A fever has come and gone and come and gone (etc.!) ever since. I decided to take him to the pediatrician today (especially since his fever kept returning when the meds wore off) because I looked at tomorrow's schedule and saw a morning GI appointment for my teenager as well as her Calculus tutoring in the early afternoon.
I took Amber and Amareah with me. While there the doctor noticed his throat was red and all of his symptoms fit a strep throat diagnosis. Ut oh, I thought, but consoled myself that none of the kids have ever had strep throat. (Uh... well, maybe Amber has but I don't recall.) She had Amber and Amareah swabbed too.
The results: Andre and Amareah have strep throat - Amareah even has the red marks on her throat). Oh no! Amber was happy to know she was strep free and made plans to go out with her friends. (Lots of sympathy, huh? LOL)
The pediatrician said that although it's unlikely that Anna has it I should still bring her in. When? Yup, tomorrow. So I will be running and ripping to make it to appointments, take care of two sick children, get them fed and keep them warm and get everything done.Can you say: Are you getting behind again? I don't even have to answer that, do I? Especially since I spent about two hours at the pediatrician's office this afternoon.
I guess no amount of sanitizing, hand washing and disinfectant spraying can always keep your kids from getting sick. Somehow Andre got the little bugger and generously passed it onto his sister. Hopefully just one sister. And, in case you are wondering: My throat hurts too. BIG SIGH! :(
9 folks a chattin':
I hope you feel better and that Anna is well. Sorry that you're falling behind. Take care of yourself and your family. My thoughts are with you.
Awww poor babies! I hope they are on the mend very soon.
Ohh men! That sucks that all of you are sick. I hope you guys get better soon.
Drink lots of liquid and fresh orange juice.
When it rains, it pours! I hope everyone recovers quickly! Remember to take care of you so you don't get sick too! Gotta go catch Sadie's runny nose now! OOOOO gross!
I've got a sick one again, too. I feel your pain. Hell, I'm living it right now.
This WILL improve. It really will.
Oh girl! You want an extra set of hands? I'll drive south ...
Oh no! That is awful!! I hope your (whole) family feels better VERY soon!!
It's no fun to have sick kiddos... You just feel so bad not being able to snap your fingers and make it go away!
I also owe you an apology. You commented on my poetry blog MONTHS ago, but since I didn't have comment moderation on and haven't posted there since before that, I didn't even know until this morning!! So I am sincerely sorry for taking so long to get back to you- I swear I am not usually this bloggy-rude! lol
i know wat you mean. you try your best n they still get ill. you can pick stuff up just by walking down the street and someone coughs by you!
I have been lucky with Hunter not getting much more than a cold this winter. My thoughts are with you. I know as I type this they are feeling better but still I am sure it was rough for a while!
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