The girls had a meet at DU (University of Denver) on February 14th. We had planned for a "fun" weekend - with the boyfriends joining us, going out to Benihana's, the meet, watching the DU collegiate meet, etc. We were ready for a good weekend, but, alas, the universe had a different plan . . .
The girls got sick that week. Emmy got over the major illness rather quickly and early on the week. Lucy's illness lingered and then peaked on Thursday, where she came home early from school, felt awful, and puked several times that day. So . . . plans had to change. Patton already couldn't make it because his family was going skiing in Park City that weekend. Lucy wasn't going to compete because she was sick. Emmy would compete, but wasn't 100%.
Long story, but Ben, Emmy, and Aidan headed out Friday afternoon. I didn't want to take Lucy up that day in fear she'd be barfing in the car . . . So we stayed back. Lucy did better that day - well, she didn't barf. She drank a little and maybe had a popsicle. She still wasn't feeling great, but no barfing. So Lucy and I headed out at 5:30 on Saturday and drove straight to DU to watch Emmy and teammates compete.
Emmy did well, but wasn't happy with her scores or placement. "Wasn't happy" is an understatement. She was mad and upset and all the other negative things. So that was not (and never is) fun. Lucy was on and off with feeling okay. After the meet we did make it to Benihana's. It was Aidan's first time. It was probably the best 2 hours of the weekend. Everything else just kind of sucked. . .
We went back to DU to watch the collegiate meet. It was okay, but Emmy ended it on our sour note . . . Lucy felt miserable by the end and was in tears and screaming. Yes, screaming. Because that helps when your ear is already congested??? That night was miserable with a screaming Lucy throughout the night. And Emmy, who was at Joe and Britt's house, apparently coughed all night as well as the night before. Emmy felt awful and embarrassed . . . she wasn't doing that before we left, sigh.
Anyways, Sunday morning Lucy had some blood and oozy stuff on her pillow. Her illness - maybe the flu (she refused to get poked for the vaccine. . . ) had turned into a painful ear infection/ear ache. Her eardrum had perforated a little bit, but not enough to relieve the pressure and pain.
Aidan and Emmy drove home together and Ben, Lucy, and I left a little later. We were texting Lucy's best friend's dad (and ENT!) and he graciously hooked us up with antibiotics for when we got home. That night, Sunday, Lucy was again awful. I mean, I have had earaches and they are horrible. I get it. But I don't get screaming out . . . it was hard on my nerves. . . Lucy ended up seeing the ENT on Monday and he got her on some steroids. That, with the other stuff, helped Lucy and she was much better by Tuesday.
Anyways, it was a really bad weekend. I didn't even touch on it all, but just believe me, it was sadly not fun. Life kind of sucks like that at times. I didn't even get a picture of the one good moment at Benihana's . . .
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