Bronchitis, by the numbers

3 little boys with

6 infected lungs

1 mommy who goes approximately

17 seconds without hearing one of them coughing

15 minute nebulizer treatments being given every

3 hours to each boy, equals

270 minutes a day that my boys are wearing a medicine-administering mask and

269 minutes a day that they are asking me to watch a movie while they do their treatments

60 nebulizer parts that need to be washed per day

9 doses of Robitussin between them per day to help keep the coughing at bay while their little lungs try to heal

83 ounces (seemingly) of Vicks administered on chests for rest time and night time

26 books read to cranky children in the last

28 hours since we went to the library

16 vitamin C's and

8 Airbornes taken in the last 72 hours so as not to come down with this myself

4 movies watched in full--not counting Veggies--this week

more ounces of water consumed and more prayers sent up on their behalf to even count

6 hours short on Mommy's sleep (at least)

=

3 grumpy, tired little boys and

1 grumpy/tired/frustrated/asthmatic/exasperated/not-patient-enough-but-always-sympathetic-because-she's-been-through-this-herself-many-times-and-she-knows-how-horrible-it-really-is Mommy.