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To pick up where we left off...

Little m and I and Little md all recovered.  But then Little m got ill again with perhaps a stomach thing or perhaps a reaction to coming off of the steroid.  (BTW that steroid caused her to eat all day, have even more temper tantrums and lift the furniture with hand.  okay I made that last one up.)  She was on the steroid because of the hives caused by probably the high levels of mycoplasma pneumoniae in the system.  It's a bacteria that causes pneumonia and can stay in the body for LONG periods of time.

Well May rocked on and by the end of the school year things were starting to look up.  Little m was over the week-long diarrhea.  Little d had her Field day, AR water fun day, awards day! And then we were home freeeeee!  Except the Sunday after school was out Little d came down with a high fever and Little d was coming down with severe hives again.  Ugh.  Two trips to the walk in clinic later, and Little d had acute tonsillitis and Little d had another round of steroids.

The new pediatrician saw her the following Tuesday and thinks that the bacteria is lingering and could continue to flair up causing the hives.  She said she could have tonsilitis also because her throat looked like it could be infected.  (The doc on Sunday had said her tonsils were swollen). So she had to take a round of antibiotics.  We are now waiting until next Tuesday to see a ENT doc to see if her tonsils will need to come out.  She will also need to see the allergist.  Sooooo not how I wanted to spend the summer.

We did have a nice week (almost) of D being off after working a month-long shutdown.  One night we even ate pizza in the pool!!  D and I have been doing a little cleaning, shopping for tile, just hanging with the kids and our fab neighbors (my bro and his wife).  I've even started working out and eating better.  I'm down four pounds, but the best part is I'm feeling healthier.  And like I'm getting stronger.

At least until this morning.  Woke up with a tickle in my throat.  Took some allergy medicine in case it's from the cleaning.  Then locked myself in the bedroom while D spent the day with the kids.  Thought it was getting better, but then I got some chills so I took my temp this afternoon.  Yep.  Between 99 and 100.  L O V E L Y.  I don't even know anymore.

So not how I want to spend the summer....