Sick Girl

Punky had a rough weekend.  On Friday afternoon, Punky's BFFs invited us over for an impromptu afternoon playdate.  The girls played nicely in the backyard while the mommas drank cocktails on the deck.  Buddy ran around like his crazy self (pulling out flowers from their pots, drawing with chalk on the newly stained deck, dumping everyone's lemonade on the ground, etc.).  We were having so much fun, our friends invited us to stay for dinner.  Daddy even picked up some beer and met us there.  Punky's "meltdown" started just before we ate our pizza.  At first, Punky was upset the kids had cheese pizza (she wanted pepperoni).  But, it quickly became apparent that something else was wrong.  She crawled in my lap and cried that she didn't want to eat and just wanted to go home.  We had JUST sat down to eat.  About 5 bites into my pizza, Punky threw up.  We quickly cleaned her (and me) up and headed home.  She immediately went to sleep. 

On Saturday, she continued to sleep most of the day.  Her temperature varied form 101 to 104 the whole day long.  I brought home Rice and Beans after work, but Punky only had a few spoonfuls of rice.  She wouldn't even finish her popsicle.  Luckily, there were no more throw up incidents. 

Sunday was more resting and no more eating.  We had made plans months ago to meet up with my Spain friends and their families for a picnic and fun at a water park.  Unfortunately, Punky and Daddy had to stay home.  I didn't tell Punky where Buddy and I were going.  She thought it was silly that Buddy was wearing a swim suit to go to a "meeting".  But, she didn't complain too much.  Buddy and I had a lot of fun seeing our friends and swimming.  We will need to visit this pool again soon.  There were three toddler size waterslides that Buddy wanted to do by himself.  He was kind of annoyed that I kept going down with him.  I know Punky would have a lot of fun there!

Punky seems to be doing better this evening.  She ate most of her supper and is up playing all sorts of silly games.  She painted a picture, I pretended to go shoe shopping at the Mall of America with her before supper and Daddy played soccer with her after supper.

This all wouldn't have been too big of a deal, except Punky will.not.take.medicine.  We've tried liquid and chewables, strawberry and grape.  Nothing works.  We basically have to force the medicine down her mouth.  Terrible, I know.  She screams, kicks, cries, spits in our faces and works her self up so much that I am sure her fever is spiking even more.  We finally got her to take two chewables (followed by lots of water) this afternoon which led to her feeling much better.  Let's hope she feels better in the morning! 

Two posts in a row with no photos... I promise not to make it a habit.