A Not so Normal Weekend & Week

Since my last post we've had a bit of an unusual week.  

Dave started a busy time at work which included working on Saturday and, of course, Saturday was when my body decided it was time to get a touch of a bug.  I basically spent the weekend on the couch.  The kids had to occupy themselves and take care of Jingle.

Monday morning I was feeling a little better but after running 2 errands, I was wiped out for the day. 

Yesterday, found me back to "normal" but behind on my work projects. I was able to make the snowman I needed for phase 2 of bulletin board at church and a small home project.

Last night was all about helping both kids study for tests and a quiz.  

Thankfully, today I was able to get the bulletin board update done quickly, so I could complete another project for a teacher and now I am catching up with you.

I know....this is boring stuff, but it is what life has been about lately....normal and not too exciting.  

Step Confirmed

This morning I called the doctor and got Emily a 10:45 appt. If you looked at Emily, you couldn't really tell she was sick.

She was very chatty with the doctor. I explained all that had happened to Emily since she came home from school on Friday complaining of a sore throat. I did tell her (it wasn't her normal physician) that both kids have a high pain tolerance when it comes to earaches, colds, etc. One look at her throat and she said that that told a whole different story. She let me look - it was very red. The doctor took the culture in order to do the in-office strep test and said she would be shocked if it came back negative. Sure enough 5 minutes later the nurse came in with a script. Emily's biggest disappointment at that time was when she found out she couldn't return to school until she had the antibiotic in her for 24 hours. This meant that no school tomorrow on valentines day.

I should have know things were going to go down hill when she was okay with me telling her she could just take her valentine cards and gifts to school on Wednesday. At the pharmacy, I asked her if she wanted a Slurpee to cool her throat, she said "no lets just go home". I did give her a dose of the medicine as soon as we got in the car. Of course, I made a quick coffee stop and by the time we got home she had gotten quiet. It was the quiet before the storm.

She ate a little yogurt and I made her some soup. Just a few bites in she complained about a pain in her chest. When I say she became hysterical, I am not kidding. Then it went to her belly.....then it came out of her belly!!!

She felt better after getting everything out but then came my moment to panic. My original plan was to have Emily just come in the car when I got Matt from school but now what? I texted my friend Debbie knowing some of my closer options just wouldn't work. She became my rescuer. Debbie was able to come over and stay with Emily while I got Matt and it was a good thing because Emily was sleeping at the time I had to pick him up.

Right now, she seems to be feeling a little better - still no fever and she has been able to keep some yogurt and fruit pops down.

The ironic thing about this is that next week the kids have the whole week off for winter break. Hmmm, I have to talk to my kids about the importance of timing. :)

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!