Daycare Drama

Well...Parker started daycare last week. He went for 4 hours on Wednesday, 4 hours on Thursday and 1 hour on Friday. He did GREAT on Wednesday and Thursday. His teachers said they had never laughed so hard and that he was just so cute. Friday - he understood that this was the new deal and he did not like it one bit! He cried for an hour and I went and picked him up. He has acted weird ever since. He cries all day, clings to me...like claws up my body to get into my arms, and does not want to be alone. There are not words to describe how guilty I felt! Our house has been one big tear fest!
THEN - the vomiting started....then the nasty diapers, then the kind of crying that means he's in pain. I am sorry to say that after his few short hours in daycare - he has contracted HAND FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE!!!! He has "lacerations" (that is the doctor's word not mine) in the back of his throat. He has been sick since that Friday. That explains why he has been so sad and clingy. I just feel so bad for him. Needless to say, he has spent the week at home and Jon and I have juggled around my work schedule and his school schedule so that one of us was home with him all week. The doctor told me this morning that he would be feeling better by Monday.
We are all pretty tired. It was a really emotional week as he has never really been sick (aside from the heart surgery that is). I am really really hoping that once he feels better he will get into his classroom at daycare. His teachers are AWESOME and really want him to adjust quickly. Still - it's hard on us because we have always been together. I hope by next Friday we are in a great little routine and we are all comfortable!