pre-school cold

Tesla woke up coughing today, but energetic so I took her to preschool. Later, just as I left to get lunch, the preschool called me to say T was tired, had a runny nose, and seemed out of it enough that I should come get her. So I did.

We came home and watched Totoro together on the sofa, and soon she was asleep. Then I carried her to bed. I forgot, however, that I had her drink orange juice for some vitamin C...and, she woke up wailing because she had peed. I quickly changed her to discover that I needed to wash all the layers and coverings of our bed, and her precious blankie too. Despite her protests, I threw blankie in the wash, negotiating with her to use 2 alternative blankies (all pillow cases) while we waited. She wasn't happy, but it worked.

Later, when she woke up, she seemed better, mainly because I gave her a bit of Tylenol for her fever. Very quickly, she asked, "is blankie clean now?" Luckily it was, so we went up to retrieve it from the dryer. Blankie is so important!

Get well, pookie. We're flying to Tokyo in 4 days!

[update] She threw-up while on the sofa. The bed layers just finished drying, so I put our bed together (with towels in case she throws up again), and now she's fast asleep. And I'm washing our sofa cases...the 3rd load of laundry today...Poor girl. She's a good sport though. I read her a book, and she smiled.