Definately Not in the Running for Mommy of the Year....

I have seriously been meaning to post to this blog for a couple of weeks now, but I really didn't know what was interesting enough to write about. My friend Kelli told me today that she has been "patiently waiting for me to post." So Kelli, this is for you....especially because no one else even knows I have a blog :)

So today I took Kourtney to the doctor because she was running a fever and she has had a pretty bad cough for the last few days. The sad thing is I really didn't even think there was really anything wrong with Kourt, I figured that since she goes to daycare she had picked up something that was viral and would be gone in a couple of days. I really only made the appointment because I felt guilty for missing work, and I wanted to be able to give my boss an explanation as to why I had to be off. Reason number one why I will not be winning an award anytime soon for my parenting skills.

When I called the office they told me that Kourt's doctor was booked for the day and they set her up with the nurse practitioner who I never actually had met before. When the nurse came into the room she introduced herself to us and then started asking me about Kourt's symptoms. So I told her about her fever and cough, and then I remembered that Kourt had been complaining over the weekend about her ear hurting. But I also told her that Kourtney had really only complained about it on Saturday and by Sunday she had told me that it didn't hurt anymore. Then I went on to say that I really didn't think there was anything too wrong with her and that I probably should have held off on making the appoinment. Then the nurse tells me that sometimes kids get used to the pain in their ear and that they don't even realize that it really does hurt. I thought that was kinda silly, what child honestly gets used to the pain in their ear and thinks that it doesn't hut anymore. Well evidently Kourtney is one of those kids.....turns out she had a double ear infection. So after she tells me that I am starting to feel really guilty because I hadn't taken her to the doctor sooner. Then the nurse started listening to her chest and tells me that Kourt has "diminished breath sounds on her left side." I evidently watch too much ER and Grey's Anatomy because I started to panic because I thought that meant her lung had collapsed. The Nurse must have noticed how shocked I was because she told me that it just meant that she had walking pnemonia.....so at this point I am starting to tear up because that just sounded extremely bad to me. This nurse must have been thinking at this point that I am the biggest idiot ever, I had just got done telling her that I thought Kourt was fine and then she tells me everything that is in fact wrong with her. She comes over to me and pats me on the back and tells me not to beat myself up for not getting Kourt into the doctor sooner. So, thinking Kourtney is really not sick when in fact she really is is another reason I will not be Mommy of the Year anytime soon.

So anyways she put Kourt on Amoxicillin for 10 days and told me to watch her breathing and to call her if her fever isn't gone in 3-5 days. So now I am scared to death that I am going to miss something else and I am constantly putting my head to her chest to make sure I don't hear anything different. It's going to be a LONG 10 days!!!

The good news is she is already starting to feel better and tonight she was bouncing around and acting like her normal, crazy self. And from now on when she tells me her ear hurts she will definately be going to the doctor :)