Christmas Eve at the ER

I remember as a kid every year at Christmas at least one of my family members would be sick over the break, and I think we're going to follow that in our family. Hunter had that fever on Tuesday, but seemed to be feeling better yesterday. He was really whiny, but I just thought he was still a little tired, and he didn't have the fever any more. We went along with our Christmas Eve plans as normal, although we stayed later than I had anticipated. When we came home around 9:30 and were getting the kids ready for bed we noticed that Hunter had a rash all over his body! I was worried about it and called the insurance 24 hour nurse line and after talking with her she said to have him checked out within the hour. This meant driving 45 mins one way at 10 pm on Christmas eve. Brent called and my nice sister-in-law, Anna, agreed to come with Hunter and I, so we took Hunter to the emergency room. It was pretty deserted, so we were able to get right in thankfully. They did a strep test which came back positive, and the rash was part of the strep. So...he's on some antibiotics and to his delight is recommended by the doctor to have ice cream and popsicles. We don't have any ice cream, but I made some juice popsiciles. We got home around 1:15. A business had dropped off some presents at the hospital for kids who had to come to the ER on Christmas Eve or Christmas day, so Hunter got a present and that perked him up some. The boys slept in till 9 this morning, and Callie got up at 8. I'm very very very tired and am really looking forward to sleeping tonight. I don't think it put much of a damper on our Christmas morning. The kids were excited to open presents and greeted us with a "Merry Christmas" this morning. They've been playing with all their gifts today, which has made it a little easier on the tired parents. Here are some pictures from last night and this morning:








I think I'm going to go spend some time with my sweetie now. Merry Christmas!