the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day

OK, it wasn't actually that terrible. :) Could've been lots worse, that's for sure! We made it though the night fine- his fever broke and he slept peacefully. I had him in bed with us, just in case it spiked suddenly again, so I could feel it. But we made it through the night, waking up every two hours to give the next round of medicine. It was weird- the alarm never went off, I always woke up exactly two minutes before it was supposed to. Mommy-intuition is a powerful thing sometimes!

We got up early this morning and left for Laramie at 7:00. The clinic opens at 8:30 so as we pulled into town, we called right away to get the first appointment available. It wasn't until 10:30, with a FABULOUS nurse practitioner who after today I will DEFINITELY see again. So we went to Wal-mart and got a birthday present for Amy's son for his birthday party on Tuesday. Brecken really, really, really wanted to keep what we bought Dylan (a set of little water guns), so I promised if he did a good job at the doctor, we'd come back and get him some. ALL HE TALKED ABOUT for the next three hours was "I need water guns to shoot Mommy with water!!!" :) Then we went to breakfast at Perkins- haven't gotten to do that in a long time so that was fun.

Unfortunately, before our appointment, Josh had to leave us. He is in Laramie today and tomorrow for a coach's clinic with UW. So he didn't get to have "fun" with us at the doctor's office.

We got an exam room with a little electronic keyboard in it! Brecken had so much fun playing it. Until the nurse came in and had to take his temperature and stuff. He now dislikes that nurse. Then the NP, Paula, came in. She was so fabulous! She let Brecken look in her ears first, to see if there were monkeys in there. Then she looked in his ears and he screamed. And no wonder. The right ear is totally infected, and the other one is a little bit. Then she grabbed a quick peek in his throat and said how disgusting that looked, too. So she ordered a strep test. She also ordered an influenza test because he was telling me the other night his legs hurt bad. She left, and the nurse came in with a popcicle and some swabs. Swabbed the boogers in his nose for influenza and swabbed his throat. That was the "fun" part I was talking about. I'm glad the little guy only weighs 23 pounds because it was hard enough to hold him down while they did that! He cried and cried and cried. But then enjoyed the popcicle while we waited for the results. :) Both were NEGATIVE, thank goodness! So we left with a double ear infection and a throat infection. Fabulous.

So, we went back to Wal-mart to get his antibiotic filled and he got to pick out his water guns finally. He was in 7th heaven, I think. :) Then we got lunch to go, and he ate a great lunch and then slept the rest of the way home. He's feeling pretty good this evening- we blew bubbles and played and watched some cartoons. He even took a bath so he could play with his water guns- I wouldn't let him go outside to do it because it is snowing once again. So the bath was a good substitute. :)

Yay for feeling better!