May 8, 2007

Renaming blog

I think I need to rename my blog. Lately this place has been less about karate and more about sickness. I’m thinking I should rename it "Barfed on Mama" or "Co-pay Blues" or something. I was unable to make it to class again.

We got back from the hospital about two hours ago. Lil C is very sick. She spiked a fever of 105.4 today after her nap and had me an absolute wreck. The doctor couldn’t see her until this evening. He checked her out thoroughly and decided to do a blood count. No big deal right? A finger stick and done, except Lil C’s finger stick turned into two finger sticks. When they wanted to do a third after she had thrown up all over the exam room, my husband and I said "NO!".

The doctor came in, agreed with our decision and sent us to the hospital to rule out pneumonia. The x-ray process was a nightmare. Imagine a 19 month old baby being strapped into a plastic tube with her arms straight above her head. I almost cried, but I knew I had to try to keep her from being a complete wreck. My efforts were futile, but the x-ray came back negative.

Tomorrow, we fill a prescription to combat the beginnings of an ear infection and hope that the rest of this stuff is just viral.

Of course, you know what that means right?

You’ll also be able to label this blog, "Black Belt Mama Barfs". One thing is for sure; I’ll either be cleaning it up or throwing up at some point this week.

And note to self: In the future, skip feeding ill child spinach. . . and I thought spaghetti was bad.