In the old days or PJ (Pre-Jenna), I would delight in a Strep Diagnosis. I would go to the doctor and say, "my throat hurts and I have a fever, please test me for strep." I would walk away with a sore hiney from the penicillin magic shot that would make my strep throat disappear! I would take Cale in and say the same thing. A strep diagnosis meant there was medicine to help you! It meant I didn't have to hear the dreaded
"It's just a virus, push fluids" which really means, "sorry sweetie, suck it up, it'll get better in 7-21 days!!!" Those are DREADED words in my book. However, in AJ times (you know, after Jenna), things have changed. Ever since our
first and hopefully last case of strep head, I am
terrified of strep.
THEY (infectious disease docs) tell me it was a one in a million thing and that for Jenna to get strep head again, it would be another one in a million chance. Well,
I say Jenna likes to beat the odds and can be that one in a million, again. And need I remind you that I had my tonsils out to eliminate part of the threat of strep. And I have ordered a bubble to keep her in and am waiting on its arrival...
So, Mr. Cale has been running a fever since Wednesday morning sometime. Nothing seemed to help break the fever, he just kept on being a little hottie, even if we alternated Tylenol and Advil. So, I called the doctor today and my favorite Nurse Kelly called me back. She suggested that we take him in, strep is going around and he had 3 of the 4 main symptoms...
- Fever - CHECK
- Stomach Ache - CHECK
- Headache - CHECK
- Sore Throat - no check
So good Daddy takes him in, and the doc takes one good look at him and says, "Oh ya, I think it's strep. Let's do a strep test." And lo and behold if it doesn't come back positive as strep, which used to woulda been my favorite diagnosis, if a diagnosis had to be made.
But now....
I am moving Jenna to China til Cale is not longer contagious, which is sometime tomorrow morning. Because LORD HELP ME if that girl gets strep head again!!!!!
