Trying to Work with Sick kids home?!@%&?!

Trying to work with sick kids at home could drive anyone insane. What kind of work do you do? Even healthy children require alot of attention but sick ones are practically a full time job. I always try to save some kind of puzzle or activity they can do while sitting on the couch and give it to them when they are sick to keep them from being bored. Alot of the time they are whiny because they are bored, not because they are horribly ill. Good luck to you and feel free to vent your feelings! It prevents child abuse!!