I told you so...

We have been dealing with a lingering cough in our house the last couple of weeks. Usually Kaitlyn is the one with the cough but this time it is Matayia. She runs around all day and acts just fine, but as soon as we put her to bed she just can't stop. I can sleep through this little disturbance, but Greg cannot. So Monday morning Greg insisted that I take Matayia to the doctor. I didn't want to cause a fight about this, but told him I was sure the doctor was going to say "tis the season, just deal with a cough" hand me some cough medicine and send me on my way. He insisted it was worth the $20 copay to get uninterrupted sleep at night. So off we went to the doctors.

When we got tho the doctors office is was the usual with Matayia, she played with all the toys and acted like everything was just fine. But I know secretly she was excited to be skipping school. When the doctor came in to check Matayia she first checked her ears. And then asked Matayia if her ears hurt? Matayia quickly answered "no, not really" She then asked her again "are you sure your ears don't hurt?" Matayia then pointed to her earrings and said "they kinda hurt right here" The doctor and I both had a good laugh at that one. The doctor then looked in her throat and asked if her throat hurt?? She swallowed real hard and replied "uuh no." With a puzzled look on her face the doctor looked at me and said she looks like she has strep throat, and has a double ear infection. She then asked one more time "are you sure you feel OK" and Matayia replied with a smile on her face "ya". So after getting swabbed for strep, and that coming back negative, the doctor sent us on our way with a handful of prescriptions. As we walked out the door I asked "should I take her back to school?" She replied "if she feels like it" I looked at Matayia with her little smile on her face and took her back to school. Matayia loves being checked in or out of school, she thinks it is so cool. She keeps a tally on how many times other kids have been checked in or out, so she was really excited to go back to school and get "checked in"

I then ran over to the paharmacy to fill our prescriptions so Matayia could start taking them when she got home. And boy was she surprised to see this waiting on the counter for her when she got home


Matayia hates medicine and as soon as she saw this collection of medicine the tears began to flow. The funny thing is while we were in the store Kaitlyn started to cry because none of the medicines were for her. Matayia hates medicine and Kaitlyn can't get enough of it. So I devised a plan to help this medicine thing go over well for the whole family. I told Kaitlyn that she needed to help Matayia be brave and take her medicine. Now every time the medicine comes out Kaitlyn is right there cheering Matayia on, telling her to be brave and that the medicine is good. The plan seems to be working though we still see a few tears from Matayia.

The worst part of this all is that I had to admit to Greg that I was wrong about Matayia being sick. This is not the first time this has happened with Matayia. SHe seem to have a high tolerance for pain. The doctor has told me before if Matayia complains that she is not feeling well take her serious and bring her in. But the only problem is she never complained that she wasn't feeling well. But Greg promised not to say "I told you so"