Fried!

Can't type...must sleep.

Drama started 3rd grade today. He had a great day! However, getting kids ready to send them off to school is exhausting. I noticed when looking at the first day of school pics that we missed that all-important before school haircut.

Which I was going to do today....BUT...

Sunshine has been sick since Saturday. We were out for a friend's Bday when we got the text that she had a 103F fever. UGH! Just got Tink and Drama over that icky fever/throat thing. It sounded like croup, so I treated it like croup. We had the right diagnosis, but today she really seemed to go downhill. By the time I got her to the Dr she had stridor (a high pitched sound resulting from turbulent air flow in the upper airway...audible on SS during inhalation and exhalation). Just sitting in the Dr. her fever went up a whole degree and a half and her breathing deteriorated from oxygen sats at 100 to 98 (which is still ok from what I understand).

The Dr. was worried enough (since croup tends to get worse at night and she was sounding that awful at rest...what if she were crying...or coughing) that she decided to skip the oral steroid and go straight for the IM shot. She said it would work faster (within 6 hours as opposed to 24) and hopefully keep us out of the ER tonight.

She also warned us that croup is highly contagious. Weeeeeeeeeeee! Since SS and TB share a room, there is really nothing we can do but pray. The poor thing sounds awful. She has no voice and we have to keep the monitor up super loud to be able to tell when she is crying. Drama (being dramatic and loving of his sister) actually tears up every time he hears her talk because it sounds like she is "so sick". I keep assuring him she will be just fine with a little humidity, fluids, and rest.

Meanwhile... the Duke is frantically typing his dissertation paper that is to be turned in Wednesday. Pray pray pray.....

So painting, haircuts, cleaning, and organizing has taken a backseat for a bit.