December 29, 2012
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End of Year Sniffles
All four of us are sick. It’s not the flu or anything major – just an annoying cold that has us all huddled around the tissue box, feeling a bit foggy in the head. The Mr. is a trooper – he never gives in to sickness. He’s been feeding us and making us tea and yesterday forced us to get dressed and go out for a meal, which was nice and tasty.
Our son was the first to get sick – he and I spent a chunk of Christmas Eve morning trying to get him a strep test. We started at the CVS “Minute Clinic.” What a joke – we were 9th in line and told it would be about 3 hours until we were seen. Thankfully, I had seen on Facebook that our pediatrician’s office was open. I called over and he was seen, tested and medicated within 30 minutes, even though CVS is around the corner and the doctor’s office is not.
Now that our daughter has not only gotten sick, but CAUGHT IT FROM HER GROSS, ICKY, GERMY BROTHER WHO TOTALLY COUGHED ON HER ON PURPOSE JUST TO GET HER SICK BECAUSE HE IS A BOY AND HE’S GROSS AND HE’S ICKY AND UUUUUGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH…..she is more than a little cranky. Just now, I was trying to vacuum up all the pine needles from the Christmas tree (which the Mr. decided to take to the dump today, in the rain, with a head cold), when she appeared in my peripheral vision, clutching the TV remote from the playroom and whining up a storm about something. I turned off the vacuum and heard something about her wanting to be alone and headache and HE JUST WALKED RIGHT IN AND PLOPPED DOWN and blah, blah, blah. I stared in awe of her commitment to the whining and asked her brother to please just go in my bedroom and watch TV. He did. Back to vacuuming.
It’s a lot of togetherness, this time of year. It’s extra togetherness when no one feels up to doing anything. Except the guy who straps a tree to the roof of the van just to get out of dodge. Ah ha! So that’s what he was thinking.
Speaking of the Mr., he just got back and he’s armed with more medicine for the masses. I better go dose up.
Comments (4)
Oh dear, sorry for the germs. So did the boy have strep? No fun. We are having extra togetherness, too, but not of the sickly kind, just of the bad weather, post-Christmas limbo kind. Hang in there.
@DrTiff – The rapid strep was negative, but he had a rash and a streppy looking throat, so he got antibiotics. But now the girl’s throat looks the same, so I called doctor and throat culture from lab was negative. It seems to be viral.
My condolences. Hope your head clears and you are feeling better quickly!
Miraculously, we have not been sick yet this season. Except for my husband, who doesn’t really count. (Psh.)
(I hope you’re better now. You haven’t been live-Facebooking this bout of the sniffles, have you?)