Last week started and ended CRAZY...

So i have to start this blog off by apologizing. It seems like it has been FOREVER since I have had a moments rest in the past week, or at least since this time last weekend. Last Sunday night, Cas spent the night at Gammy's so Mike and I could have a night out. We had a wonderful time and really enjoyed getting to spend some quality time together. It's amazing...even after eight years of marriage, I still get butterflies in my stomach when Mike gives me that sweet look. I love my husband so much...with that being said, we got to have two date nights last week and they were wonderful. But, on Monday Cas started to turn south. My Mom told me that she had some congestion the night before, so I figured it was the usual stuff. I gave Cas a breathing treatment, and it didn't seem to help to much, but just enough. I got up on Tuesday, and went into the office, Mike did his normal thing and got Cas off to school before he went to work as well. About 8:00 Tuesday morning, I got the dreaded call.
"Mrs. Black? This is Ms. Mendoza from Cassidy's school..."
"Yes," I replied
"Cas just came up to the front desk and her temperature is 102.1"
"OK, I will come get her."
It was a mad dash from that point. I almost ran out of my office trying to get out the door fast enough to get to my poor precious baby...I calmed down as I was driving long enough to call the doctor's office. When I called they asked me to bring her in. I picked up Cas in a panic and hurried off across town about 40 minutes.
Luckily, Cas goes to the same doctor as I do, it is not a pediatrician, just a MD, Family doctor. The office wasn't too busy, so Dr. Kumar told us to come on in. When we got there, they took us right back and checked out Cas. Her fever was still high. They gave her some meds, and it seemed to come down a bit. The strep test came back negative, so then we got the news...
"TONSILLITIS!" YIKES! Last I heard that word, I was a junior or senior in high school, and I had to have mine removed.
Well, at least we knew what we were fighting now. We got the lovely pink amoxicillin, and came home. I got Cas comfie and settled in for a long week. I was finally able to go back to work, thanks to my wonderful husband. Cassidy broke her fever finally on Thursday, and we have had a fairly nice weekend. We haven't gone out to much, as I have wanted her to still get as much rest as possible.

Anyway, Mike helped out as much as he could. There were only two problems, this past week, Joint Commission was supposed to come to his clinic (which they ended up not coming so he took Friday off), and MIKE still HAS HIS TONSILS! I knew from experience that if Mike got it as an adult, it would be ten times worse. So, I was Nurse Black this past week.

With a lot of prayer, and a lot of medicine and rest, Cas is all back to normal. So that explains why I hadn't posted in a while. I have a couple of pics that I will try to put up soon.
Take care until next time.