We were playing at the loop around the big magnolia and we found an old baseball with no cover on it. We decided to bring it home and pull off all the string to get to the core.
All the small, fine string is gone and the ball is getting smaller.
Getting smaller!
Keighly pulls off the last of the string. Whats in the center? Cork? Plastic? Rubber?
Answer: the core is a hard plastic orange ball!
It’s hard to tell, but my tonsils are HUGE. They are touching each other, it’s hard to speak and breath, and very painful to swallow.
At the doctors office, the kids stayed entertained with their Nintendo DSLites and kept the exam table held down.
A battery of tests were called for, and this is the ‘nasal swab’ to check for strep throat. She starts by saying ‘just around the rim…’ and then pushes it in and scratches your brain while saying ‘…and now deeper..’ This will make your eyes water and you’ll probably sneeze!
The throat swab to check for the flu. Not nearly as bad as the nasal swab.
A blood test to check white blood count, etc.
The tests came back positive for strep throat, and I asked for a shot instead of a perscription. A short while later, a nurse comes in to administer a shot of penicillin.
To the delight of my kids, the nurse ‘shot’ me before I could even get comfortable on the exam table. Once cheekage was seen, I was pierced and feeling the burn!
Penicillin is very thick. It took awhile to all go in, burning the whole time. My cheek was sore! As the Weird Al parody “Headline News” Singapore Kid’s book said: “Ouch! My Butt!”
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.
Murry was a great dog. We called him ‘Murf’ and ‘Murf-Gurf’ and ‘Murf-the-Gurf-Lurf’.
Fun with $1 nerd glasses at the dollar store.
What other ‘cool items’ could possibly be included? Aren’t “Grillz” enough?
You fill the box with hard candy, personal hygiene items, and small toys.
The church sent out this many boxes. We were able to track ours, and found out it went to Colombia!
The Incredibealls! 