My Day in Bullets

Today was exhausting! I shall recap it in a bullet post.

*Woke up several times in the night with a sore throat (again) and a barking seal cough.

*Heard Daniel coughing a lot and he kept whimpering in his sleep.

*After getting up, showered, dressed and getting Daniel dressed I started calling doctor's.

*Called to get Daniel in to be seen, but they only had an 8:30 appt. and I would've been late for work. So, they said they'd call back.

*Called my doctor's office to see if she would re-prescribe the Z-Pack for me without coming in. Receptionist said she probably would and would call back.

*Ate breakfast.

*Daniel's doctor's office called back to say that they could "squeeze him in" with the nurse practitioner at 2:15. Nap time. But I said I'd make it work.

*Went to work and the time flew by!

*Got off and had a message from my doctor's office. "She said she really wants to see you, so give me a call and I'll get you in today." Ugh.

*Called and the only time open was 2. That wasn't going to work. Then she said, "Could you come right now?" Yup.

*Drove over and let her look at my throat. I don't think she's even going to charge me, she just wanted to look because she said normally she won't do a 2nd round, but I look to have a 2nd virus, so she wrote me a prescription.

*Went home and fed myself and the boy lunch. I planned to try to put him down early for nap, but with getting home a little later than I thought with making an extra stop it wasn't going to be worth it.

*Had our daily afternoon chat with Daddy on the phone!

*Headed to Daniel's appointment. Let me remind you...the time was 2:15 and we arrived 5 minutes early.

*Daniel entertained the waiting room, by running around, and yelling "Jump!" while attempting to jump. Our favorite receptionist gave him a little puppy dog beanie, and he befriended an older lady who he made play catch with him using his new puppy!

*Got called back by our favorite nurse! Thankfully they let me roll this appointment in with his 2 year appointment so I don't have to come back for that (and the well check appointments are fully covered by insurance!) Little man weighed in at 29 lbs and is 36 inches! So in the past 6 months he's only gained 1 pound, but grew 2 inches!

*Then we waited. And waited. And waited. And....well you get the picture. We read every book in the room, Daniel played peek a boo with a curtain. Played with the exam table. Rolled the stool all over the room crashing it into things (and by that point I honestly didn't care.). Then he would open the door, sit on the floor and slowly scoot into the hallway like he thought I wouldn't notice. Haha! I got the nurse to give him a sucker so that bought me a few minutes of him sitting down!

*FINALLY the nurse practitioner came in and was very apologetic. (Still frustrating, but glad for an apology) She looked Daniel over and decided that it was just a virus and that he didn't need a prescription. At that point I'm thinking, "I'm glad you're doing the well check too because if I had sat for that long for nothing I would have been SO mad!" 

*He had to get his Hep A vaccine and I went ahead and got him a flu shot too. He was not happy...until he got snuggles and another sucker.

*Left at 4:00. :/

*Still had to go to WalMart. Somehow managed to spend less than 25 minutes in the store!

*Drove to Walgreens to pick up a prescription and finally dropped off my ZPack one. Said I'd come back later but I'm just going tomorrow.

*Came home and had supper. Daniel had a meltdown for no reason (other than obviously he was tired)

*Had to give him a bath because he rubbed ketchup in his hair. Noticed he was having a reaction to his shots. Thought it was hives, but after a bit looked like a slight rash. Phew. He also had another epic meltdown, so we snuggled on the couch and watched Daniel Tiger.

*6:30 brushed teeth, read stories, said prayers and halfway through the second song that boy was OUT. Hopefully he gets a good night of sleep.

*Folded laundry and watched TV with Jacob!

Didn't get things accomplished that I wanted to today, and tomorrow I won't have a lot of time, but I'll get it done. Heading to Iowa a little after Jacob gets home tomorrow afternoon !