Not the Greatest Day Ever!

Today was pretty much NOT the greatest day ever! We had plans to get up, get lunch, and go have a picnic at the park and play. Well, as soon as I saw Madison's face this morning, I knew something was wrong. Last night, she woke up with her ear hurting and Morgan put some drops in it. When she woke up, she told me she had put a paper towel under her ear and when she pulled it away, it had blood on it. I was starting to freak out at this point (on the inside only, of course) because my girls have never had any problems with ear infections or anything like that. I looked at her ear and it had crusty blood all over it and when I looked inside her canal, you could just see the yucky infection all in there.

So, I called the pediatrician and they're like, she is seeing her last patient of the day right now. What? At 11:30am?! How annoying! Then I called the local county clinic and they were all booked up. I didn't think there was any way this could wait, so I remembered the other night I was on a local city chat site and saw that an urgent care clinic just opened up across the street from the hospital and people were giving it rave reviews. I even told Morgan about it the other night and said that was good to know. That must have been a God thing, because had I not known about it, we probably would have sat in the ER literally all day long!

It always makes my heart sink when my girls get sick. Mostly, because I hate when they're sick, but also because it always makes me feel so horrible to have to ask Morgan to leave work to take them to the doctor. :( I am so thankful that he is such a good Dad and husband and that even though he doesn't understand my irrational fear of doctor's offices, he always helps me out.

Turns out, Madison has an ear infection and a perforated eardrum. It should heal on its own and the doctor said it wasn't a big deal. Whew! I just felt so bad for the girls though because they had big plans for today and tomorrow, for Spring Break.

So, we decided to play games instead. We played Scrabble and then the girls played Trouble and Candy Land while I cooked dinner. A little before we started playing games though, Kaylee came in the living room crying because it hurt when she went to the bathroom and she said there was a little blood. Freak out time again! Thank goodness, we still have antibiotics from when she had strep throat and I had D-Mannose (which is excellent for UTI's). I'm pretty sure she has a urinary tract infection, which she has never had, and this came totally out of the blue too!

So, all that, plus Lily has been coughing for several days now. Kaylee was already feeling better tonight after taking the meds and Madison is doing fine. I just felt so under attack today and coupled with my pregnancy hormones and the overwhelming feeling of failure due to this stupid anxiety junk, I was just at my limit by the end of the day. I think I would've had a total breakdown if it hadn't been for my sweet blog friends who encouraged me through email and texts!

I am praying that all 3 girls feel better soon and I wanted to thank everyone who prayed for them today. Hoping tomorrow is a much more boring and normal day!