Gotta Love the Strep!

Emma is still sick. It's Wednesday, for Dog's sake!

I took her to the doctor on Monday, and we got a call yesterday afternoon that she has strep. She started her antibiotics last night. She slept well last night, but remained in bed this morning until 11:30-ish. She's still running a fever, but she's awake now at least. Poor baby. I don't think she's ever been this ill for this long. The doctor said that she could go back to school once she was on the medicine for 24 hours, which would mean tomorrow. But, seeing as they don't have school on Friday, I don't see the point in sending her back tomorrow. Certainly if she's still not 100%.

Since she slept all morning, I was able to do a little work, which was good, since I'm missing the majority of the week. She is now laying on the fold-out couch with Rose, our wee-poodle and listening to a book-on-CD.

And that is probably the only good thing to come out of this illness. We pulled out our copy of The Reptile Room (A Series of Unfortunate Events - Book the Second) read by the amazing Tim Curry, and stuck it in the CD player. It's the best thing ever. Much better than the film. This is Emma's third time through the whole thing in the past 2 days, and shows no sign of tiring of it. I highly recommend it, whether you have a child or not. It's just as entertaining for adults, perhaps more so.