Side Effects Include...

Have you ever noticed on those commericals for obscure medications that sometimes the side effects are worse than the illness the medication is supposed to be treating? You know the ones... "Have seasonal allergies? Take Xarcom. Side effects include vomiting, weeks of diarrhea, extreme muscle weakness, facial ticks, rapid facial hair growth, halitosis, fallen arches, and the desire to listen to Michael Bolton music ad nauseum." Well the Swackhamer family seemed to have all taken Xarcom this past week. OK, OK, so we didn't take some strange purple pill; but we did all have sicknesses that made you want to get into the fetal position and cry for your mommy. (And fortuantely, we didn't have EVERY side effect listed. There was absolutely no Michael Bolton in our house.) Lucky for Lily, hers was actually around! On Thursday of this past week I managed to get some stomach flu type virus and the cycle began. First, you're dog sick, feeling like you've never have been and never will be that sick again. In fact, death sounds a little better than how you currently feel. You have this for about 24 hours. Then the next day while you feel better, you are so weak and dehydrated from the day before that you look like you're about to die. Then by day three you seem to be well enough to go back to work and by day four, you're completely fine, like you were never sick in the first place. Well this cycle started with me on Thursday night. I then passed it onto Lily on Saturday afternoon. She cycled through and gave it to Greg on Sunday night. By Tuesday my mom and our baby sitter's daughter both had it. We were contemplating quarantining the Swackhamer family. We're hoping that we don't give it to anyone else, or get it back from anyone! So to help cheer us up and give everyone else a laugh, after all laughter is the best medicine, I've included a few pictures that always make us laugh. Here's to your good health.