The Day after Boxing Day

Thank you, flu– you have given us a Christmas week that will go down in infamy in our family’s history. Anne is in the hospital, the flu bug having given her cardiac problems. She was admitted to the cardiac ward last night. ML is home, sick as a dog with flu (too sick to go keep her sister company, that’s how sick.) She sounds terrible on the phone, and is running a fever. Soonest she will get back to work will be next week.  I am holed up, also sick as a dog, with a bad head cold. Presumably we all have different manifestations of the same ‘bug.’ Lily has been with her dad for the last three days, and thank God that he has been able to care for her on his days off. Here’s hoping that the new year starts us off on a better footing!

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