Sick during Christmas

On Wednesday, the 22nd, Jenni called me to tell me that Marleigh was running a fever and not acting like herself. She wasn't eating very well, and very cranky. Marleigh's fever got up to 102.8, so we decided with the holidays coming, we would take her to the doctor. It took what seemed like forever at the doctor's office. The doctor thought Marleigh had strep. Finally, at about 7:15pm, we walked out the door with our prescription for amoxicillin in hand. We tried both Walgreens and Wal-Mart in Great Bend, but both were already closed for the night. With her fever being high and her not eating, I really wanted to get Marleigh started on her antiobiotic that night. As much as I hated to, I called our local pharmacist, Brian Reed. He is such a nice guy. He ran down to the pharmacy and filled her prescription. The next morning her fever was down. We thought things were getting back to normal. She still wasn't wanting to eat much, but we chalked it up to her throat still being sore. By Friday (Christmas Eve) she still wasn't wanting to eat much. Now, she was also very gassy, and just wasn't her normal happy little self. Her diapers were horribly potent. Christmas Eve night was awful. She was up most of the night. She would only sleep if one of us held her. Christmas Day & night brought more of the same. You could tell that she just didn't feel good. Sunday, was a crappy day. Literally. I think I changed 8-9 dirty diapers. Everytime she would have a bowel movement, she would come running to me saying, "poopy, hurt." It was so nasty it was burning her little bottom. I had been suspicious the antiobiotic was tearing up her tummy. Marleigh has always had a sensitive stomach. Marc & I decided to stop giving it to her. We were going to call the doctor Monday morning. Sunday night she FINALLY got a good nights sleep. It has taken her another 3 days, but now she is back to our sweet little girl. We're sooooooo glad! It was not a fun few days at the Johnson house!