Here We Go Again...Poor Thing

Well, the flu has struck the Voogt house yet again.  Last Saturday Justin started to not feel that great.  His bout of the flu didn't get too severe, but he did have to miss one day of work and didn't eat much for several days.  And just when we thought we were in the clear Rebecca came down with it.  Wed. night around 11 pm she woke up crying and immediately puked all over.  That phase lasted for about 16 hours...puke, cuddle with Mom, sleep for a little bit, wake up, puke,...Mary and Rebecca were pretty much glued to the couch all day Thurs.  Late Thurs. afternoon the puking finally subsided.  But then in the night the diarrhea began...and continued through Friday night.  Rebecca went through about 5 pairs of pants over the course of an hour Friday morning.  Rebecca was still up half the night last night and puked a little bit once.  Mary has spent the last two nights mostly sleeping in the rocking chair in the nursery.  Yesterday we limited Rebecca to mostly clear liquids.  She tried a couple bites of toast and applesauce.  Hopefully today she can start eating more solids and get some energy and strength back.  Poor thing.  She doesn't understand what's going on, but she has been such a trooper.  Periodically she'll say "all done puking."  She definitely does not want to do that again.  We are thankful that the worst is over and praying for a quick recovery for Rebecca and that Mary stays healthy.  Our weekend will be much quieter than we had planned...we're just staying in and resting :)