During a week where every member of this family is extremely under the weather, I have to think back. When was the last time I was sick? When was the last time TC was sick? I go into a big, “I want my mommy” phase every single morning when I think about how difficult it is to get out of bed when your sinuses are swollen so badly that you just slept 10 hours with your mouth wide open and how badly you need the tiniest sip of water to try to remedy the resulting dry mouth situation.
I begged TC to stay home from work so we could take turns taking naps throughout the day while the other played with the kids. But he just went off to work like a responsible adult. How could he leave me like that? (I’m sure my hideous physical state didn’t make him want to stay home with me!)
When I was in the hospital having Hudson, I had a pretty serious recovery. I had fainted after Hudson was born and then I fainted once more when trying to get up to go to the restroom. I could barely walk and every time I stood up, the blood rushed away from my head and the fainting happened. I needed some serious help.
So there we were, on our first night in the hospital. We had sent Hudson to the nursery so we could get some sleep and they were bringing him in every three hours so I could feed him. The nurses would come in and turn on the lights, hand me my precious baby, and TC would just continue to snooze. A couple of hours later, I had to get up to use the restroom. So I started saying TC’s name.
“Hey, Todd?”
Nothing.
A little louder. “Todd? Can you wake up?”
Nothing.
Much louder. “Todd! Help me!”
Nothing.
I reached behind me and grabbed one of my pillows and aimed at his legs. I’d throw the pillow at him to wake him up.
Nothing.
So I paged the nurses’ station. “Hi. Can someone help me get up so I can go to the restroom?” I’m surprised I hadn’t just wet the bed at this point!
The nurse comes in, turns on the light and starts talking to me. TC pops up and says, “Erin, I would have helped you!” Ha!
TC got the best sleep of his life in that hospital room. And I probably would have, too, if I hadn’t been in extreme pain and I hadn’t been interrupted every 1.5 hours by someone coming to check on me or bring me our precious baby.
When Hayes was born, I decided to have TC come on home and spend the night at home with Hudson to make sure Hudson had a normal bed time routine and to make sure that TC continued to get his sleep. My mom came to the hospital and spent the night with me, which was very helpful because she’d had a c-section before and kind of knew what was going on.
But, you know? Nothing phases TC. In the whole time I’ve known him, he’s only gotten a stomach bug once. And we’re pretty convinced that was the result of a bad night of McAllister’s potato salad, which used to be one of TC’s favorite foods and has no been banished to the “do not serve” list.
In the winter of 2009 he was helping make our bed, and raised up quickly, hitting his head on our sloped ceiling. He kept talking about how hard he’d hit his head, but nothing really came of it.
Weeks went by and he was complaining more and more about headaches and having this dizzy feeling and a sense of being disoriented. So he walked over to the emergency room from his office and had some tests done.
He had a concussion. From when he slammed his head into the ceiling. And he’d been walking around and going to work every day with this concussion for three weeks!
Oh, and by the way. He also had Swine Flu! But, it was too late because the Swine Flu had pretty much run its course and it was too late to do anything to treat it.
Sometimes I think it’s because he just loves his job so much that nothing can keep him away. Sometimes I think he’s like one of those people who can’t experience any pain and he can tolerate anything. (kidding)
But man! His ability to tough it out puts me and my whiney self to shame!
This is so funny to me because D is the exact same way. Literally, NOTHING phases him. We can have the exact same bug at the same time and I can hardly get out of bed and he is up and at ’em, headed to work as usual. He never complains and always says “I don’t have time to be sick” or “being sick is just mental.”
Hope you and Hudson and Hayes get to feeling better soon! xo
My husband is like that. He also go Swine flu over in the UK! Sometimes it’s annoying that he can push through like that, including going 36+ hours with no sleep. I am, however, a baby. Glad I’m not the only one, and I hope you feel better soon!
Hahah, we are the exact opposite- Hubs is such a hypo. I tease him about it all the time. Although, with me having a not easy pregnancy, I have gotten pretty whiney myself. . .
Wow, I was convinced that all men are sick babies. I swear every time I’m getting sick the hubs does too and I end up having to suck it up and truck through it while he pouts about it. Guess every marriage has the “tough one” and “the baby” 🙂
The last time I can remember my husband being really sick was about 5 years ago. It happens so rarely that we have less medical insurance for him than for me (I’m kind of a pansy). Even when he doesn’t’ feel good, he just keeps going. I collapse and think the whole world is ending.
Seriously though, you are lucky! When R is sick, it is like the world is ending! I mean, really, he is such a baby (but he knows it!)
My husband did the same thing to me in the hospital. Slept the entire freaking night. Argh. Boys and their sleep right?
My husband is the exact same way. In 20 years together, I can probably count on one hand the number of times he’s been *really* sick. Last December, he walked around with really serious pneumonia (pretty much near death) for two weeks before I threatened to divorce him if he didn’t go to the Dr. Then, when they said to literally stay in bed for two weeks, I thought, “There is no way he can do it.” But, he listened– for the first time. I think he finally realized that he is mortal. He is 45, though, so maybe getting older is helping with that, too.
That is hilarious – we are supposed to have our baby any day now (we were actually supposed to have him/her last week, but baby is ready to meet the world!) and I will be quite interested to see how well my husband sleeps in the hospital! He can usually sleep anywhere! Me, not so much. By the way, I LOVE your hair! I think it looks really good!
My husband is like that too! He never complains about anything, and I can sometimes catch myself being the ultimate complainer. Maybe it’s a guy thing. Or maybe God paired us with men that would be strong when we can’t be. Either way, it makes for a good team! I sometimes get annoyed about it, bu thonestly…if he complained and whined as much as I did, we probably wouldn’t be married! HA!!
I laugh because my husband and I are the exact opposite. I tease him that if he gets a hangnail he has to stay in bed, but last year when I had the flu (and was supposed to be in bed), I would jump up as soon as he left, hold my breath, and wash my own dishes. I would wash my hands obsessively before entering the kitchen and would run out of the room to cough. I also had to sit down every few minutes because of the fever, but it didn’t stop me. My husband says I’m hardheaded and don’t know how to be sick. When I had my c-section I wouldn’t let anyone help me at first, and almost did some serious damage because I was being stubborn. It’s very hard to be a mom and be sick. You wish you could just crawl in bed but you can’t. You still have to tend to the needs of your child. I really feel for you. Hope you get better soon.
Oh and may I add, that men can sleep through anything! It’s very irritating.
This post cracked me up! It is exactly what is going on at my house right now. Ben and the baby both had the stomach virus yesterday and it was his first time EVER to call in sick. Ridiculous! I’m such a baby. Now I have the stomach virus and I called my mom to drive from Atlanta to Nashville to help take care of Grayson today. Ha!
it’s SO nice to hear praise for a husband. I feel like the majority of the times that husbands are the topic of conversation (in my real life) they are constantly being bashed and belittled. Thanks for the change!
This is the best post I’ve read!! I haven’t laughed so hard in awhile!! Thank you for the great laugh! 🙂
I think your hubby might be the only one who sleeps well in the hospital chair/bed. 🙂
I’m sorry yall are all sick. Hope yall get better soon!
I honestly laughed outloud when I read this because our hospital stays sound so similar. Cracks me up! Funny now…although not so much at the time:)
I always know when I break something, which is way too often, but rarely know when I’m really sick. I’ll never forget when I had bloodwork done for a routine physical and the doctor said, “So you are almost over your bout with mono…” Me: “I have mono? Huh. I guess that explains why I’ve been sleeping 12 hours a night.” Haha. Hope you feel better soon!
You lucky dog! Your husband sounds like a dream..mine always has the MAN FLU…acts like he is dying!
I wish my hubby was a bit “tougher” when it came to being sick. I’m the one who never takes a sick day for myself (not in over 4 years now) or feels the need to go to the doctor but he is a baby when it comes to being sick!
I think you just wrote a post about Charles…. NEVER STAYS HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1. Heat Stroke-Hospital
2. Lime Dis.-Hospital
3. Colds…..
RUNS EVRYDAY AND NEVER STOPS………… WHY??????? I will never know!!!
I feel your pain!
( FYI- With the heat stroke- he did not run for a week.. Dr. orders!)…. WOW
My husband is the same way! I get sick and I weep and moan and complain. He never gets sick! We have been married for 5 years and the only times I can remember him being sick is when our son was in the NICU and he was not allowed at the hospital b/c he had a fever for 5 days and then when I was pregnant with my daughter he stayed home from work. Seriously nothing phases him!
Well, my hubs is kindof like that. He never gets sick. In our 6.5 years together he has been “sick” about 4 times. But, those 4 times have been AWFUL! He’s a terrible patient, refuses treatment and is just so pitiful. But, after watching me go through all natural labor for 40 hours, I think he’s gotten better about putting on his big boy underwear and dealing with it whenever he doesn’t feel good!
Ohhhh husbands.
Hope you feel better soon! Have you tried sinus washes/saline? They are a lifesaver for me(even if they are a little gross…)
Exactly the opposite at my house. My hubby is a big strong guy and doesn’t get sick often but when he does he is in bed for a week. Give him a cold and he will be out of commission. If I ask him how he’s doing it takes at least a week for me to get a “feeling better”..LOL I’ve had to work on being more patient with him when he’s sick and I think it’s because usually when I’m sick I feel like I need to just push through. I’ve got to really be feeling bad to stay in bed!
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My husband is the same way! :)We are actually both sick this week as well and I’m praying that my 3 month old stays healthy! I asked my husband to watch the boys while I got a three hour nap, my first nap since Aiden has been born. My son Josiah had to use the nebulizer as well. I hate putting that little mask on him. Hope that you all get better very soon!
The last time I was really sick was with strep throat and a sinus infection @ 8 months pregnant. I just sat in the middle of our bed crying and yelling “I want my mommy” over and over…yep, I’m 30-something and my mom lives in another state. I’m sure my hubby thought I was just this crazy hormonal mess, but I really just wanted my mom. Husbands can try, but nobody can take care of you like your momma!!!
This post made me laugh, because Charles is the same way! One time, he slipped trying to run up our hard-wood stairs and busted his head open. He clearly needed stitches but refused to go to the hospital because Carolina was playing that day and he didn’t want to miss a minute of the game. I called my friend, a surgeon who was on duty at the hospital, and she came over and gave him 7 stitches in our master bathroom. Men! Haha! (P.S., Carolina beat Georgia that day, and he has a scar to mark the victory!)
My fiancee and I are exactly the same as you and Todd! He is usually really good about taking care of me if I do get sick, but he just can’t relate to actually feeling sick, and if he does feel “symptoms” as he calls them, they seem to vanish within a day. I do hope that our future children get his awesome immune system though!
I got food poisoning from McAllister’s potato salad too!!! Oh, and it was my absolute favorite. Was. As in “Will never have again.”
My husband is the exact same way. He can sleep through anything and he never gets sick. In the 4.5 years we’ve been together, he’s only been really sick twice. Once he dislocated a rib and was in horrific pain. The other time was last year when he had the stomach flu and a temp of 102. Both the stomach bug and temp lasted less than 24 hours. It was crazy! The next day he was back to normal again! I wish I was that lucky…instead I was off a week for swine flu last year and serious thought I was going to see the bright light! haha 🙂
I hope you get some rest and start feeling better soon!
Oh my gosh, can TC come and give my husband a talking to? I swear, my husband is the biggest baby when he’s sick! He makes my one year old look like the tough guy! Haha. Oh, and when in the hospital, same thing. He slept through EVERYthing! Even when they brought the baby in to eat at night, we’d turn on lights and everything and he’d still be snoozing on the couch! Don’t even get me started on how he’d sleep through all of the middle of the night crying sessions when our then newborn was sleeping in our room. I’d have been up all night, and he’d wake up with his alarm and ask if the baby had waken up. That’s when the “stare of death” was invented. 🙂 Truthfully, I was glad he could sleep because he had to get up and go to work, and I didn’t, but it was baffling to me!
I will admit that I’m the big baby in my marriage. Maybe it’s because we don’t have children so I have the luxury of complaining and fussing when I’m sick?! I always want my mom when I’m sick.
Wishing you all a fast recovery!
Jealous of his toughness!! Hope you feel better!
In my house, I am the Todd of the family. My husband is the big baby!! Hahaha!! Too funny!!
We were laughing at your post. I read it to Jason. Two hospital stays after two deliveries. He slept like a log and would wake if I needed him, but he was pretty delirious and still half asleep (read useless). He too rarely gets sick. And if he does, I have to convince him to stay home. (I think it is the lawyer thing with the billing) Me, however…I’ve gotten sick more in the last 4 years with REAL sickness than I have in my entire adult life (strep, flu, ear infections, sinus infections). Yes our precious children are walking petri dishes. 🙂
my husband has worked for the same company since he was 23…so 24 years later, he has called in sick 5 times, once when he ruptured a disc in his back!! had surgery on Thursday and went back to work on Monday!! but when he gets a cold..Dear God the sniffling is enough to drive me mad!!
I have a HIGH tolerance for pain…but I always think I have some WebMD disease! HA!
LoL aw your husband was funny… glad you are doing better!!
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I pretty much cry for my mommy any time that I am sick/hurt or anything else. The hubs is the same way, so when all 3 of us are sick at home, it’s like a huge whine fest.