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Holy cow does this suck. It sucks! It sucks! It sucks!

I told you how last Friday we took Claire Bear to Urgent Care and they gave her an antibiotic for her ear and throat (if she had strep.. she wouldn't let them look in her mouth). 3 doses of antibiotics later (3 days) and she wasn't doing ANY better. Not in the least. She was sleeping non stop... she wouldn't eat or drink.... she would cry constantly when she was awake... it was MISERABLE. For her to feel & for me as a mom, to watch.

Off to the ER Jesse and I go. The nurse listens to her and is instantly alarmed. She said she sounded wheezy all the way down. We are whirled away to xray where they do two chest xrays on her (she did FABULOUS). She didn't have pneumonia as feared, but she did have bronchitis. Turns out the kid had bronchitis, strep throat, and a bad ear infection. Can you say poor baby?! OMG. The antibiotics urgent care prescribed just wasn't enough. So they gave her a shot in the henie **OUCH.. she loved that.. NOT**. And prescribed something different. It's just given once a day for five days. She'll be done tomorrow. By the next day there was a MAJOR change in her. Our baby was back! She has been a complete motor mouth and I can't complain. After not hearing her laugh or talk or even seeing a smile for over a week... we are thrilled. That was insanely scary. None of my kids have ever been THAT sick for THAT long.

Now I have been running a fever for a couple of days and today my throat feels so tight and sore that my ears hurt. Wonderful. I guess if I can't kick this in a day or two, my butt will have to go to Urgent Care. yippie.

I emptied out all the girls' toys and sanitized them all. I have got to get rid of this plague. It's awful. Hopefully Jesse (or anyone else) doesn't get it.

Ariel has been home the past two days. Snow days. It hit all around us. Three inches a few miles in one direction and up to half a foot in asheville. Did we get any? nope! Curse Winter! It can go away! I'm not a fan of the storms spring and summer bring by any means... but I'm ready for my family to be HEALTHY.