Long Week

Last Monday afternoon Addy, her nurse Kim and I headed to Springfield to get Addy a new MicKey button. She only gets one per year and let me tell you, it was beyond necessary! It actually broke while we were waiting! While we were there I noticed that my throat was a little scratchy. Nothing major, just starting to hurt. We finally got Addy's button in and started to head home, I got a bottle of water for the way home, thought it would help. We got home around 5pm. By the time Scott got home at 6:30, I had a fever and was chilling really bad. He instantly sent me to bed and took over kid duty. By 10 pm I was in tears my throat hurt so badly, it was a really long night. At one point my temp was 104. Yuck! I got into the doc Tuesday morning and sure enough I had a nasty case of strep. I'd never had strep before and let me tell you, I don't ever want it again!! So I was once again told I need my tonsils out. I'm really dreading the thought of that, I hear it's a nightmare for an adult to have that done. I missed work until Thursday but there was no way I could have gone, it was awful. I fortunately felt better on Thursday, we had our annual Conference on the Young Years conference to attend at Tan-Tar-A. This is always a fun time since we spend out down time at the Outlet Mall!!! I can't miss my Gymboree and Carters fix! Yesterday morning while I was in my second session Scott texted me and wanted to know when I would be home. I told him around 2 and wanted to know if everything was ok. He said that Addysen had been puking and he was trying to ward off a migraine. So after we finished up we went ahead and started home. My friend, Rissa, had a horrible case of laryngitis so she was ready to be home too. Once we got home I ran to WalMart to pick up Addy's formula. Scott had to supplement her days worth with two scoops of Prosobee since we were out of Elecare. That's what we blamed the puking on. They both looked pretty pitiful when I got home. Scott had already attempted a bath but Addy hadn't stopped throwing up enough to get it done. I rocked her for awhile then gave her a 2 ounce bolus of Pedialyte. I got her bath ready and she perked up a little. She does love her bath! We rocked after she was all clean and snuggly but she still didn't feel well at all. Scott and the boys headed out for some pizza (that was the original plan but our little love obviously had other plans). After they left I got 2 ounces of Elecare in her as well with no vomiting but then she got so upset about an hour later. Crying uncontrollably. She never cries like that, it was pitiful. At one point she gagged a I got a whiff of her nasty breath. I knew that smell. STREP! So I packed her bag, texted Scott and we headed to Urgent Care. Thank goodness we did, she tested positive of course. I feel so bad! I tried so hard to stay away from the kids when I knew I was contagious but obviously it was too late :( So after waiting around an hour to get her Keflex, I gave her some Pedialyte and her first dose of antibiotic. This is how she looks this morning:

You got to love all of those brainiacs that develop medicines for us!!!! I'm glad she got sick this weekend and not next. We have extremely important people to go and visit!!! I'm losing count as to how many are going to be at Ella's party but I know we'll be seeing Miss Zoey (since they are graciously letting us crash at their place!!!!!!) and I'm really excited to get to meet Mr. Jax and his sister Arina!!!! 6 more days!!!!!!!!!!!!