V is for Virus

I just spent nearly 3 hours in at Urgent Care with Clara tonight. She was coughing horribly and running a high fever...all out of the blue. Whooping cough is going around so severely here, that I called the pediatrician to ask some questions. She thought Clara might have pneumonia and suggested she be seen in Urgent Care tonight...so off we went. Her temperature was 103 when we got there, bless her little heart. She was just burning up and limp and miserable. They gave her some Motrin to try to get the fever down and discovered she had an ear infection and major congestion as well...even though she has no outward signs of congestion at all. So we are on the big antibiotic Zithromax...which will clear the ear, and pneumonia should that end up being an issue...and the whooping cough...most importantly...it would clear up the whooping cough if that is what she had. So...I brought home a VERY exhausted little girl. I put her in some fresh jammies and gave her her first round of meds...she will need more tylenol at 10 p.m. and another Motrin dose at midnight. She is on limited activity status for the next couple of days. I just hope and pray that when she wakes up tomorrow, she is feeling a WHOLE lot better. She is very, very pitiful right about now.

Ben has a field trip to the zoo tomorrow. That should be fun for him. I have to make sure that he is all organized in the morning for that. He needs his hat and sunscreen and water bottle and a sack lunch...no lunchboxes tomorrow. He should just have a blast with his friends there tomorrow. The weather is supposed to be quite nice too! As for Clara and I...we will be sitting here at home, laying low and being quiet.

Chris is in New Orleans tonight. Out of town of course as we deal with this little Clara crisis. Hopefully this will be his last trip for a while now. We sure do like having him around here. And all heck seems to break loose when he is gone! That's the worst thing about it. As long as he is home...everyone is healthy and in one piece and life just trips on along. But as soon as he leaves, something major almost always happens! Just our luck!

Despite Clara's illness right now, life is good here in the desert. I am feeling more and more settled and feel like I am finding more and more friendly faces these days. I find myself looking forward to seeing all of these ladies again...it has been nice getting to know them just a wee bit.

No other news to speak of...that's all for us right now. Feeling blessed and just praying for our little girl. Life is good in the desert!