Do things ever go "not as planned" for you? Well, they do for me. Such is the life with children! At least it keeps me on my toes. We had planned for a sort of low key, relaxing weekend. We've had very busy weekends since school started. The only plan I had for Saturday was do to a little work at preschool and then have dinner at my parent's house since we have relative visiting. Aaron was gone in the morning for a teacher training. So we headed to the church and I got to work while the kids played. It took a bit longer than I thought it would and the kids headed over to Mimi and Papa's house while I finished up. My Dad put some shelves together for the preschool too. I finished preschool stuff and things began to go downhill.
I went over to pick up the kids and Eli wasn't looking so good. His cough was quite a bit worse and he felt like he had a fever. He was very tired. We got home and he wasn't wanting to eat lunch, so I put him down for a nap. He was crying everytime he coughed. I quickly made lunch for the other two and called the clinic. I was able to get Eli in! Aaron was home in time so I didn't have to take Hannah and Isaac to the clinic too. Eli had woken up after 30 minutes of sleeping, so I didn't have to try and move him to the van while he was sleeping.
Oh, before I forget, we came home to a dead fish. Hannah and Isaac were distraught. So I got to take a moment to explain life and death to them and let them cry about Fishey. They decided to draw pictures of the fish to help them feel better.
We got to the clinic and he started screaming as soon as we started to walk in the room he got his shots in last time. He was not going to go in that room. Good memory. He didn't want anything to do with the nurses and didn't really like the Dr., not our normal Dr. Turns out he has an ear infection... one tube has fallen out. Ugh. He may have some throat stuff too, but the Dr. couldn't get a good look. Either way, and antibiotic was in order.
I got tot he pharmacy and they had not received the prescription. The Dr. had sent it to the wrong place. Ugh again. The pharmacist was able to track it down because the clinic had closed and we couldn't reach the Dr. So our wait was little longer than anticipated. Got the medicine and headed to the van.
Surprise. Low tire. Headed across the street to Les Schwab to get it fixed. Another 45 minute wait. So we walked back across the street to wait at the golden arches. The nail was removed from the tire and we were good to go.
The rest oft he evening was crazy... then it was time to try and get Eli to take his antibiotics. Long story short, he puked it up everytime I tried to give it to him. I got him to sleep and called the hospital to see if they could help me track down the Dr. to get a new prescription. They did and we have a new antibiotic to pick up this morning. Eli slept much better than I thought he would, so his looking and feeling a bit better this morning. I am still tired.
I am thankful we were able to get meds for the little guy and get him on the mend. I'm just reminded that flexibility is key is surviving this parenting thing! I do like the extra snuggle time I get when the kids are feeling under the weather. They usually don't slow down long enough to snuggle up for very long.
So, fall has fallen and the germs are here. I'm ready for the excitement!
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