Today started off fantastic! My daughter's fever seemed to have broken through the night (even though she did vomit and give me LOTS of laundry to do during the night), and her energy levels were HIGH! She was being all talkative and her normal self. She got a bit warm around 10ish, so I gave her some fever meds, and she seemed to be fine again. Around 3 she fell asleep, which was unusual, but I figured, "hey, she's been sick and tired, so she's just getting better" but when she awoke, her fever was 100.5 and she was complaining that her neck hurt. Less than ten minutes later, something (God) told me to take her temperature again and it had spiked to 106.5, so off we went to the ER.
My husband took my vehicle out of town, so I had to drive his, which I'd never driven before - a ginormous Ford Excursion with a Diesel engine. Now, bear in mind, I'm exhausted from doing laundry yesterday and throughout the night and worrying about my little girl and I'm due pretty much any day now. Add to that the fact that it just rained and the roads are slick and the brakes on this vehicle need to be checked out. BUT....I did great driving that beast if I say so myself *grins and pats self on back*. I mean, I DID take up two parking spaces, and in Employee Parking instead of ER parking, but still....
Right before we left, something (God again) told me to grab all the cash I had on hand, but that comes into play in a bit.
When we got to the ER, I had to carry my daughter in, along with her baby dolls *grin*. Everyone was incredibly nice and helpful. The triage nurse took us back to check my daughters vitals and proclaimed her "a very sick little girl" so promptly called to see if there was a room open to take her back to right away. We were whisked back into a room, when my daughter declared she needed to use the bathroom, so they had her pee into a cup - the quick test on that came back negative. They also did a strep test, which came back negative from the quick test. My daughter was given popsicles and I let her play her Leapster video game (which was a treat) but she still said she was bored. She also kept saying "I'm NOT going to take ANY of their medicine!" We were given a prescription for some antibiotics and my daughter was feeling well enough to walk out to the car herself, which made my trek a bit easier *smile*
We stopped at the store on the way home to get the meds and made it to the pharmacy counter 3 minutes before they closed - once again, God was taking great care of us! Then, when I went to get my card to pay it WASN'T THERE (it was still sitting on the table at home lol) but then I found out there was no co-pay! Then my daughter wanted ice cream and some other stuff....and I had that cash I'd so "conveniently" grabbed on the way out the door! We got ice cream, soft pretzels, a sprite, and some OJ - all the things my daughter wanted, and I have a tiny bit of cash left over *grin*. God truly took care of us today! And, I already see an improvement in my little girl...I mean, she's eating, talking and smiling again! God is so good!!!
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