So, I took both kids in to see the doctor today. We actually saw the physicians assistant, but our doctor always hires the nicest staff so this was not an issue. She was very thorough.The diagnosis again was strep throat for both kids, with Lorelei also having some redness in one ear that may have been heading towards an ear infection. Another five days worth of Zithromax for both and obviously I kept them home from school today. Honestly, I'm having a hard time remembering the last time they actually went to school for a full week between being sick, being out of town and just regular days off of school. It's only been a month since our last dealing with strep and I'm pretty darn sick of it at this point.
We came home and I started feeling a little cruddy myself, so I took my own temperature and I'm a tad warm; still under 100 degrees thankfully. So, perhaps I should have gotten a strep culture too? I got strep a lot as a kid, so honestly, it would not surprise me. If I still feel bad at the end of the weekend I'll go to one of the little clinics and see what they say.
So, we'll have to get new toothbrushes for everyone again. And we're missing another absolutely beautiful day outside. But, we caught this case of strep much sooner and so the kids aren't feeling nearly as yucky as they did last month. In fact, if you had seen them in the waiting room, you would have thought they were perfectly healthy. Hopefully they'll feel well enough to go to taekwondo tomorrow since it's all they've talked about since Saturday afternoon.
For now though, we'll spend much of today like we spent last night. All relaxing on my bed watching cartoons and snacking here and there. I suppose if you have to be sick, at least we're all feeling cruddy together.