Me= Strep throat diagnosed on Saturday, feeling better, no longer contagious.
Giggles= tested today, no strep throat.
Geetle= tested today, no strep throat.
Pookie= tested today, STREP THROAT! Just started antibiotics and will be contagious until noon tomorrow.
BAGD= came home from work to help me keep the sickies and the wellies apart. He feels a little sick, is going for a test at 2:30.
On a related note, Pookie hates medicine. Hates it. But deep down, he is a good boy, so he will take it if we tell him he has to. We try to work with him and get the chewable tablets, because he prefers them. They discontinued the chewable version of the antibiotic he got for his Strep, so he had to get the good old fashioned pink liquid amoxicilan. 1 and 1/2 teaspoons! Instead of forcing him to drink it, BAGD sat him down and told him all about what it was and why he had to take it. Then he let him sip it a half squirt at a time. After each sip, Pookie shivered and looked like he was turning into the incredible hulk, but he got all the way thru. Then they made a 10 day medicine chart so we can put an “x’ in each of the 20 boxes, until we are done. Hopefully that will help Pookie understand the process.
That BAGD. Sometimes I forget how important it is to have 2 collaborative parents. I am more the “hey, is that a kangaroo over there?”/squirt the medicine in their face while they are not looking sort of parent. Luckily, he is not. Its good that he takes control in these sort of situations.
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My strategy for strep throat involves gargling with mouthwash regularly early in the process. The key is to try to make it to 30 seconds of gargling (which is no small feat) and not swallow any of the mouthwash. It doesn’t eliminate the infection, but it does cut the fever and the swallowing pain significantly in my experience.
Thanks for the update…wow…. things are moving fast. Wonder if all will be well by the big parade…if not I bet they will have a parade again next year. Love MOM