56jGTTyG
Bunny was in bed at her normal time. I still read her a bedtime story (another library book, the Hallowiener, oh man if only she hadn't been sick, we probably would've had fun with this one together), but she still hardly spoke. All she did was nod every so often and say small things like "cool" or "okay." BEGONE YOU STUPID FLU, GIVE ME BACK MY BUNNY!! copyright protection158ＰＥＮＡＮＡMDwHeffHqd
Yeah, it's really hard to feel happy about getting the day off when I can't really spend time with my little girl. Well, at least I get to be home with her all day. copyright protection158ＰＥＮＡＮＡAtQ6oZdxmH
So Saturday was pretty much nothing but taking care of Bunny while she was sick. Sunday morning we ended up missing church because Bunny was still feeling a little sick. There was still a little more diarrhea, but thankfully there was no more vomit the rest of the weekend. By the afternoon, Bunny was already beginning to feel better. Not only was she smiling her beautiful little smile again, but she was slowly becoming her goofy little self again. At one point she sat upside down on the couch with her feet on the wall and started singing Katy Perry's Roar song pretty loudly. I actually recorded this and put it on Facebook. I captioned it: "I think she's starting to feel better."copyright protection158ＰＥＮＡＮＡY0n47GL1Aj
Sunday night after her bath pretty much confirmed that Bunny was better. As soon as Bunny got out of the bath, she wanted to have a tickle fight. And she was just as happy, full of energy and laughing like a little hyena like she normally does when we have our tickle fights. Yep, my happy, goofy little Bunny was back.copyright protection158ＰＥＮＡＮＡHmXd3btjTT
For her bedtime story, I wanted to read the Hallowiener with her again since she was too sick to enjoy it the previous day. But Bunny wanted to read another Dr. Seuss book, so we instead read Fox In Socks. At least Bunny was still being her goofy self as we read the book. At one point, she was laying down on the bed and chanting something like: "Noodles and poodles and beetles and poodles and puddles and noodles and beetles and puddles and noodles...(this goes on for a while)...in my ice cream! Yum! Yum! Yum!" Wow.copyright protection158ＰＥＮＡＮＡwumnAKnNiJ
Then this morning, I took another video of Bunny doing a crazy little dance right before we left to school. Basically making it clear that she was feeling fine enough to go to school. Hairstyle this morning was a beautiful dutch braid.copyright protection158ＰＥＮＡＮＡvgKSlRz6T9
Overall, I'm totally relieved that my little Bunny is feeling better now. Like I said, it's just so scary when your child gets sick. But I'm glad that I got to be with her the entire time. I'm sure Bunny felt quite upset about being sick, but I know that she felt really safe that her daddy was with her throughout all of it. I can't imagine what it would've been like if Mike had actually forced me to go into work. Or, even worse, if Ruth had been the one working that day. I can't imagine and I refuse to imagine.copyright protection158ＰＥＮＡＮＡqBwnOAyhUs
I told Crystal on Saturday that Bunny was sick and she said that she hoped Bunny felt better soon and that the whole family would make her a "Get Well" card. Crystal called me back the next day to ask how Bunny was doing and I told her she was getting better. Then both Crystal and Kaitlyn talked to Bunny on the phone for a moment (that made Bunny pretty happy) and then Crystal sent me a picture of the card they had made for her. I bet Bunny will be pretty excited to see that card later even though it is technically now pointless. I mean you can't get well if you're already well. I guess it's the thought that counts.copyright protection158ＰＥＮＡＮＡbqWxOwibjA
But that's the weekend. Let's hope that stupid stomach flu doesn't come back, let's hope Bunny's cafeteria pizza isn't poisoned with something, let's hope I can figure out how clouds have a taste, and let's hope I have an okay day at work. With Ruth. Ugggghhh...copyright protection158ＰＥＮＡＮＡUPREHcwhiq
Oh, and Sweetheart. Thank you one more time for your drawing and your nice words that you had for me on Friday. I really do love it. I'm so happy that you're now feeling better. I can't wait to see you again soon.copyright protection158ＰＥＮＡＮＡrI1X5PyE7t
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