Oh sickly ones

So it started out with Evelyn throwing up a few weekends ago. She had a fever and couldn't keep anything down for three days straight. Then it moved onto Jacob (he ran a fever for 5 days). Mr. Marcus over lapped Jacob's last two days with a lovely fever of his own. Then we were finally fever free for almost a week. Then Saturday Julia just didn't feel very well. She seemed fine when she was with Joycelyn and I at the mall. But as soon as we got home she disappeared for an hour. Being a seasoned mom of four, I didn't go looking for her til after that one hour (I could hear all the other kids so I didn't worry about them). Well, after searching the front and the back yard with no sign of her, I finally asked Evelyn if she'd seen Julia. "Yeah Mommy, she's in bed". Sure enough, Julia had put herself in bed with the covers pulled up tightly to her chin. Her whole body was on fire, but she was so cold that her skin had purple goose bumps. It's now Tuesday and her fever still hasn't gone away. I was warned about this flu thingy that's been going around. It supposedly lasts 4-5 days with high fevers and throwing up. Blech, what a combination. I'm hoping that adults are immune to it--it really should be against the law for any mother to get sick period. Speaking of....that pink eye that I get every September....hmmm, knock on wood but I think that the Chudley Cannons finally won the World Quidditch cup! So far I don't have it! Strangely enough, Ryan has it and Marcus had it a week ago. Ryan never gets pink eye. We're still trying to figure this one out.
Back to the 4-5 day flu...if my calculations are correct then Julia's fever will go away for good tomorrow night. Hopefully we'll have a germfree home by then! We've never had a sickness go through the entire family before--and I'm done with it! Everyone cross your fingers with me (and let's all take a good size gulp of Felix Felicis) so that we can have a healthy family!