{A couple of sickos}

A few days after we got back from Tahoe, the girls and I had a rough day. It was a sad morning. Miriam was just screaming and crying while we were shopping at Target, for no good reason! And Evette was just grumpy pants and was upset that I wasn't buying her everything that was covered in Elsa.

We cut our errands short and went home. As soon as we got home, Miriam threw up. Oops. And she had a fever. Oops. So... apparently there was a perfectly good reason for Miriam to be so sad! Mom of the year award goes to someone else.....

Anyways, she had a fever for about 24 hours, slept a lot, cried all day, and then was perfectly fine. I think this all happened on a Tuesday... It came on fast and was gone shortly thereafter.

On Friday morning Evette was tired so while Miriam napped, Evette and I took a nap together. When she woke up, she had a super high fever. She was so lethargic, so sad, and threw up a few different times as well. 

We had to back out of the camping trip that we had planned with our friends, and we were all sad about that. We laid around all afternoon and watched Mary Poppins.

 After not being able to eat all day, having cold chills, and and having her fever reach 104*, I took her to the ER.

 We were there from about 7-11pm. It was rough. Lots of waiting....After checking her out, they tested for strep and had her pee in a cup (which she thought was crazy) for a UTI - both of which can cause fevers. The wanted us to wait for the results of the urine sample, which was why we were there so late. We did get little naps in between all the things. 

And she got a little stuffed animal to cuddle with! A giraffe, her favorite animal! She affectionately named this giraffe Tiny. Adorable.

We survived the ER. They told us to give her Tylenol and Ibuprofen. On Saturday she was feeling somewhat better. Her fever was down, only about 101-102*, and a little bit more energy.

Unfortunately, as the day went on her throat started to hurt her a lot. By the time dinner time came around, she couldn't hardly eat or even drink water without crying. I looked at the back of her throat and it was all swollen with little sores on it.

So, our hot dogs in the backyard to try to make up for the fact that we missed camping, didn't go so well since she didn't really eat. 

All this time we were waiting to hear back from the DRs to see if she had strep. I was kind of hoping that it was, just so we could have an answer and get some real drugs going through her system.

Since her throat got so sore that night, we decided to take her to the dr again Sunday morning. Sean stayed home from church and took her.

She woke up Sunday morning looking and feeling a ton better! Like night and day!

We got the results back for the strep test right before her follow up appointment - it was negative.

The doctor said it was just a virus that got real bad and that it was nearly over already.

She was just fine by Sunday night, and wasn't contagious starting Tuesday morning.

Poor sicko babies.