Hot Mess

He was hot and I was a mess.... when I took his temp and it was 104.9.... holy crap... all I could think of was he's going to start seizing... *what I found out at the ER: febrile seizures usually happen when the fever is rising, not after it's peaked.  I called the Ask Mayo Clinic nurse line and also the Kasson Clinic, and they both said go to the ER, after I told them his fever was 104.9. 



"Mamaaaa?  Boo!"

When we got to the ER, the waiting room was pretty full... but when I told the receptionist that he was strep positive confirmed that morning and he'd only had one dose of antibiotics, that granted us a room in isolation -- no waiting. *The silver lining in this whole thing? We were seen almost immediately after being roomed and they gave him (gave me) a syringe of Motrin to give him, to help comfort his symptoms associated with the fever. Within 30 minutes, he was playing 'Boo' with the curtain and mama... telling the doctors and nurses 'Baaaaa-bye!' as they came and went to check on us...

And this morning, when I got him up, I could tell in his eyes... the second I walked into his room... my boy was back.  And he's been playing all morning. 





Tomorrow, we have conferences with Lily's teacher to hear how our girl is doing in school... we're working on math and reading both at home and after school tutoring, and I know it's paying off... I'm looking forward to talking to the teacher and hearing how awesome my kid is.  She loves school.  She strives to be a good girl and respectful of others.  She makes a mama proud.  She told me last night that tomorrow 2/1, starts "I love to read" month.  We have a separate calendar to document our reading minutes and there are all new incentives for meeting your reading goals, including watching their school principal play basketball against two other kids in the gym, in high heels.  :)  Lily thought that was going to be pretty funny to watch.

10 days and we're plunging.  I'm still trying to figure out what we're going to do with the kids... our regular babysitters are going to be out of town, and Brandon's mom is already watching Mills, while Chris and Fal jump with us....  if anyone is interested in tackling a day full of three kids.... let me know.  :)  Lily's also supposed to be going to a scrap booking party that day, and I have to try to figure getting her there too.  The mom was kind enough to say if Lily needed to hang out there for a while after the party, she could - they didn't have anything else going on... but I'm not sure what time our closing celebrations will conclude... maybe this year, we'll have to come home earlier...

Lincoln's little hand keeping extending toward the keyboard... he's trying desperately to interject his opinions here... I think it's time to call it a wrap and go play.  :)

Hopefully, the next 2 days off will be a little less stressful.  <3