The virus blues

So we had a relatively healthy summer, all things considered. The girls have steadily built up their immune systems and are less prone to catching everything under the sun. But all that fun at the Ranch took its toll and Hannah was down for the count most of last week. Nothing major, just a virus that lingered. In general she tends to get hit harder and for a longer time when she gets sick, as compared to Isabelle. So now, a week from the onset, Hannah is still not herself.

She doesn't have a temperature anymore or any other noticeable symptoms, she's just very clingy and cranky, doesn't have much of an appetite, and has little desire to do much in the way of independent mobility.

It's SUCH a bummer after the progress she's been making; she's been on such an upward trajectory lately that to see her stall out again is kind of crushing. I have to remind myself that Hannah works SO MUCH HARDER to do the things that most kids her age take for granted: sit, stand, walk, kneel, pull up...so she definitely deserves a break sometimes. In some ways, it gives me new respect for her perseverance and determination. It would be so much easier for her to just sit back and let the world go by while someone else moves her body for her. But she keeps pushing herself to do these things and I guess it's inevitable that eventually, her body will take charge and say, "OK kid, let's just chill out for a bit."

So we're chilling out now and watching a lot of Thomas the Train and dealing with the constant rain in our neck of the woods and basically, we have the virus blues...