Strep And Scorch

Let’s get the first part of the title out of the way—my daughter has strep throat.   She’s had a head cold and today after a week of congestion she woke up with a sore throat and a fever a few hours later.   Fortunately doctor’s offices are quick to get a sick child in and cultures work within minutes in-office so we had a diagnosis.    She has antibiotics now which Dr. Baldwin said has zero incidents of not killing that strep strain.   With odds like that I’m not too worried.  

The scorch part of the title is about the heater not working in our basement and master bedroom.   The part was ordered and came in over the holiday weekend.   Today the technician came back and replaced it.   There was a scorch mark on the original board.  It’s not a large area, but it was important for the heat to work.  

The Big Boy Update:  My son returns to school tomorrow after the holiday break.   He’s not ready for school mentally and we should have had him do more reading I know over the break, but he did so some productive things and he is getting better at reading.   Tonight as he got out of the bath I heard him ask, “does that say ’nay-quill’?”   I told him he was close and that it was pronounced NyQuil and that dad was taking it for his cold.

The Tiny Girl Chronicles:  My daughter, now diagnosed with strep throat, spent most of the day on the chair in the living room.    She fell asleep multiple times and was quietly cranky or just exhausted when she was awake.   She’s had her first dose of antibiotics and hopefully will feel better tomorrow.