Poor Emily!!

Friday morning I got a call from the school nurse advising me that Emily had come to her office with a sore throat. The night before Emily was up at 2am saying she needed a nose strip and that her throat was sore.....I assumed the sore throat was from breathing through her mouth and not her nose. The nurse told me she didn't have a fever but her throat was red. We decided to have her go back to class and see if she came back complaining again.

Mind you now Friday night Emily's grade along with the 4th and the 5th grade had a scheduled dance. Emily was very excited about going and she knew that if she came home she wouldn't be allowed to go.

Sure enough around 1 the nurse called again....Emily was back. I spoke with Emily and she said it really hurt but what about the dance. I told her more than likely there will be another dance and as soon as I said that she said she wanted to come home.

Around 2 am Saturday morning, Emily woke me up needing medicine.....at this point she had a temp of 100. Thankfully she was able to go back to sleep. She spent most of yesterday laying on the couch. Her temp never rising above 100 but going to normal when having medicine. She ate something at 2 pm and about an hour later came out demanding Pepto because her stomach hurt so badly......her words were "please daddy I need it bad". I think it was just 15 minutes later she threw up, something she hasn't done in years. After that episode, she took a nap but woke up miserable again. Still complaining about that sore throat.

She made it through the night and we kept her home from church but the temp keeps doing the same thing.....never going above 100 but leaving once medicine is taken. Lunch brought on the complaint of swallowing.

A short time ago I got a call from a friend. Her daughter who is in the same school went to the doctor today on emergency visit and sure enough she has strep throat. The doctor told her it is going around. So, it looks like I will be heading to the doctor tomorrow with Emily. I need to know for sure as she has a dentist appt. on Thursday and if I have to cancel I must do it 24 hours before.

Now the note below is what I found in Matthew's room. In the midst of her sickness, he took some time yesterday to try and "care" for Emily. I love his note "Dr. Matthew helps people get well". The question remains what do the numbers mean? Maybe that is his bill!