Friday, October 24, 2008

Bonjour,

We didn't get an e-mail sent yesterday. I was sick, and Joe was busy
taking care of everyone.

One sad event occurred yesterday – Gilbert's frog died. He wasn't too
upset though. He was just as excited about burying the frog as he had
been about holding the frog.

We thought that I had malaria because I was running a temperature of
103, had the chills, and was vomiting. I went to the doctor this
morning and got a blood test. I don't have malaria; I have bronchitis.
I started having cold symptoms on Tuesday. I am feeling better today
than I did yesterday. The doctor said it will take a few days until I
am totally recovered.

While we were at the doctor's office, Bonnie's breathing sounded a
little congested. He looked at her too. He said that she has the flu.
She isn't running a fever yet, but he said that she might have one
within the next couple days. He started her on some cold medicine and a
nasal spray.

Gilbert had a slight temperature this afternoon and has the diarrhea.
He was throwing up yesterday morning; maybe he has a touch of the flu
too. He feels bad for a little while and then is back to bouncing
around again.

Danny has a cold. I started giving him the cold medicine today too.

Joe went to the post office this afternoon. We got seven packages all
in the same day. That is a record! We had a good time opening those.
One had some things for Danny's birthday; Daddy hid those. A couple of
them were for my birthday; we had just about given up on ever seeing
those packages. One of our churches sent a little quilt that they had
made for Bonnie. Another box was Christmas presents. One was our mail,
and the other was for Romeo. Last year, the postal workers were on
strike, and we couldn't receive packages at all.
We are very thankful that the postal system is back up and running.

Please pray that everyone will be feeling better soon.

A demain,

Joe, Laura, Gilbert, Danny, and Bonnie