Doctor's Excuse

So, I remember last year making a mental note that the kids had managed to get sick at the same time school started. The timing was too auspicious for me to be able to blame Adam for bringing home germs....so, it seemed like fate, except, anybody who is still buying predestination as a solid and singular theory gets an eyebrow raise from me.

add free will

there we go

So, Saturday Alya had a runny nose. It was nothing spectacular. Sunday she spiked a 104 fever. Her ped on call asked us to come down to the office (have I ever told you guys how much I adore these doctors?) She tested negative for strep. He said he felt like she had a virus or an UTI.

She declined to give a urine specimen. Now that she is 4, we trusted her when she said she was okay and put off the specimen until the following day. She seemed to have a typical fever virus until

well

green goop started oozing from her tear duct

that can't be right, right?

right

So, back to the doctor we went.

Menwhile, this should have clued me into something with the other kid...





He never falls asleep mid PIRATING, but, he did....and he had started with a runny nose.

Nurse: Is Ben okay?
Me: He has a runny nose.
Nurse: Do you want me to go ahead and put him in with Alya?
Me: No, he is fine.
Nurse: oooookkkkkkkaaaayyyyyyy

We got to the ped office and Ben said, "My mouth hurts." He waited until Alya was in triage to say anything. The nurse checked him in lovingly and in we went.

Ben has strep throat.

Alya has pink eye potentially caused by the same strep virus Ben has...but it is now bacterial....

and the weekend stuff was potentially an unrelated fever virus

and now they are both on antibiotics

AND I sincerely felt like I had not spent enough on medical costs this month, you know, with the ER visit, and all my time thus far and coming up with the specialists.

Geesh

It's worth it...every stinking penny...I got to give the babies (I know, I know....shhhh...just let me hang on to it) a true sick day today...and, well, we plan to continue as such until everyone is well. There was a lot of tinker toying, play housing, and generally lazy play all morning.

There were also lots of fluids and healthy foods, but I hate to say I didn't really have any takers. Sick babies are so sad.






If you ever want a super yummy chocolate cake, this cake is the one. It is rich, beware.



Apparently GiGi decidced to take a sick day too.