Not today...

Yesterday, Schane' was supposed to have two teeth pulled. I left work at 2:15 so I would have some time before her appt. to talk to her about what was going to happen. I was going to meet Tim at my house because he picked her up from school & we were going to drive to the specialist together. I neglected to tell Schane' the night before that she was getting these teeth pulled because she would have been so drama about it that she wouldn't have slept well. I decided not to tell her at breakfast either.

When I did get home I asked Tim if he talked to her about it & he said he didn't. Of course not, leave it to the mother. When I told Schane' about it she did what I expected her to, she cried. She then came over to me & gave me a hug. During this hug I felt this radiating heat come from her head. I immediately said aloud that she had a fever & proceeded to find the thermometer. Her temp was 101. Great, no teeth pulled for you today. She was quite happy about this. Tim called the specialist & rescheduled for next Monday. The reason we were going to a specialist is because her dentist said that when she had a cavity last year she didn't do so well & thought that going to a specialist would be easier on her.

Her temp broke quite easily & felt fine for the remainder of the day. In fact, you would never have known that she had a temp at all considering how she was acting. I took her temp this morning & it was at 99. I gave her some more medicine & sent her to school.

I do have to explain to you on why I would send my child to school whether she was sick or not. Schane' only has 7 days left of school. She has not missed a day of school or been late this whole year. That is a huge accomplishment. Now, if she was puking all night I would have considered keeping her home. But then again I probably would have sent her for the morning & then picked her up early afternoon. The kids have to be at school at least until lunch time in order for it to count for a whole day.

When I was talking to a friend last night she asked me who was this accomplishment for, me or her? I thought that was a great question & I laughed pretty hard. I guess my answer would be for me. I'm the one who got her up every morning & walked her to school every day. But if she makes it til next Thursday I think she will feel pretty proud of herself. If it never happens again she can at least say that it happened at least once in her lifetime & her psychotic mom made it happen.