A First We Could Do Without

Last night was Kate's first trip to the ER. She's ok now and resting comfortably but last night was not good. On Wednesday I took her to the Dr. because she had been coughing a lot. It turns out she had strep throat. Here's the weird thing, she wasn't running a fever and she was basically acting like her normal happy self. The Dr. was surprised but I figured, well, we'll get the antibiotic and she'll be as good as new in 48 hours right? Wrong!As the days kept going on she actually got worse. She started having a lot of congestion. So much so that she was to the point of choking on it. Yesterday she started running a fever. We gave her Tylenol and let her sleep as much as she wanted. At about 1 am last night (this morning) she woke up talking loud. Not crying mind you, but talking and calling for her Daddy. She has been known to talk in her sleep but this was different. She was basically choking on her congestion and could only breathe through her mouth. We took her fever and it was 103.6. Jared said he wanted to take her to the ER. When he laid her in my arms to put on his shoes she was like a limp noodle. We went to the ER and long story short after 5 hours, one blood test and 2 X-rays the Dr. diagnosed her with a virus on top of strep. As everyone knows, antibiotics can do nothing for viruses. By the time we were ready to go her fever had definitely broke and she was acting a lot better. So now we just wait out this virus and wait for her strep to clear up. She's exhausted (and so are we) but she is getting as much sleep as possible which in the past has helped just as much as any medicine ever could. This is what I hope for these days,two consecutive weeks where one or both of my kids is not sick. Is that too much to hope for?