Call From The School Nurse

This is NOT what I had planned for today.

My list looked something like this:

*Pack for Tennessee

*Load car

*Get items ready for Thanksgiving snack/activity

*Spearhead Thanksgiving snack/activity I planned 2 weeks ago in Kindergarten class

*Take out trash, unload dishwasher, finish laundry


....and then the school nurse called around 10am, and my list went out the window.

So, my list got re-written:

*Pick up fevered Thomas from school

*Nurse diagnosis: Strep Throat

*Make emergency appointment with pediatrician in car ride from school

*Desperately try and get a hold of Grace so she can take the items and spearhead T-Day fun in Kindergarten

*Pediatrician wait and appointment with pale child now writhing with headache and stomach pain

*Stomach bug diagnosis

*Tylenol every 4 hours in an attempt to get rid of a fever

*Calm hysterical 5th grader down because we aren't going to Tennessee

*Lots of snuggling, temperature gauging, telling him no food, and playing games in the bed

*Lots and lots and lots of patience.




Gotta love parenthood!

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