GOT STREP?

I'd like to apologize to my fellow bloggers for my delay in blogging. You see, this past Tuesday my son, William IVXX, was diagnosed with strep throat! The poor bugger spent all week home tired and cranky, and Will felt equally as bad!

No, really, it hasn't been a fun week! In fact I am looking forward to going to work on Monday just to resume my life and get rid of my parasitic son. He was the most pitiful thing I've seen in a long time (second to Dub-ya at one of his State of the Union addresses) - on top of the strep he also had a cold so I've dealt with a runny nose and cough to boot. I've had strep before - it's awful. It hurts so bad to even swallow your own saliva (Will spent much of the time drooling hence the pitiful part). The Amoxicillin gave him loose stools which was fun when he decided to "toot."

I think the saddest part is when he looked at me one day this week and said (as he blew a boogie bubble with his nose), "When am I gonna feel better?" That kind of stuff just breaks a mother's heart! And forget clingy - OIY! I've had pantyhose that were less clingy! It was almost like having a newborn all over!

Strep is also highly contagious so as my sick son lovingly gave me kisses mixed with drool and mucous, I lovingly thought of washing my mouth out with Purell. Somehow, by the grace of the Great Unicorn, neither Shaun nor I caught it. The thought of Shaun drooling, cranky, loose stools and clingy was enough to make me throw up in my mouth (just a little).

Thankfully Will is starting to come back to his old self - I can see a light at the end of the tunnel. Like the song says, "I can see clearly now the strep is gone........."

P.S. No, that is not Will's mouth (but it did look very similar!)