Pitiful

After four days on antibiotics, we thought Rebecca was well on the way to recovery. Then today, she was just pretty lethargic and wanted me to hold her all day. In fact, I never put her down from 11:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and she just wanted to lay on my shoulder. At first, I thought she was just her normal sweaty self from being up against me so long, but then I realized she was burning up. I took her temp and it was 101.4°F, so I got an urgent care appointment. Off we went to endure another ordeal of having her ears and throat examined, which resulted in her puking up snot on my leg. The worst was that her temperature there was 103.9°F. Although her ears are improving, her throat and tonsils are infected. So five more days of antibiotics. We're alternating acetaminophen and ibuprofen for her fever and trying to convince her to drink. Hopefully she will be feeling better in the morning. I'm debating whether I should go to work or stay at home with her. She's so comfortable with Nanny Rebecca and both Ramy and I will just be a few miles away in Pomona, so I am inclined to go in and see how things go. But then I feel guilty for leaving her if she is sick. I may call in the morning and see if I have a full slate of clients scheduled. Things have been slow, so maybe I don't have anyone until the afternoon. If so, then I'll stay home in the morning and maybe Ramy can come home early. Please pray Rebecca will be her happy self very, very soon!

Of course, this occurred in the midst of my organizational abyss of internship applications. Fortunately, I've got the ones that need to be mailed out this week ready to go. Actually, all of the ones due before November 15 are good to go, so I have time to finish the others.