Ewww, gross

Ok, this is the last health-related update for a long time, I hope! Kate finally is over her ear infection/sinus infection/ virus, etc. Thank GOD! Brett came down with a virus as well, but fought it off pretty well on his own with the help of some meds that may or may not be FDA-approved in 4 year olds. There are advantages to having a drug dealer as a mother! Then Todd got the virus and it treated him about like it did me - crappy for a few days, better for a few days, but never great. He kept saying that one ear hurt and his throat hurt on that side, but it started to get better, so neither of us thought anything else about it. Fast forward to Vanentine's weekend. Todd and I went up to Washington, DC while his parents stayed with the kids. Todd woke up on Sunday morning saying that his throat and ear hurt again, but we'd been outside in the cold a lot the day before, so again, I didn't think much about it. With some ibuprofen and Sudafed, he seemed fine, so I figured it was just the virus sort of lingering around. Fast forward again to Valentine's Day when I woke up with a miserable sore throat and body aches. And then the fever started. And then the headache and the stomach ache. I've never had strep as an adult, and I don't even remember having it as a kid (although mom swears that I did), but I know the classic signs. I looked in my throat with a flashlight and it was UGLY. I looked in Todd's throat that night and it was even UGLIER. Ewwww, yuck!! We both went to the doctor this morning. My doctor didn't even do a test... he just treated it as strep, given the symptoms, and the fact that I've been in the strep-infested preschool a lot lately. Todd's doctor isn't as nice and actually did the test, which came back as definite strep. Oh well. Drugs are good and our kids are healthy again - two things which we are VERY thankful for!!