I thought we were finished with winter-time sickness. We're all still a bit congested {always}, but I attribute that to the mold here- something we'll just have to get used to by toughening up. Time to change out the toothbrushes- again. Strep throat has struck our house. After three {3} days of Coleman complaining about a sore throat {and us pushing him out the door without breakfast} I took him to the doctor this morning.
Yep, a positive strep test. Wow- don't we feel like lousy parents? Jim's been home in the mornings to get him off, so I can't take full credit for this one- we did it {wrong} together. Pretty lame as we completely ignored his pleading and tears to just let him stay home from school. Everything is always worse in the morning, we figured as soon as he got going, he'd be fine.
Wrong. I'm making it up to him by staying in bed this afternoon watching movies. Hopefully, that will be the memory he retains rather than the mom and dad who made him go to school and offered very little sympathy. He loves school and his teacher is fabulous, so I knew something must have been bothering him a little. We just thought he was looking for a couple days off. Even worse, we threatened him that we'd take him to the doctor- which terrifies him now after a long hospital stay last year {with plenty of pokes and IV's}. Now, he gets the time off and plenty of sympathy. Poor guy.
It's just sometimes just so hard to know when it's the real deal. No temperature, still eating some, whining... he was missing the usual symptoms that accompany strep. Ty usually gets strep every year and he's our only kid without tonsils- go figure. This picture above of Ty is what I think a kid with strep should look like... sleeping! Yes, he fell asleep in the tub- he was so, so sick. Proof- no two kids are alike.
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