Is the illness over?

So, yesterday we got our order from LifeBalm: two Kid-e-Mins, one Kid-e-Mune, one bottle of echinacea extract for Rob and I (just in case) and one bottle of Dr. Christopher's lower bowel formula (again for Rob and I).

As soon as we got the package, I broke out some orange juice I'd been waiting to pass out once the tummies were all settled (it seemed like they never were) and we gave the kids appropriate doses hidden inside, with the youngest getting theirs first.

Our firstborn son, the one we've had the most trouble with lately, laid down on the couch for the rest of the evening and didn't move unless he had to. Our youngest boy fell asleep early. The girls all stayed awake but were much more quiet than usual. Meanwhile, I kept waiting for someone to throw everything up.

This morning was the first morning we've had in a week where no one threw up. There are no sniffles now and our boys are (as of this writing) back at full YEAH strength. Now, it has happened before that the kids seemed to be all right and they weren't, but for the past month or two there has always been someone with the sniffles or a low-grade fever, even when they seemed to be okay in all other respects. For there to be no sniffles whatsoever in our house is, in my opinion, a miracle. I hope it lasts. :)

So, we're back to school and the full schedule of before.