I'm in the middle of a very busy week at work. Yes, it's only Monday and I said in the middle because that's what it feels like. I am part of a very important meeting that has taken a lot of hard work and perseverance to get to this point. My big presentation was this afternoon and after I finished I internally let out a huge PHEW! It was one big stumbling block between myself and maternity leave and I'm happy to say that it's done. Not that I'm out of the woods yet, there's still mounds of stuff to do, a good chunk of which probably will not get done. I was told by one of my bosses last week not to worry about what gets done and doesn't get done, just enjoy my leave. But you know me, I'll feel much better going out with as much taken care of as possible. Right now I'm saying that this baby needs to give me until the end of this week, I'm hoping for some of next week too. With any luck, I'll luck I'll get that.
We had an interesting turn of events around here on Friday. I decided to take Katherine to the pediatrician to have someone take a quick listen to her lungs. The cold that she had the week before just seemed to be lingering and her breathing seemed a bit labored to me Thursday night. Better safe than sorry I figured. Katherine was not thrilled about this and told me very matter of factly and more than once that "I don't need to go to the doctor, I not sick". She was a bit teary eyed and apprehensive when we first arrived but she seemed to calm down when she realized that this visit wasn't going to be like any of the other medical mishaps she'd been through. The nurse practitioner listened to her lungs and declared them nice and clear. Then she looked in her ears and discovered she had an ear infection. Then she looked in her throat and declared that a strep test needed to be done because it sure looked like strep throat as well. Wha???? Other than the cough, this kid has had no symptoms of either; no fever, no ear pulling, no complaints that anything hurt her, nothing. In fact, she'd been quite chipper most of the week (puking incident aside). How could this be? But one positive strep test later, we were on our way to the pharmacy to pick up the antibiotic. Guess that cold wasn't a cold after all.
I supposed we're quite lucky, first time having an ear infection or strep throat in the kid's life (yes, we've somehow made it to 3 and half without either one but let me remind you of the medical odyssey that was age 2 around here...tooth incident, hand in tailpipe, lyme test...nuf said) and she hardly seems affected by it. Katherine has given us a little protest here and there over taking her medicine but she hasn't missed a dose. I don't think this stuff tastes all that bad.
Work threw me a wonderful little baby shower last Thursday and I need to get the pictures posted on our photo site. I also need to do a February/March album. Things have been so crazy that I don't think there's enough pictures to do albums for each separate month. Ted's work is throwing him a shower on Wednesday afternoon. They threw him one for Katherine except it ended up being on the day she was born so he missed it entirely. They were kind enough to call him at the hospital to let him know how good the food was. With any luck, we'll make it to this one. AND Papa and Gram Coberly arrive on Thursday to take Miss K up to their house for a week. So far there's an Easter Egg hunt and a trip to the circus planned. They'll all be back for Easter weekend. Will there be an new little Easter bunny in the house by then? We'll see!
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