a sick ginger is not a happy ginger

At 5am this morning Ginger came to me saying that she just threw up for the second time within three hours.  Her temp was at 101.7, and her throat hurt too.  She wanted to wait until her brother was up for school until she went to the ER.  Once at the ER, they wanted to do a throat culture on her to check for strep.  The only way I can describe how the nurses and I tried to manipulate Ginger, and coax her into letting us get this culture done is to give you a visual of having to open a jar of pickles.  You move yourself into various positions, try different tactics, and then you forcefully, but nicely tell it to open.  She finally did open her mouth enough to get a culture done, which did come back positive for strep =(

Here is my list of feel better stuff for my little ginger:
Amoxicilin
Anti nausea meds
A white tiger hat (the one that looks like the animal and the sides hang down)
baked potatoes
broccoli cheddar soup (her dinner request with the potatoes)
applesauce
bananas
ginger ale
sprite
water
powerade
and of course A LOT of TLC from momma

So, come on meds and old fashioned TLC and care do your thing.

Until Laterz,
Insomnamom