Tuesday Blues

Hi everyone. Hannah is home sick today. She has those EOG (end of grade) tests and I tried to send her because she said she had an upset stomach last night. I thought maybe it was nerves.

I took her in this morning and told her that I would pick her up as soon as she finished the test (about 2 hours). I was just about to leave for work at 8 and her teacher called and said she was really sick and I needed to come get her, she threw up. The person at the front desk was miffed that I was interrupting the school during test time, but whatever. When Hannah and I got outside, she threw up again. I made an appointment for her at the doctor at 10 and that's when they discovered she has strep throat. We got home and she just fell asleep. She threw up on the way to the doctors' and then again as soon as we were checking out.

He saw her throat was looking yuck and did the strep test. They actually gave her an injection of antibiotic. She cried. It was a huge needle. I really felt bad for her. The good news is that that shot should wipe out the strep altogether without her needing anything else. He gave me a prescription for phenegren if she doesn't stop vomiting in a few hours. She's sleeping in the living room right now, watching the Disney channel. The doctor said we could see how she was feeling in the morning before deciding whether or not she should go to school.

The unfortunate side of that is that her teacher left me a message that there was a letter for Keith and I in Hannah's agenda. It was saying that she has missed 10 days of school and we may be referred to the district attorney or social services. It also said that protocol was for us to be notified of the whole "drill" after she missed 3 & 6 days, but we weren't. This is the first time I've heard of these consequences.

It has been truly the year from hell at this school. With her migranes, even in FL, she misses a day on average a month. We were told by her pediatrician that the best we could do is just wait them out, that one day a month wasn't enough to warrant preventative medications that would come with more side effects. In the beginning more than now she had bad foot days. She has had stomach issues from time to time. She has had colds. I mean, the psychological stress of this school has probably added to her headaches and stomachaches. So, 10 days. Now she's missing again today and possibly tomorrow. I'm just a nervous wreck. She hasn't taken time off for vacations, like last year she missed a week when we went on the Disney Cruise. We told the teacher and she was given things to do to "make up" for school work she would be missing. That was Florida. I am just hating North Carolina a little more all of the time. So, I guess I just need to send her when she's miserable. Then, like today, they call me to come get her. It's a no win situation for us.

I got an "A" in my research class. My next set of classes start this Sat. I think the class is going to "make". It's Human Growth & Development every other Sat. and Social & Cultural Foundations of Counseling on Tuesday nights. I wish there were two Sat. classes I could take so I could go every Sat. and not have to worry about Hannah on the weekdays. I still don't know what I will be doing with her on Tuesdays.

This is my last full week of work. I am "off" starting June 1, but I had planned on going in on the 1st to spend some time with the new director and maybe go in a couple more times that week because Hannah's in school through the 8th. I was hoping to head to FL after she got out of school on the 8th, but that turns out to be on a Sat. that I have class, so I guess it will have to wait until the following Wed.