This has been a kind of strange week for me. Last weekend's busy-ness left me pretty tuckered out come Monday morning, not to mention that I woke up with a loverly migraine to start my week. Fairly early Monday I also got a call from a friend asking if I could watch her two girls for the day - not a big deal because they're great kids, but still two extra bodies to think about. Tuesday we spent most of the day visiting with some good friends who are going to move to Mexico next month. Wednesday - okay, this is bad - I don't remember Wednesday. I really don't. I think it rained, but other than the whole day is just a blur.
Thursday was a bit more productive - got some things done around the house, ran a few errands, found the bottom of my kitchen sink - pretty good day. My poor hubby had to drive over 500 miles that day, though - he left home at 4:30 a.m. and got home at 10:15 p.m. All for work, too, no fun involved. Then Friday we got up and darling daughter said that her throat hurt and she was coughing during the night. I thought she felt a little warm, so we called the doctor and got an appointment. Everything was moving along right on schedule until I backed my van out of the garage and realized it was leaking gas. No, wait, it was spraying gas. Quite extravagantly at that. Okay, not driving that to town, grab the keys to the back-up car and take off. (Please note that the back-up car is the one Luke - ah - forcefully introduced to a tree a few weeks ago, so the driver's door doesn't work. I had to crawl in from the passenger side. SO very dignified.)
We got to the doctor's office and waited for what seemed a very long time, but finally walked out with the information that my girl has strep throat (ugh) and possibly mono (double ugh). She's on antibiotics for the strep and we'll have results from the blood work on Monday or Tuesday. Once we got home I drugged her up good on Zithromax and ibuprofen and started supper. About 6:00 p.m. we'd all eaten and I walked into my bedroom for *something* (God only knows what) and was struck by the realization that Seth was supposed to be at one of his buddies' birthday party - at 5:30!! Aaargh!! Flew to the phone and called the family, then hopped back in the car and ran him to his buddy's house for a few hours. Went back to pick him up in a whopper of a thunderstorm, got home and crashed into bed.
This morning I slept until 10 a.m. (gasp!) and still felt like roadkill when I dragged myself out of bed. Stumbled around for a couple hours, went back to bed for a couple more, and now I'm sitting here moaning and groaning to the computer. I now have a sore throat and a general feeling of blechiness, as does eldest child. Darling daughter sounds like a cat with a horrible hairball. Youngest child has poison ivy all over the left side of his face. So far husband is just tired, but that could change at any moment. He did fix the van (for just $17!!) but wow, what a week. Is it Monday yet?
......oh my gosh, did I actually say that? The fever must be starting....
Oh my. Allow me to point out (from long and painful personal experience) that strep is very contagious, and if you have a sore throat, you'd best hurry yourself to a doctor for a quick strep test and some antibiotics of your own. And take hubby and son with you. It's a nasty bug; if you have it and don't treat it, it can migrate, with all sorts of unpleasant consequences. Good health to all of you!
Posted by: Suzanne (Yarnhog) | June 23, 2009 at 06:50 PM
Gah! I'm late to the party (as usual) - hope everybody is feeling better by now...
Posted by: Mother Chaos | June 23, 2009 at 11:44 PM