I packed up a sick husband, a toddler, and myself to go stay at an empty friends house for a few days so we could have the first alone family time since early July.
Get here and get us unloaded around noon, set up Magnus’ crib mattress bed for him. Daddy and Magnus nap.
Daddy and Magnus awake and Magnus is very hot and vomits all over me. New clothes for Magnus and momma, a couch set up covered in blankets/towels to prevent stains on friends furniture. Temperature taken and it reads 102 under his armpit. Get urgent care info from a friend, go back to Gary’s and get the wallet and phone I forgot, take Magnus to urgent care.
Temp reads 102.2, strep throat test taken and comes back negative. Dr. comes in and tells us it might be the beginning of the flu. If he can’t keep fluids down bring him back in, if his fever continues for 3 days bring him back in.
Bring Magnus back home where he throws up all over Daddy and the bed. New clothes for Daddy and Magnus, I start a load of laundry.
Now I am off to the store for some supplies including tampons for the freaking period that I just started.
Oh and our friends house that we are staying at – he has a roommate who we were told was out of town. But when Magnus and I returned he was here.
So no empty house and a sick husband and child. Technically the sick child and daddy should be seperated but Chris does not want to leave and I have no energy to convince him.
If Chris gets a fever in the next 2 nights I can’t take him to the ER so I will call people here and see if they can be available to take Chris to the ER if he develops a fever.
Spent nearly $200 at the Dr.’s office. I applied for state CHIPS insurance for Magnus but the application has not been approved yet.
Perhaps if I wasn’t used to every fever resulting in an ER trip and a week long stay in the hospital or if I didn’t want to be extra cautious of any sort of infection that Chris may be exposed to I wouldn’t have taken Magnus to the Dr.’s office.
So far this month we’ve had nearly $400 in unexpected bills (medical and replacement of car window after it was broken into).
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