A day in the life of . . .

So much for plans

I had planned on having a great day of Bible study with my Thursday afternoon group. However, that’s NOT what happened.

Yesterday, my youngest was feverish but seemed to be okay otherwise, so I didn’t think much of it. He wasn’t terribly hot, just enough to be able to feel it when I kissed his forehead. In fact, I didn’t even take his temperature. However, he slept quite a bit yesterday, which isn’t like him.

This morning, he woke up before Daddy left, so Daddy told him to come and snuggle with me. He padded into my bedroom, climbed in bed, and snuggled on in. He wasn’t feverish anymore, and we both drifted into a peaceful sleep. I got up about 7:50 or so, he got up at 10:50! He STILL was sleeping more than usual.

When he finally got up, he was complaining of a sore throat. Thinking back, he had said something about it yesterday, it just didn’t register. So, I got my trusty little flashlight and had him “open up and say ahh” like the doctors do. You guessed it, his throat was red and I thought I saw little white spots on his tonsils. I immediately called the doctor’s office. They made an appointment for 3:10p.m.

Bible study starts at 1p.m., so I thought I could catch most of it before we had to leave. But, I got booted two times, and finally decided to just leave early for the appointment. I KNOW I needed to hear what was being said during the study, but I guess I’ll just have to catch it when the audio is uploaded. The good thing is, since we were early, we got into the doctor’s office before our scheduled time, got his prescription filled, and were headed home by 3:18.

For those of you who haven’t had a child with strep throat (and I can’t imagine there being many who haven’t), here’s what’s going on: Initially you won’t know that you, or your child, has been infected because symptoms don’t appear up to five days from the time you’ve been infected.  Symptoms generally start out with a sore throat, and painful swallowing. They may include fever, chills, headache, muscle ache, nausea, feeling tired, and swollen glands in the neck. (Of cours, many of those are also symptoms if other illnesses).  As the illness progresses, the tonsils will become inflamed (red) and develop white or yellow patches. It is often transmitted by a cough, sneeze, or drinking after one another.  A person will remain contagious until 24 hours AFTER they have begun a course of antibiotics.

So, that was my day. I sure hope yours was a little better than mine. And, I hope that everyone in your family stays healthy during this season.  Be blessed and I’ll write more later.