Sick child days

[yendi]

Feh. Two days after Elayna had what we assumed was a brief tummy virus, she woke us today to tell us that she had a sore throat and a rash. One trip to the ER later, it turns out she has scarlet fever. Which is cool, in the sense that she has a disease that I thought didn't exist anymore, but sucky in the sense that she has to miss the Thrashers practice and autograph session today, and the Purim carnival tomorrow. Fortunately, she'll be able to go to school on Monday, since she'll have been taking her medicine for over 24 hours (scarlet fever, like strep (they come from the same infection), can lead to heart disease if not treated).

She's now resting on the couch with a glass of OJ, watching Kiki's Delivery Service.

On the plus side, since we had to go to CVS to get her prescription filled, I now have a Cadbury Cream Egg.

Erm, let me rephrase. I had a Cadbury Cream Egg.