Janie has had a cough for the past 3 weeks and it seems like it’s gotten worse since yesterday. In fact, she threw up her whole dinner on Monday night after a coughing spell. This morning, she woke up so uncomfortable and was coughing pretty hard. I think she’s gotten a new cold on top of the old one. Unfortunately, she still had to go to school and it was not a pretty morning. After getting dressed, she just wanted to be held. She also cried and said, “I don’t wanna walk!” and pleaded for me to carry her to car. I knew I couldn’t carry her all the way down to the garage so I just started walking out the door and down the hall and she cried and followed me until we got to the car.
In the car, she continued to cry and didn’t want to eat her cereal. She got really quiet on the way to school and then cried again when we got to school. Poor thing was so miserable but I just had to leave her. The teacher said she would call if she didn’t perk up. I didn’t get a call all day and she was smiling by the time I picked her up after work so it looks like she snapped out of her funk. She was still coughing pretty hard but she had eaten well all day and had lots of energy this evening. I’m so relieved. This is one of those tough decisions that I hate making and I’m glad she’s ok.