A very Thursday day.

Well Thursday snuck up on us (can't believe the week is gone). Thursday morning I had to wake my baby girl up for school and I did not want to. She had the roughest night. She woke up several times coughing and at one point threw up because of the coughing. I just knew when I went to wake her up she would want to skip school. But I always ask her anyway cause I hate to make that little girl mad. She woke up and started getting ready, I drove her to school instead of the bus thinking she would change her mind before we got there. No such luck, but she was still coughing. I dropped her off and headed home. about 9:15 the school nurse called me and told me that Toni was in a coughing fit and asked what I was doing for her asthma. I was a little surprised, I told her that Toni had never been formally diagnosed with asthma but her pediatrician and I were both aware that it could become a problem if I can't keep her allergies under control. She takes clariten and most the time that is enough. But something blew in with the storm on Wednesday and she was going under. The only thing that will work when she gets bad is Zyrtec but it makes her so sleepy. She falls asleep in class and it is hard to wake her up. Soooooo I only give it to her on days like this. But I had already given her the claritin for the day so that was out of the question. The school nurse thought the best thing to do would be for me to pick her up. No problem....I went down to the school, signed her out and went to the nurses office. Toni was not there. The nurse said Toni was upset that she was missing class and wanted to wait for me in the classroom. So they called her and she came down the hallway and as we were headed to the door she said "hold on a sec momma". She ran back to the library and talked to the lady for a second. Then she came back and said "I had to let Mrs. Rice know that I would not be helping her today during free time, I told her this morning I would" Awww my sweet girl is giving up free time to help some of the teachers. Anyway when we got to the car she said "lets go get something for my cough and then you can bring me back to school. I don't know why I was shocked by this statement but it took me by surprise. I was thinking she could come home and get rest. But...I took her to Walmart and bought her triaminic thin strips which help with coughing and it is a little tiny strip that dissolves on the tounge. It was around her lunch time so I had Mikey and Toni both pick a lunchable at Walmart as well. Then I headed to the pharmacy to buy a humidifier for her room for at night when needs it the most. Mikey, Toni, and I all sat in the parking lot as they finished eating. I gave Toni a thin strip and headed back to school. They were a little shocked to see her again but the lady at the front desk was happy that Toni loves school. Her class was at the playground and Toni insisted that I just let her go across the whole school grounds and the parking lot by herself to meet up with her class. YEAH RIGHT. Mikey and I walked my big girl to the fence that the playground was in and let her go from there. I understand that she wants to be independent but really...come on. Anyway. The humidifier is really helping and she slept way better last night. No phone calls yet from the school today.