Grains of Gratitude

I wasn't sure if I would be doing a Grains of Gratitude post today. Not much happened this week, nothing eventful, and Kayla's been sick. It's been a trying last few days. I had to dig deep on finding some things to be grateful for, but here they are:

1. Kayla had her 4-yr well-child check up on Wed. We recently changed providers, so it was our first time seeing this new Dr. Joe was able to take off work and go to the appt. (That was more so he could be with us when she had to get her 4 shots! -which didn't happen, after the appt we went to Immunizations and they were gone for lunch.) I'm grateful the appt went well and he seems to be a decent doctor!

2. As I've mentioned previously, Joe will be deploying soon. He reminded me that he was going to get the smallpox vaccine. I found this information and to say I was a little concerned is an understatement. Joe called Immunizations and they told him he would probably be deferred because I'm pregnant. For that I'm grateful. He won't know for sure until his appt with Public Health, but I hope that's the outcome!

3. So Kayla's been sick. Of course she was fine at her appt on Wed and woke up Thur not feeling well. She hardly had anything to eat or drink all that day. She seemed to have a sore throat as anytime she attempted to take a drink she would wince and bring her hand up to her mouth. On Fri morning it started out the same way so I called the clinic. Of course by 7:50 am all the appts were already booked! Her provider did call me back for a telephone consult. Just based on what I told him (it seemed she was hurting to eat or drink) he said it might be Coxsackie Virus. I don't think that's it as she has no rash on her hands, feet, or inside her mouth (from what I can see). If it was that there is no treatment anyway, just Motrin for the pain. So I went to the clinic and picked up the Ibuprofen. He did give us a referral to go to an urgent care place in town if we needed to on Sat. On Sat she started out a little better by at least eating some cereal for breakfast and drinking her milk. After that she again refused anything to eat or drink. So we decided after her nap to bring her in because maybe it's strep? So we were getting ready to go at 3:30 when I found out the urgent care hours are 10-3 on Sat. She only seems to be doing a little better once the Ibuprofen kicks in and will eat a little bit. What am I grateful for? That she is at least going to the bathroom a couple times a day so I know she's not dehydrated!

4. I won the book in Karen't contest. What's so neat about that is she won a book in one of my book contests! Thanks Karen!

So we're still trying to decide whether to take Kayla in today (at least I know ahead of time the hours for today are 12-5!) She woke up still not feeling well as she was a little fussy, and I could see it hurt her to swallow. After the medicine kicked in she did eat some pancakes and drank some juice. But it seems just as soon as we think we're in the all clear she'll probably go back to refusing anything to eat/drink. We'll probably take her in just to see if they can see anything in her throat. Praying that she is on the way to being better since this is day 4...I don't want to have to keep giving her medicine just to get her feeling well enough to eat or drink.