9:40am Sunday: Call brother and sister-in-law to tell them the news and secure some babysitting for Ellie. Monday is taken care of. We'll find someone for Tuesday and Wednesday.
10:30am Sunday: John calls his mom. She can watch E on Wednesday but we'll have to drive her down. No problem, except that we have one car and he'll have to leave around 6:45am to be back in time for work.
10:45am Sunday: I call my Aunt Pat, she has doctor's appointments and can't commit to helping on Tuesday.
11am: I call my mom. She offers to use a vacation day to help us out on Tuesday.
Proceed with the day. Attend a family party which means kids don't nap and are overtired.
11am Monday: Call from Luke's teacher that he has pink eye and I need a doctor's note before he can come back to school. Need to pick him up immediately.
11:04am Monday: Call pediatrician's office. Can't get an appointment until Tuesday at 8:30. Call sister-in-law to say Luke is coming over.
11:15am Monday: Rush to school to get Luke. Drive home and get Vigamox, since we are stockpiled with the elixer.
11:30am Monday: Bring Luke to sister-in-laws. Get drops in his eyes. Head back to work.
7:00am Tuesday: Ellie wakes up with a bloody nose.
8:30am Tuesday: My mom arrives and takes over to spend the day with Ellie. I thought for sure Luke was off to school. Luke to the doctor. They decide to swab him for strep. Turns out he has it along with pink eye in both eyes. He's out of school for the rest of the week. Doctor says to make an appointment for Ellie to be checked today as well.
9am Tuesday: Bring script to the pharmacy for Luke. Bring Luke home to Grandma.
10am Tuesday: I have a meeting at work off-site.
11am Tuesday: Go to pharmacy to get Luke's medicine.
11:15am Tuesday: Go home to get medicine into Luke. Ellie screams for medicine too.
1pm Tuesday: John comes to my office to get surplus Vigamox since his eyes are burning.
4:30pm Tuesday: Go home. Make dinner. Wake up Ellie and get her dressed for the doctors.
5:30pm Tuesday: Go to doctor's. Determine that Ellie does not have strep but has a sinus infection and pink eye.
6pm Tuesday: Go back to pharmacy and drop off her script.
6:15pm Tuesday: Home. Eat dinner. Do baths and get kids in pjs.
7pm Tuesday: Luke and I go to pharmacy for 4th time in one day.
7:20pm Tuesday: Begin bedtime. Read books. Sing songs. Brush teeth.
8pm Tuesday: Kids to bed. Do laundry and dishes.
8:20pm Tuesday: Luke insists on his light on and door open. John lays down with him and reads more stories.
9pm Tuesday: Luke spits in his face. John punishes him. Luke throws up. Yadda. Yadda. Yadda. Until 10pm when the house is finally quiet.
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"John punishes him." To clarify, Luke touched my face while I was reading to him and I suggested to him that we wash our hands. A flood of tears erupted. Good times. It is 10:30pm and Luke's light is on in his room. It is fun.
Oh, Jeeeeez you guys..!
Well, hope everyone is on the mend soon. Amy, so great to hear from you, you! Glad you had a good time in NYC with your Mom, and I'm sorry you were feeling down on an earlier post you wrote about your Dad...
But happy 2011, dear..! I'm wishing you and yours the best of years with many, many more Kissmisses to come. :)
xox,
-maria
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