The Ills of Being Sick

I'd say about a month ago, Ryan came down with a bad cold. Of course, he got it from school. He got over it in about a week, at which time, you guessed it, I came down with it..now mind you, all of you that know Melchor, knows, that to him, the key of not getting sick is to drink lots of water, lots and lots and lots of water. In fact, it has become a little family joke of ours, that when he dies, we are going to put on his headstone: "Melchor C. Gratil----He did not drink enough water." Well, last Wednesday, his time was up. The cold germs found him and he got sick. He went to work on Thursday, which lasted only 30 minutes. He called me to say he was coming home and for me to call the dr. to make an appointment and to give him a shot. He was seen by the dr, got some antibiotics and I have been telling him to rest, take his medicine and oh yeah, drink lots of fluids. He is doing fine. Hopefully he will be up to going to church and enjoying some family time today. And to think, it only took six days into the new year for someone to get sick in our little family.