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May 14th, 2008

Picking up sick kids at school

One of the hazards of being a working parent is the moment you get “the call” from daycare or school, “Your child has a fever (insert other contagious illness, here), come get them.”
All at once, you feel deflated because that parking lot dose of ibuprofen didn’t hold (kidding. mostly.) and you worry that something might […]

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April 19th, 2007

A host of working parent issues

Today, I have decided to live every working parent related blog article all at once.
As I was reading Paul Nyhan’s Working Dad entry about the nuances of sending sick kids to school, I realized I may have done just that.
My middle child was home with what looked sure to be strep throat yesterday, but, as […]

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March 26th, 2007

Sick Child - Part the Eleventy Million and One

And, yet again, I have a sick child on the first day back from a vacation.
There’s a nasty stomach virus going around, and, I was naive enough to believe that it wouldn’t affect us even after Busy Girl’s friend got sick on their Spring Break trip, and, had to go home after getting sick. […]

By elizabeth -- 1 comment

February 26th, 2007

I am not getting sick. I am not getting sick.

If i miss any more work, I will have to change the name of this site to “Kids”.
I’m just sayin’.
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February 23rd, 2007

Strep tease

And, next up on the sick roster: my oldest child. The one with a basketball tournament all weekend, starting here in about an hour.
However, the middle one finally grew strep on the second culture. Yay! Those of you with children know exactly why I am cheering, we get medicine to make it better.
Don’t start with […]

By elizabeth -- 3 comments

February 23rd, 2007

I’m still here, are you?

I’m still here, and, my middle child is still sick. We’re going to the doctor today.
You may also notice that I’m not at work right now. The work I really, really, really can’t afford to miss for the past couple of days. Yes, that work.
Oh, and, my 17 year old dog died on Wednesday. Nice […]

By elizabeth -- 2 comments

February 21st, 2007

Sick Child Advice - Part the Eleventy Million

Lather. Rinse. Repeat.
Right down to the occurring just after a long weekend, and, during one of the few times I can’t miss work.
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By elizabeth -- 4 comments