day 30: sicko

Pops came to the rescue today.

McK went to bed last night

with a fever,

and instead of sleeping it off,

she woke this morning

still yucky.

Fever.

A little bit of a cough.

Watery eyes.

Didn't look like herself.

Wheezy breathing.

Heavy breathing.

Pops to the rescue.

He stayed home with her

while I went to school.

Called the doc....wanted to see her an hour later.

Pops still had on his superhero cape.

He took her to the doctor....

then to radiology.

She braved a chest x-ray all by herself.

They came to see me,

to tell me the news.

Pneumonia.

Yuck.

Then there were tears,

because my day was only half over.

But luckily,

Pops remembered other superhero tricks:

a McDonald's Happy Meal

a quick stop to see Uncle Ben

a search in the library for E.T.

And now,

after 2 doses of meds

and lots of hugs from the Mom,

the sicko is doing fairly well.

Breathing is still funny,

so I pray the meds continue to

do their job.

But

meanwhile,

sicko is back to her

"normal"

self.

Fighting with her sisters

Playing Wii

Painting a picture

Taking a bath

Dressing Ken in girly clothes

(yes, for my McK, that's normal)

Thank you

Thank you

Thank you

Pops

for helping us out today

(and for the pics)

:)