How this past week was.

Hello everyone. Since last class my week has been rather interesting. On Friday after class, while standing at the bus stop, my son had called me from the school. He never calls me, so I know something had to be wrong. I flipped and called the school back right away. I was informed that he was feeling very ill and he wanted to "come home". Being that I was not going to be in town until after 5pm, I could not go get him and the school would not allow him to leave the premises without a parent or legal guardian. The school day was almost over, in one more hour, so I decided to just have them send him a message to give me a call before he leaves school.

No more than 5 minutes later, I got a call from my son telling me that he feels terrible and wants me to tell the school that he can go home. I explained to him that there is only one hour left in school, so to please just hang in there until the bell, and then to go straight home.  I also explained to him why the school won't release him even if I said he could go.  He did not argue, so now I knew for sure that he was not feeling well.  Isn't if funny how that happens? :) I know when my kids feel sick when they do not argue with me, they do not give me a hard time, and they end up just going with the flow.

Even though he sounded like he was dying, (seriously, he sounded that bad); I was still very worried about him the whole entire time. Being stuck in Altamonte Springs stopped me from being there for him when he needed me most, and I was very upset about that. During my ride home, I received a call from my father telling me that my son was dying. Oh No! I asked my father if he was serious, and he said that my son was crying for me and telling my dad to tell me to get home already. That is another interesting note, no matter how old our children get, they always want mommy when they feel like they are dying. True?

I am sorry this is so long, but I want to make sure to establish emotion with my story here. Okay, okay, now. I got there and immediately dropped my things and checked his temperature and his symptoms. He had a sore throat, migraine, heat flashes, chills, fever, body aches all over. You are probably thinking what I was thinking...  FLU, right???  Wrong.!. I had supper and immediately took him in to the emergency room with flu-like symptoms. They had diagnosed him with Strep... yeah... STREP. Go figure that out. The doctor took a good look at him and when he looked in the back of his throat, there were swollen red bumps and that is what had proven that he had strep and not flu. My son chose to get a big shot instead of take pills and then we went home. I was relieved that my baby boy was now going to be okay. Thank You, Jesus.

Oh, and for the rest of my week, it was busy like usual. They only other interesting news is that my first baby girl is going to a Youth Group Event with our church for the whole weekend. I am a little worried about her, but I know she is in good hands and that she will have a blast. I just felt bad when I found out from her that they are supposed to meet at the church right after school; which is before I get home, so I won't see her. I wanted to give her a big hug and tell her I love her before she left, but.... :,(  I hope that all of the youth are filled with The Spirit this weekend and come back to us refreshed and On Fire for God like never before. Okay. Again, I am sorry this is so long, but that is what I am thinking about right now. Take care, everyone, and GOD Bless.