Last week was Spring Break for the kids. We didn’t get to do much because of three things. First, Laura’s Spring Break does not coincide with the kids – Seattle Public Schools where she works has this week off. Catholic schools are almost always the week after Easter. The second reason is we are still working to establish Tevye’s consistent sleep schedule.
Thirdly, kids were sick.
It started with Ciaran and Tevye. Early in the week they weren’t 100% but nothing major. As the week went on they got better but August and Déla got sick. Bad. Déla eventually had a temperature of 102. They were all complaining about sore throats at one point or another, but nothing too definitive.
For three days August and Déla looked like death warmed over and it got to the point where I worried about Strep Throat. Friday morning (the third day) I called the consulting nurse and spent nearly a half an hour talking with her and having her talk to the kids to get a rough diagnosis over the phone. It was before the appointment lines opened up for the doctor’s office and I was hoping to get… well, something.
The nurse put in an order for a Strep test to be done on August and Déla, and if they came back positive then we would get them medicine and put the other kids on the schedule to get tested as well. I marched in with the 5 kids as soon as the clinic opened. We still had a fair amount of waiting to do, checking in, waiting for the test, waiting for the results…
Negative.
Interestingly about 6 hours after the test all the kids were looking and acting much better. Who knew taking them to the doctor would cure them?
They obviously weren’t faking it. Who fakes being sick during spring break?
It’s like lighting a cigarette at the bus stop.