Birchell Family: What a way to start the WEEKEND!

Yesterday we started noticing Brilee was not acting like her cute bubbly little self. She coughed all day, and had low grade fevers. She told us all day her eyes hurt, which we decided was her way of telling us she had a head ache. I took her to swim lessons (not the best idea) and she acted fine. We got out of the pool and she didn't want to get out of the hot shower. Normally she hates the shower because it "hurts" her. I got her dressed took her to my parents house and went to my basketball game. After my game I went to pick her up and she was chilled, but had a high fever. We gave her more medicine and I headed home. She slept the whole way home, but woke up when we got in the camper. She stayed awake, watching Barney, until 11. I woke her up at 11:30 because it was time for more medicine. Again, she had to watch Barney and stayed awake until right before I had to wake her to give her more medicine. This was our story all night. Jake and I didn't sleep a wink, but we did learn to use manners and magic words. We watched the same Barney's Manners show 16 times... OMH it was painful. (Today I bought six new Barney movies. I would do anything to go back to Nemo...) She had fevers up to 104.5 and with medicine every three hours she averaged about 101. Today she coughed non stop, and kept saying "My belly hurt." She also had the SMELLIEST breath ever, which made me suspicious (but I also thought maybe it was in my head) . So I called Dinoland Ped's and got an appointment set up for 6. I debated going thinking they would say nothing was the matter with her, but I really wanted them to give her cough syrup so I decided to go. Dr. Qack (haha) got right to Brilee and started to look her over. She said over and over, "Don't look at me. I go home. I done. I potty. Don't look at me...." He listened to her lungs said they didn't sound pretty, but her ears looked great. He got the 'ole Popsicle stick out, stuck it down her throat, made her gag, and said "Its strep.". He didn't even need to do they test he was 100% positive, and he wanted her to get medicine in her ASAP. I left his office, and went straight to the pharmacy. She took her medicine and instantly fell asleep. She woke up about a hour later and was trying to throw up. We got her tummy settled, she ate a TON of chicken and yogurt, and she started playing. She played to hard and then ended up puking all over Grammy. Numerous times. It was awful. Poor baby (more like poor Grammy)! On our drive home she fell asleep fast, and I was doing everything I could to stay awake! I called Jake about ten million times, sang with the radio, and let the windows down. I finally turned up the road and felt so good about being home. I pulled into our old house and started thinking, "Geez, Jake. You left the front door open." Then it clicked... OH CRAP this isn't my house! HAHA! I peeled out of there, FAST, hoping they didn't notice me. (Jake just told me he did that the other day too) I hope the medicine kicks in fast, and our little girl is back to normal soon.

This is an old picture, but it's a goodie so I have to share! Jake got Brilee her first saddle, and it's the cutest thing you'll ever see. It's TINY, and she loves it! It is an actual saddle, and so if she is feeling up to it tomorrow we will put it on 7G so I can take pictures of her in it!

Jake participated in the State Team Sorting competition tonight. He has retired Uma from sorting, and now uses 7G. They did pretty good tonight, and barely missed out on the finals. Next year 7G! He called me about ten minutes before it started and said, "They won't let me ride without a cowboy hat. Do you know where we packed them?" Lucky for us, they were in my parent's garage!