strep throat

Strep throat is a strange sort of illness. It just sneaks up on you very unexpectedly.

For example…

Yesterday Riah was feeling just fine. He ran around all day playing and acting perfectly normal. This morning he woke up crying that his “mouth” hurt. He wasn’t running a fever, but he refused to eat or drink anything. Then within 1 hour of being up, he layed down on the couch crying because he “mouth” hurt. I looked in his mouth with a flashlight and his throat did look a little red to me. So I called the doctor and got right in.

I honestly thought it would be a wasted trip. I figured they’d tell me it was either allergies or a virus. So I was a little surprised when the doctor told me it was strep.

Poor Riah…he’s now on Amoxicillion. He’s running only a low grade fever, but he’s just been lying around the house. He took about an hour nap this morn and now he’s playing “construx” in the playroom. He seems to be feeling a little better, but he hasn’t eaten anything and i’m having to force liquids down him. I also have to make sure I stay away from people for 24 hours so we dont pass it along.

(When Riah first got up complaining about his “mouth” hurting, I administered “GOOT” to his feet just in case it were a virus. But after he started crying pretty badly about his mouth hurting i decided to take him into the doctor anyway. I’m glad I did now. Even if he did have to go to the doctor smelling like garlic. Thankfully no one said anything. LOL!)