Sickies

Yep, time for a sickie blog! I should be doing something else, I'm sure, but I'm not going to.
Here's the rundown:
Nathan got a fever Monday morning. It got up to 102.? by the evening, so I gave him some medicine and sent him to bed. He slept all night and didn't have fever when he woke up. By mid-morning he had a light fever, but it went away by the evening and hasn't come back since. Tuesday he did start complaining of a sore throat and wouldn't eat too much. He is still getting better; his throat doesn't hurt him as much but he says it does a little when he eats certain things.
Wednesday morning Noelle had a fever of 102 shortly about mid-morning. We wanted to make sure it wasn't strep (we hadn't been too worried about Nathan since his fever had left), so I took her to the doctor and had her tested for strep. Negative. She had a temp of 103 at the doctor's office. She played fine and ate fine all day. Last night she woke up a LOT screaming and crying. After she would calm down, she would chill out and chatter away. This morning I could tell her throat hurt whenever she woke up and later when she got up from a nap. But after she would calm down (stop crying) she would go about her business, although she was a bit more clingy than usual. Of course, she's almost two...and she cries/screams when anything goes amiss in her world, which would send her into a more horrible fit because her throat would start hurting. It was a long afternoon.
I checked her throat this evening and saw sores all on the very back of it. I gave her applesauce and yogurt for supper tonight, and she ate a TON of that. She's asleep right now (the biggest chore was getting her to be okay with laying down because if she starts to cry it hurts), and I guess I'm just waiting to see how this night goes. I don't know what to do with the chick. I hate seeing her in pain, especially when there isn't much I can do to help.
My brother's wedding shower is this weekend, and it's not looking like I'm going to make it as of this moment. No bueno. :-(
Positive side: the day was FAR from all bad. The bad parts were really exhausting, but we did have a mostly good day. The kiddos played, Nathan and I did school, and I got the bathrooms mostly clean (she woke up in the middle of that chore). Evan came home, ate supper and left, but he did get Nathan started on a Tinkertoy project in his room that lasted through dish washing time. ;-)
I don't know if I should jump in bed and see how much sleep I can get or stay awake until Evan gets home. Last night I was up at least three times before midnight. Hmmmmm.