Illness be GONE!!

Conveniently, Friday evening about 5:00 little Macy comes to me and says, "Mommy my head hurts and my throat hurts like Dawsons did (a little boy in her class at MDO)." I feel her head and she does feel to be running a little bit of a fever. I go get the handy dandy thermometer and take her temp which was 100.8. I go search for the Children's Motirn and can't find ANY. What mom of young children doesn't have motrin on hand at ALL TIMES. Apparently, ME! I call Hubs who is on his way home from work and ask him to stop and get some for me.

Mighty dad shows up with the Magic potion that cures the fever for the next 4 hours. Sweet baby wakes up at 2:30am with a MASSIVE fever (103.2). I give her another dose and get her back to sleep. Saturday morning I wake up bright and EARLY to "web check in" for the Urgent Care clinic that opens at 8:00am. I get a call at 7:45 telling me that their doors open at 8:00 so to head that way. I get there a little before 8:00 and I am already the EIGHTH person in line with about 6 people behind me. WHOA!! We finally get in and see the doctor. After being there for TWO HOURS, a FLU test, a STREP test, and LOTS of waiting we get the diagnosis of Herpangina (viral infection in her throat). Nothing really you can do about it since it's viral. Oh, both Flu and strep came back negative. She felt pretty good until her fever would spike and then she'd lay around until the motrin broke it and then she was back to being herself.

Sunday, was children's day at our church. I was sad that daddy was going to have to miss Madeline helping lead the worship with all the other children in KID-U. We had a great time and Madeline did great. After church, I had a luncheon with all the moms that have been volunteering in Madeline's teachers class. She took us all out to lunch (her treat) and gave us a small gift. She is SO THOUGHTFUL and we are really going to miss her next year. Luckily, she goes to our church so we can still see her there. Macy continued to feel a little better......UNTIL....she woke up at about 11:30pm with this NASTY croupy cough and congestion. She was having a hard time breathing. I knew this was not good. She was up and down most all night, not breathing well, coughing, and saying she couldn't talk. I called our pediatricians office right when they opened and they told me to be there at 9:15 with her.
When we got there they had a sign posted that said, If your child has any of these symptoms (coughing, fever, sore throat, chills, body aches, feeling tired) see the front desk. Of course, Macy had EVERY symptom listed. The gave me a cute little mask for Macy to wear. Good luck on getting a 2 year old to wear something foreign on her face. Ludkily we didn't have to wait too long. Once we got in to see the doctor they ran another FLU tests just to be sure. Let me just tell you that Macy HATES to have her nose tickled (the test for the flu) and told me "It does not tickle, and I don't like when they do that." The doctor came in examined her and now we have NEW diagnosis. She has a double ear infection and Croup. She didn't see any trace of the herpangina. So who knows about that. Now my sweet little girl is on an antibiotic and a steriod to help shrink her airways so she can breathe easier. She still runs around like a mad women. Here's the best news yet. When the doctor was telling me about the steriod she said it will cause some irritability and hunger. GREAT!! As if she needs anything to help her be MORE IRRITABLE. Please pray for patience for me and for her to feel better SOON.

I do know one thing, this momma is VERY tired and needs a full nights sleep. I'm not used to this having to get up in the middle of the night. HA! I just hope Macy starts feeling better because she turns THREE this Saturday and I don't want her to still feel crummy. Keep us in your prayers.

Have a great week and AVOID THE SWINE!!