On Tuesday, the nurse called and said Maria had green gunk in her nose and a kid in the class had a sinus infection, so I took her to one of the pediatricians we don’t care for (I’d forgotten until after our appointment). He said her throat looked irritated, so we could do a strep test or just give her antibiotics. Because of how she’s been acting and since other kids have been getting sick and since her throat was irritated, we took the antibiotics. She seemed much better Wednesday. Then Wednesday night when I checked on her, she’d thrown up all over, then fell asleep covered in puke.
Thursday she wasn’t eating much and they were worried at school, so they called me again. She didn’t eat for Sue either, yelled if Sue ever left her sight, and had lots of loose stools (gotta love those antibiotics…). When I got home, she’d yell if I left her for a minute, but she did eat for me. Didn’t sleep much at all, then slept all day at school. They were worried, so they called Andy (since I told them I’d be on a conference call all morning), but he said that wasn’t abnormal for her to sleep all day. I like it that they call often. It shows they’re paying attention and they care. I feel that we’re establishing a strong bond and rules of whatever, which will help over the next 7 years that Maria is at that school. She still seems a little funky this evening, but we have a low-key weekend, so she should be a lot better Tuesday when she goes back to school.
On the bright side, we got a new chair. It’s called a Special Tomato Soft-Touch Sitter. It’s a molded rubber chair on a wooden base. Sits low to the floor, so Maria’s feet touch the floor when she’s in it. She likes to push her feet and scoot around in it–it’s awesome! I got a little video of it. The way the sides are molded, she can’t do her slumping to the side like she tends to do in the high chair. And, the best part, it was “only” $311! (which really is cheap for a therapy item, and furthermore, I just looked at the website and it’s $100 more now!!!).