'Life'

Things have not settled down this week health wise. Caleb came back from his school camp full of his stories of raft making, abseiling, assault courses and bonfires but then spent the weekend on the sofa vomiting and with a fever. Not sure if he had sun stoke or was actually ill. Anyway he had recovered by Monday and was back to school. Then Bethany developed a bacterial skin infection and had her braces put on. She had to see the dentist and the doctor both on the same day!  Her mouth is now full of metal, the braces adding to another metal thing she has in her mouth, a 'quad helix'. She was pretty miserable for a day or so until it all settled down. PTL for antibiotics, the skin infection just melted away before our eyes. Having lived in places where health care is not so readily available I  am so thankful to be able to go to the doctor so easily and get treated. It's not something I will ever take for granted now. Thursday everyone was in school and now today Joshua is off sick. To be fair to him it is his first sick day, so I guess he is allowed. On the up side, Ruben is thrilled to have a sibling at home.