Strep

When you have kids, you are in and out of the doctor’s office often. Emily had just been sick last week, but we rode it out at home. Keighly got sick, and we took her right in to the doctor. She can’t miss much school, they move fast and she doesn’t need to get behind.

While waiting for the doctor, Ian works on his homework.

Time for a battery of tests. Nose and throat swabs and a blood sample. Keighly just had her nose swabbed, and seems to have taken it quiet well.

Time for a blood test. The nurse freezes Keighly’s fingertip so the needle prick won’t hurt.

Sure enough, no pain!

The tests came back positive for strep throat. Keighly stayed home one day from school. It was a light case of strep throat (or we caught it early), it was mostly fever and a light sore throat.