Happy B-day, Sorry to hear your under the weather, even if he were 10yr, or 16yr. if mom is sick, you need to take care of yourself, it's not like you planned this, no one wishes to be sick. I understand the guilt, but please don't feel bad, sometimes we have had a blow out B-day party, and some year's only 1 guest show's up, I actually left that year to go shopping at Kohl's with my older daughter, and left the B-day girl and her 1 guest with my husband for about an hour. She invited over 15 friends, and relitives, 12/23/99 is her B-day, that was 2 years ago, snow was unbelievable, white-out. Ashley says she is the luckest girl in the world to have her B-day two days before X-mas, only 1 guest and they still had a great time. Lots of hot tea, and soup. My oldest daughter lives in Deerfield, last yr. I drove 45min. just to take her mom's homemade chicken soup. You need that to get better. Your his mom everyday, forever, remember that, you can make it up to him, once your feeling better. Mom of 4 daughter's, grandma of 3 boys, one girl, and one girl on the way, in July 2009.