Emma's sick. Again. She has a horrible cold. Runny nose. Coughing. Weepy, drainy eyes. Cranky. You name the cold symptom she has it. It seemed like Saturday she was starting to get better and then Sunday she took a turn for the worse. We actually called off going to church and got ready to take her to the Urgent Care. Then, we decided to call her pedi before going. He suggested waiting because she wasn't running a fever. However, the last couple of days she has just been getting worse. And then today she finally spiked a fever. Her preschool teacher called to let me know she was running a temperature of 101.1. Of course, I felt horrible. I knew this morning she wasn't herself and something told me she wasn't feeling good. I was almost in tears dropping her off because she had rubbed her eye so much the underneath of her eye was red - it literally looked like someone had sucker punched her in the eye!
Anyways, to make a longer story semi shorter, we ended up taking her to the doctor. We saw a really nice doctor we had saw before when Emma was sick. Though nice she only told us things we had heard before. Keep giving Benadryl, saline drops and suction nose, elevate mattress, Vicks, etc. etc. It is really frustrating as a parent because those things don't seem to really bring relief. It seems the only thing that brings relief is time. And as the doctor explained because Emma has not been in daycare before what is likely happening is as Emma is recovering from one illness she is getting another illness. She also noted babies get sick an average of twice a
month. TWICE. I wonder if Suburban offers a frequent "shopper" card?
Hai took the afternoon off to stay home with Emma after we took her to the doctor so I could go back to work. I felt horrible asking to leave work - a new job - so I needed to return as quickly as I could. But, I also felt in conflict being a mom. Going back to work I felt horrible. Leaving my sick baby at home to go to work. Later in the afternoon I was teaching one of my new students I felt God schooling me. Yesterday, she had such a difficult time reading a story. She tried so hard but she just couldn't do it. However, today after so much practice yesterday she did such an excellent job. In that moment, I realized God has a plan. Even though it was so hard to leave Emma and go back to work I know I have a purpose - to be a mom AND to be a teacher. Though it won't always be easy I know going to work and teaching will make me a better mom and teacher.
Thanks for posting this. Sorry that your little angel is sick. I know how hard it can be to be a teacher and a mom. I think that your post was my "schooling" It reminded me that God has placed me where I am and he has a purpose for me and it is also to be a teacher AND mom. I seemed to have forgotten this lately. Thanks for the reminder. :-)
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