Thankful #18: 10 Months W/O Sickness
Oliver has been nothing but healthy his entire life (Can you hear that? I'm knocking on wood)
He's had no ear aches, colds, flu, throwing up, allergies (can you imagine what a disaster that would be with 4 animals in the house?). His colic was brief and lasted from 6 pm to 8 pm for maybe a month. He had a little jaundice when he was born...that cleared up within a few days. He has healthy lungs, a swiftly growing body. Being such a big baby, he slept through the night at 2 months old. We never had a problem feeding him...he's always willing to eat and he's not terribly picky.
He's never even had as much as a fever.
We've never had to stay up all night tending to a sick crying child (not yet, I'm sure we're over-due)
He eats well, he poops well and the worst problem we've had is a constant fight against diaper rash (Bordeaux's Butt Paste is where its at, BTW). He is the happiest baby I've ever seen and adjust's easily to changes. He's is a child designed for a mother like me.
I know I am jinxing myself...I'll probably go home to find Oliver suffering from all of the above at the same time.
It's something to be thankful for, when so many other babies are faced with certain problems from day 1. We've never had to worry about his health (other than the usual 'parents worries').
On that note, I'm thankful for my access to health care. Anth and I were talking about this the other day, how horrible it would be to be in another country and to watch your child starve (OK, I know that happens in this country too but if you can drive to a hospital, no one will turn you away)
I'm thankful for having a $25 co-pay and the ability to call 911 should a problem arise. If Oliver gets sick, I have the comfort of knowing I can take him to one of the best children's hospitals in the country.
It stops me in my tracks, when I worry about Oliver, to think about parents who don't have the access/ability/money to care for their child. It breaks my heart--the agony they must feel knowing that they can't prevent their child from suffering. I can only imagine how they feel--I am thankful this is not a reality for me.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, God.
Oliver has been nothing but healthy his entire life (Can you hear that? I'm knocking on wood)
He's had no ear aches, colds, flu, throwing up, allergies (can you imagine what a disaster that would be with 4 animals in the house?). His colic was brief and lasted from 6 pm to 8 pm for maybe a month. He had a little jaundice when he was born...that cleared up within a few days. He has healthy lungs, a swiftly growing body. Being such a big baby, he slept through the night at 2 months old. We never had a problem feeding him...he's always willing to eat and he's not terribly picky.
He's never even had as much as a fever.
We've never had to stay up all night tending to a sick crying child (not yet, I'm sure we're over-due)
He eats well, he poops well and the worst problem we've had is a constant fight against diaper rash (Bordeaux's Butt Paste is where its at, BTW). He is the happiest baby I've ever seen and adjust's easily to changes. He's is a child designed for a mother like me.
I know I am jinxing myself...I'll probably go home to find Oliver suffering from all of the above at the same time.
It's something to be thankful for, when so many other babies are faced with certain problems from day 1. We've never had to worry about his health (other than the usual 'parents worries').
On that note, I'm thankful for my access to health care. Anth and I were talking about this the other day, how horrible it would be to be in another country and to watch your child starve (OK, I know that happens in this country too but if you can drive to a hospital, no one will turn you away)
I'm thankful for having a $25 co-pay and the ability to call 911 should a problem arise. If Oliver gets sick, I have the comfort of knowing I can take him to one of the best children's hospitals in the country.
It stops me in my tracks, when I worry about Oliver, to think about parents who don't have the access/ability/money to care for their child. It breaks my heart--the agony they must feel knowing that they can't prevent their child from suffering. I can only imagine how they feel--I am thankful this is not a reality for me.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, God.
1 comment:
there are millions of mothers here in america who don't have the piece of mind you do because you have health insurance. you should contact your representatives if you feel like everyone should have access to affordable healthcare (i.e. not having to lose sleep over what would happen should their baby get sick). I know I'm a bleeding heart liberal, but from this post, it sounds like you may have a trickle of one yourself. ;-)
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