The Plague

I am on my 3rd cup of coffee, waiting for my dear sweet Alice to wake up so I can take her to the dr. You see the week that she started school she brought home with nasty cold that we ALL now have, well everybody accept my hubby he's never home because he works all the time and so far he's the only one that hasn't gotten this nasty plague.
I have been down for the count since Monday which isn't good because I have 2 kids to take care of, a hubby to take care of, a house to take care of, my mom to help with and visit, and then finally myself.  I've been down and I guess depressed since the beginning of the year, 2016 has been a year I want to forget. Alice who was 4 at the time passed out at school and it turns out her pacemaker had broke (I DIDN"T KNOW THAT COULD HAPPEN) so she had that fixed, we were home for her 5th birthday which is Feb 1st. Then we were back for another 2 weeks because her pacemaker didn't want to stay in. Then my step dad died kinda unexpectedly in March. My stepdad's passing left my mom a widow at 52, with her own medical issues and no money, he was retired and on social security, and my mom is considered disabled due to her diagnosis of COPD. His passing left us with a whole other set of worries and issues, some have since been resolved and others have not yet been. The silver lining to all this is that I learned that my family will continue to stick by me. In our 13 years of marriage our families have been with us through everything and I can't be more thankful. Alice has been given a wonderful opportunity to go to DisneyWorld through Make-A-Wish Oregon, they decided to grant her with to meet the princesses and just spend that time together as a family and bond away from all the stresses. And now with my mom in a nursing home for her health for a few weeks my stress level has peaked and both my husband and my best friend suggested that I go talk to my doctor for anti depressants, so finally I did on Tuesday and was given a low dose of Lexapro which I think it's been helping but according to my husband he hasn't noticed a difference.
But I guess I can't say that doesn't surprise me he's never home :( But that's because he's working so much so I can stay home and take care of my kiddos and spend this time with my mom.