Reentering the land of the living

I've had a really rough time with this flu. I'm sure everything was exacerbated and prolonged by my being pregnant, and it was tough. I lost 10 pounds from not being able to keep down anything (anything!) but apple juice and chicken broth for 7 days. I'd just lay in bed feeling horrible. Sometimes I'd prop my head up on two pillows to watch a movie or something. But I couldn't last more than about 30 minutes before I'd have to turn it off and go back down to one pillow. I was just exhausted.
I did visit the doctor. They gave me some Zofran to control the nausea, and then I felt much better. I was still weak and couldn't eat anything, but I didn't feel awful the whole time.
After 7 days, I started holding down some food, and eventually I decided to reenter the land of the living. I accompanied my family to a restaurant for lunch. I didn't eat, but just spent time with them. That afternoon, my legs were sore from the walk to and from the parking lot. Ridiculous!
I've been grateful for a lot of things during this time, though.

Do these girls love their daddy? It's hard to tell!

-I'm glad this happened on our home leave. This isn't my ideal way to spend a vacation, but Kevin was able to take care of the kids for me. If he wanted to go out on a bike ride or something, his parents were available to watch the kids and play with them. I'm not sure what I would have done if I'd been this sick while Kevin was at work.
-I'm glad I didn't have a newborn. Enough said.
-The girls have had a GREAT time with their dad and their grandparents. Naomi especially had been super clingy to me. But since I've been so sick and boring, she has branched out and come to love her dad a lot more.
-I've learned to trust Kevin more. I usually like to do things myself, like buying food, dressing the girls, driving, packing our apartment, and taking care of the girls on the airplane. But being unable to do any of these things-- and having no voice-- have made me trust Kevin. And you know what? He does a really good job on all these! He chooses different food than I would at the grocery store. But we still eat, and it's good food. I've been really happy letting Kevin take charge of things.
It's been a slow recovery. I still don't have my voice back (this makes 3 weeks + 2 days). It's slowly coming back, but it's been a croak now for about a week. Yesterday I felt like it was finally starting to improve, so I'll just have to be more patient. Honestly, what I miss the most is being able to sing. I LOVE December, finding Christmas carols on the radio, and singing along. So my family might have to just deal with me, once I have my voice back, singing carols all through January.
I'm slowly getting strength back so I'm not completely exhausted all the time. We walked to the beach and back today, and the only exhausting part was the stairs at the end. I'm finally feeling like I'll probably get over this. I'm hoping Kevin and I can go snorkeling on Thursday. We'll see...