Pitiful Little Girl

This past Saturday, Leah woke up with a fever.  Now, mind you, she is 2 years old but she has never run a temperature over 99 degrees.  She is one healthy mule of a girl.  So this was uncharted territory for Craig and me.  Aunt Meredith was hanging with us, since Gammie and Papa were in the mountains for the weekend.  Leah was feeling pretty yucky, we could tell.  I treated her with children's ibuprofen which brought her fever down a little and made her more comfortable.  I was hoping she would recover quickly, not needing to visit the Urgent Care.  I know most of you other moms can agree, all injuries and sickness seem to happen after pediatricians' office hours.

Late Sunday, she started to act like herself a little more and her fever broke during her afternoon nap.  However, Monday morning I had a nagging suspicion that something just wasn't right, so I called her pediatrician and got her an appointment for 11am.  She didn't have a fever by then, but she was still very irritable.  Turns out, she has strep throat.  Welcome to the world of yucky, thick, pink, fake bubblegum-flavored antibiotics, little one.  One good thing that came of this....Leah's first Popsicle!  She loves them.  Pardon her appearance in the photo.  She had been sick, of course.