My Little Man is Sick

Connor has been battling allergies, like the rest of us, for about a week now. The crazy winds and temperature fluctuations don't help them. So, he has been taking Claritin and hanging in there. Yesterday, he came down to my classroom no less than 4 times to see me. Each time he just wanted to see me, to talk to me. Unfortunately, I had to send him back to class rather quickly each time because I was in the middle of helping to produce a videoconference for the kindergarten students in our district. (I need to blog about that, too!)

Anyway ... Connor fell asleep in the car on the way home from picking up Megan. This is quite unusual. He walked into the house and immediately sat down on the striped couch - which is in the formal living room, just inside the front door. I did not realize it at the time, but he did not move from there for over an hour. I went to the kitchen to go through the mail and then into the laundry room to work on the laundry. When I came back out of the laundry room, I noticed that he was breathing rather heavily. He was sound asleep on the sofa. He looked rather comfortable, so I just let him sleep.

Since he was sleeping so soundly and Megan was entertaining herself, I decided to go for a walk. As I reached the base of the stairs, Connor began to wake up, so I went over to talk to him. As he sat up, I noticed his cheeks were bright red, as he tried to talk, I noticed his labored breathing, and as soon as I touched him, I knew that he had a high fever. 104 degrees in one ear. 102.9 in the other. I immediately grabbed a jacket, told Megan that I was taking Connor to the doctor, and loaded him up in the car.

We arrived at Acute Kids Care within minutes, completed the paperwork, and were on our way to seeing a doctor. After one quick look at Connor's throat, the nurse took a swab and ran the rapid Strep test. Within minutes, the doctor was in the room with the diagnosis. Severe Strep Throat. Antibiotics, Tylenol, Motrin, and no school for at least 24 hours.

Thursday .....
I am happy to report that the Antibiotics are doing a great job, that the mouthwash (lidocaine, malox, and benadryl) is coating his throat and making him feel better, and that his fever is gone. Although I hate it when my children are sick, I enjoy caring for them, snuggling them, and spending some one-on-one time with them when they really need to be cared for. I am happy that my little man is on the mend, but I will miss spending the day with him tomorrow, as we will all be back to work and school first thing in the morning.