sick

there's not much to be said for being sick. there's even less to say about the whole family being sick. i guess the good part is that afton likes to sleep more, which means we all can, but still, there's not much fun about being sick.
afton's had a cold for the last three weeks now, and it got a lot worse this week, i think she caught some sort of flu bug on top of it. we went to the dr on wednesday and he said she's got bronchitis and an ear infection. she's now on a breathing machine (to open up her lungs)--she does not like the breathing machine. fortunately two of the three daily doses can be while she's sleeping, in the morning, if i try to sneek in early, she just wakes up early. nap time and after bed time are easy. she's also on an antibiotic for the ear infection and she seems to be doing much better. we still decided it was better to stay home from church today though.
i think paul and i caught everything afton had, though ours weren't as bad, we've each had a day to be miserable, fortunately, just a day.
on the plus side, paul had his interviews at smu (southern methodist, in tx) yesterday, and he feels they went really well. he probably won't hear from them for two to three weeks officially, but he thinks there's a good chance he'll be accepted there. we still haven't heard from the other schools he's applied to. i guess this doesn't really fit under the label 'sick' but it's our better news for the week :)