We're Faster Than We Look

Week before last Amelia started running a fever and obviously was not feeling well.  Darryl took her to the doctor who said that it was probably a virus and would not prescribe anything for her.  Darryl stayed home with her a couple of days and Amy stayed home a day.  By Sunday it looked as though she was going to be fever free for 24 hours.  Monday she went to school and after lunch the school nurse called saying that Amelia had a temp of 101.  Darryl gave us a call to see if we could help.  He and Amy both needed to be at work and it looked like she would miss school for at least another day, probably two.

I was in the process of making a batch of dressing to go with a turkey we have in the freezer.  I quickly finished up what I was doing.  We threw clothes in a suitcase and headed for Atlanta within 1 1/2 hours of Darryl's phone call.  On the way there, he let us know that the doctor said she had a sinus infection and finally prescribed some antibiotic for her.

We arrived around 10:30 PM.  We went right to bed and Amelia woke us up the next morning.  Amelia is always happy to see us.  We spent most of the day taking it easy.  She wasn't as active as she is sometimes, but she didn't seem to puny although she continued to have a little fever.  That afternoon we were reading together out of her "chapter" book, "Lemonade Wars".  She wanted to read just the parts in quotes and wanted me to read the rest which of course was the most reading.  Bubba was sitting across from us and while I was reading a pretty long section, he told me she was asleep.  She slept snuggled up against me for nearly an hour.  That seldom happens so I know that she wasn't feeling too great.

By the next day the antibiotic had started working and she went through the day with a temp below 99 degrees.  She was on target to go back to school Thursday.  We had a good day.  We danced some.  We played dolls some and we played a video game some.  She asked her Paw-Paw to read with her.  This time she took the longer part and got Paw-Paw to read the parts in quotations.  And, if he did not read without enough expression to suit her she would show him the proper way to read it.  Bubba also performed a chicken dance for Amelia and asked me if I could do that.  Of course, I could!  Anything for a laugh. That night after she brushed her teeth and was settled in bed, she asked me to check her temperature again. She wanted to make sure she was going to be able to go back to school.

Thursday she went back to school.  Bubba and I delayed returning home until the next day just in case she started to feel bad after she got to school.  We went to Jaemore Farms which is about 30 miles north of where Amy lives.  They recently started picking their strawberries and I wanted some.  While there we shared a strawberry fried pie and we each got a cup of homemade strawberry ice cream.  I love that place.  I can't wait until August to get some more of their good peaches.

Darryl had our car washed and vacuumed out for us Thursday night.  Then they took us out for Mexican food.  

I slept most of the way home on Friday.  Bubba listened to Fox News all the way home and I just snored away.  We both slept well that night.  That trip gets longer every time we make it.  But, we hope that they will always feel like they can call us when they need help.  I just checked and Amelia is doing fine and is happy to be back in school.  I'm sorry Amelia was sick, but we enjoyed the time we were with her.

By the way, one of her challenge words in spelling this week was onomatopoeia.  I just had to cut and paste it because I couldn't remember how to spell it long enough to write it myself.  Things have really changed in school a lot since Amy was in first grade.

We had a storm come through the Monday morning before we left to go to Amy's and our yard was a mess.  It looked like days of work but Bubba got it done pretty quickly.  

We have a camping trip with Joe and Judy coming up soon.  We're looking forward to camping at Lake Eufaula.  It will be our first time at that state park.  Hopefully, we'll catch some fish.