"Send Them Home"

August 29, 2004

On Saturday the in-service doctor looked at Walter and me, looked at Erin, and turned to the rest of the doctors and nurses standing there and said, "Send them home. These parents can give her Tylenol every four hours as needed, just as well as the nurses here can." So we packed up and came home. You know what. . .he was right. We were able to dose the Tylenol correctly, plus we had the added benefit of home prepared food, comfortable beds, and a doting brother and grandmother to add to the home mix.

Erin slept well and woke up feeling better than she did yesterday. We made it to Gina's for lunch (some things are a must in our family). Right now, Erin and Nico are downstairs playing the game of Life and not realizing how Erin plays and wins the game of life every single day. Unless she overdoes this afternoon, I think she will probably go to school tomorrow, with the condition that she will call home

if she feels worse or runs out of steam.