GotchaBaby

And so far, so good. We are home and M is sleeping off the pain meds they’ve given her. The doc said there was a lot of thick fluid behind her eardrum, which would be the perfect incubator for all kinds of creepy crude.

Now if L’s flu-like symptoms would clear up, we’ll be all set for Christmas. Yes, seriously, I’m pretty sure that L has the flu. He’s going to the doctor this afternoon to confirm.

Think healthy thoughts, think healthy thoughts……

First, let me say, don’t be alarmed, everyone’s fine. But today is not the day I thought it would be. For starters, this morning, before the bleeping sun was even up, I found M playing with a bottle of hand sanitizer. So I called the Poison Control Center, turns out that she could get drunk (the alcohol) but other than that, she should be OK. Phew.

I got a call from her teacher at 11:30 because she’s been under the weather all day, with dry diapers, no appetite and no interest in any activities. NOT NORMAL. Her temp is 99.9. So I left work early (screwing someone’s afternoon plans, but I really had no choice), and went to pick her up. There she is, lying on her cot, *waiting* for nap time. NOT RIGHT!

So she’s now at home napping. I called the doc again, and he said that as long as it stays at 99.9 or lower, and as long as she’s drinking some, they’ll go ahead with surgery tomorrow, which should make a world of difference.

So tomorrow, I hope, she will begin to recover and feel like herself again…just in time for Christmas madness. The madness? Is maddening. I’m almost done shopping, almost done wrapping. Then it will be time to start enjoying, right???

Is it just me or does Christmas come faster every year?? As a kid, Advent took forever–4 whole weeks?? A lifetime. I used to love it when Christmas fell on a Monday, because that meant that week 4 was really short. Now, I’d love for Christmas to be on a Saturday. To have a whole 4th week would be divine. Yes, I know that the 25th is the 25th no matter how you slice it, but still. The appearance of more time would be appreciated.

Why do I need more time?? Because I’m still living at the chiro’s office (practically). Because M now needs to go see our family doc before her surgery Thursday to verify that there’s nothing to worry about with the cough that she has (apparently, you can’t go under anesthesia if you have some chest ailments). Because I had to reschedule a hair appt Friday for a quick trip to the doc myself (girl parts behaving badly-hopefully not a big deal). Because I still have gifts to BUY, gifts to WRAP, gifts to PACK. And M’s having surgery Thursday. And we’re leaving Friday. Yikes!

But Christmas morning will come regardless, and it will be good, regardless, so I guess I’ll leave it at that.

Saturday we went to the Children’s Musuem again, and seriously, if you haven’t been, get down there!!! We had soooo much fun we bought a membership (Merry Christmas to us) for the year. They transform their big staircase into a big slide, and it’s a blast. M had the very best time. We will be going back often!!!