Lost Love for this Bug!

I clean, write, cook, check email, bathe the kids, and catch some sleep between interruptions. I go shopping for the staple pieces that will satisfy us for another week; soda crackers, bananas, white rice and applesauce. If you've been here, you know, the BRAT diet after a GI virus/bacteria attack. It got all four of us, and the youngest is the only one left that keeps looping around from well to sick every 24-36 hours. 

This is madness! Where is the invisible monster of a germ that is doing this. so hard to clean everything all the time with a 15 month old. He is crawling mostly, walking some, but always sticking his hands into his mouth, drooling, sneezing and chewing on what ever he gets his teeth and hands on. It also means at this phase, everything has his saliva from ground to about 36 inches up. Everything! I realize my baby boy is a curious toddler instead at times.

I brain-storm where else I can sanitize. I've done all the major surfaces; floors, bathroom, kitchen, door knobs, chairs and bureaus. I place clean towels out everyday. Is it in the sponge or the dish scrubber? Out they go in the trash and the sink gets cleaner after 45 minutes of scrubbing. I'm using disposable wipes now for everything in hopes I can capture and throw out the germs making us sick. 

I'm convinced since this is day 10, that this thing is smarter and sneakier than me. I do more research and obey all the tips of washing and drying hands, cleaning, disposing, et al. Wait, there my mind goes again, I need to; sanitize the electronics and the washer, rewash all the dishes, keys, shoes, bags…. Do I really have to wipe all the walls, and the plant leaves?! 

Thank goodness for Facebook where we can share survivor stories and laugh about it, to our selves out-loud. First world problems. Today on Losar, Tibetan Lunar New Year, I'm thankful for all the wealth of peace we have here now.