Note to self: Never ever brag about having a good day. Because the Fates will notice and immediately work out a plan to make one miserable.
At dinner last night, Em spiked a fever of 104 (Eek!) then complained about nausea and wouldn't eat a bite. So I gave her a dose of tylenol and had her lay down on the couch. At bedtime, she complained that her right side hurt and she looked so pitiful, my heart stopped. Oh God, oh God, please don't let it be her appendix. Calmly I put everyone to bed, called the ped's on call nurse (she'd have him call me back), called Greg (no answer on his cell or at the hotel), called my MIL (she'd watch the kids if I had to take Em in), and then checked the internet. The internet is not always a good thing, the first line I found when looking up appendicitis was "1 in 500 people die of a burst appendix." Ack! Long story short, the doctor called me back, her fever had dropped a bit and she was able to hop which meant it was probably not her appendix. Whew... It was a scary 2 hours though.
Fast forward to this morning, the doctor had scheduled to see Em at 9am just to make sure it wasn't something else. I woke up with a killer headache and sore throat, lovely. So we all got dressed, took Zach to school, and then went to the doctors. She was still running a slight fever but her stomach felt fine. So he thought it's probably a flu bug and to give her lots of liquids. And he wanted to check her urine to rule out a urinary tract infection. Kyle had to go potty anyway so I took him and Kelly into the restroom with Em. And then Em couldn't go. And couldn't go. For a good five minutes, I knelt beside the toilet with a cup between her legs, coaxing her to go peepee just a little bit. Kyle and Kelly were dancing around with the toilet paper (this seems to be a theme in my life) and my head hurt and I really didn't want to be doing any of this right now. Em was crying cause she couldn't go and I was getting frustrated so I finally gave up. The nurse gave me a little cup with lid for getting a sample at home. Which means another trip to the office later today (about a 10 minute drive one way on a 2 lane country road). Joy, joy.
I think if I ever have another nice day, you're never going to hear about it.
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