I can't believe it's been more than a month since I've posted. Not much time with having Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday clinicals and soccer, dance and school activities during the week. On Saturday, Charlie had a soccer game at 9 and Marcie had to perform with her competition dance group at a charity fundraiser (outdoors) at 11:30 and 1. Charlie played so well! Marcie later danced well though she was a bit subdued. It was so windy but nice -- she got cold in her costume and she said that's why she was so quiet. After we finished with performances and activities, we were all starved and headed off to CiCi's. Charlie said he wanted to go to McDonald's so when he didn't eat at all at CiCi's, I figured he was disappointed about the McD's. He said he had a sore throat and headache but at first I thought it was just from allergies (windy day outdoors will get anyone!). Then, as the afternoon wore on, I thought he looked really bad. He felt warm and really was droopy so I ran to the grocery store next door and got him some ibuprofen. He finally started to perk up a little but still had a fever around 100 when we got home. I checked him out and figured that his sinus infection had flared up (lots of drainage in the throat and from his nose, junky but harsh cough that had gone on a few days) and noticed that he had a right ear infection. I got his zithromax refilled and started him on it Saturday night. Sunday morning he woke up with a fever of 101.9, so off we went to Patient First to get a flu test. Yes, you guessed it, he was positive...poor thing, he had just gotten H1N1 and seasonal flu vaccines on Friday! So, I got him Tamiflu and stayed home with him on Monday. He was fine on Monday and I sent him to school today (he had had no fever since 5PM on Sunday). All of the rest of us are on Tamiflu and so far, so good.
Charlie went with me to get my seasonal flu shot yesterday evening. He told me that if I would look away, it wouldn't hurt as bad. After the shot, he held my hand and rubbed my arm some. He was so sweet! Now, if I can just get the H1N1 vaccine before I catch it!
Marcie was really funny the other day. Kyle had brought up the fact that they needed offering for their Sunday School and Wednesday night classes. I decided that it was time to start talking about tithing, so I explained that when you get some money, you should give a little bit to the church. Then, I said, "like when you get a dollar, you give 10 cents in offering," but not explaining that they still wouldn't have a dollar -- that can come later. Marcie said, "no way, I'm not doing that," and when I said that it was in the Bible, she said, "where?" I answered, "in Malachi" and she bolted from the dinner table saying, "I'm going to get my Bible and see if my Bible has Malachi in it." Sure enough, she returns with her Bible and I found Malachi and read the relevant passage and then explained it. She wasn't happy -- she had to read it for herself. She opened to the index and said, "do you spell Malachi, m-a-l-a-...." She found the page number and searched for it. I pointed out the chapter and she read it for herself....precocious little thing that she is! Maybe she was really born in Missouri!
I have to do more work now. I will try to post more soon.
