That Mom

Well, I've taken almost a month off from blogging, and I'm officially "that mom." You know the one that brings their coughing, snotty nosed kid to church or somewhere without even caring about all the germs they are spreading. I'm that mom. In my defense though I did not do it on purpose.


I went up skiing with Luke one last time on Saturday. Jer's mom was watching the boys and when I got home Seth was sick. All of a sudden he was really tired, had a fever, and just wanted to lay around. He perked right up with some medicine, slept great, and woke up fine Sunday morning. He had no fever and no other symptoms, so we all went to church. Then last night he seemed feverish again. Today he was fine and played outside like a crazy man but woke up from his nap crying, with chills, and not happy at all. By now I had started wondering about strep which he had 3 times last year. I used a flashlight to look at his throat and holy cow!! His tonsils took up the whole back of his throat (he has big ones anyway), and they looked red and bloody. Not good.


That prompted a trip to the Instacare (by now it was after 5:00) with all three kids. Jer is in Idaho for work, and I'm not smart enough to drop them off somewhere. That could be a whole other post. Let's just say Seth did not behave like a sick child, and he and Luke found plenty of things to entertain them while we waited in the room. Did I mention that was my second time there this week? I had Ian already with a double ear infection. Luckily his brothers were home on that one.

Anyway, both the doctor and nurse had quite the reaction upon seeing Seth's tonsils. Apparently he is a trooper because he has not been acting nearly as bad as they look. His rapid strep test was negative, so I'm out an hour and a copay to figure out he has some viral bug that he probably already spread to all the other kids his age. I'm left to treat Seth's symptoms, and when he wants more medicine and it hasn't been long enough I have given him the med cup with colored water in it. Is that bad parenting? Oh well, I'm that mom. I apologize.

(Major backtrack: Here's a story about the doc we saw tonight. When Luke was about 2 1/2 we were in and saw this same guy. Luke "tooted" and the doctor laughed. They had already been talking about Cars and Lightning McQueen which Luke was obsessed with at the time. The doctor told Luke that Lightning McQueen doesn't toot. Luke thought about it for a second and said, "Lightning McQueen doesn't have a bum." It was hilarious. The doc and all of the nurses were cracking up. Luke earned extra stickers.) Tonight they were all laughing when I left too...was that with me or at me?

And when Seth is older if I need some leverage I could tell his friends about how I found him trying my bra on last week, or I could threaten to show them this picture.