I can attest that they really just keep you there for hours, making sure the kid drinks some Gatorade and dosing them with medicine.
Calling the nurse while trying to get it down is smart advice. Keep her hydrated, and keep an eye on her.
My love for me now / Ain't hard to explain / The Hero of Canton / The man they call...ME.
Jayne ,'Jaynestown'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
P.M. Marc - Dec 17, 2013 3:23:27 pm PST #14876 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Kat - Dec 17, 2013 4:06:09 pm PST #14877 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Noah and Grace have had high fevers, about that high and it is terrifying. I remember Cuddy on House getting into shower holding a kid, and I've felt like doing that. But an ER is a problem all its own, especially for a tubie kid like Grace, and, again, unless I've tried meds at home I'm not willing to go.
But I have a higher tolerance for medical weirdness than many.
Jesse - Dec 17, 2013 4:59:40 pm PST #14878 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Do you ever find yourself with tastes that surprise you? I keep buying slightly shiny gold "silk" curtains, when I would not have said that was what I am looking for.
Relatedly, I have ironed and hung up all my new cheap curtains! I may or may not need one more sheer. Hmmm.
Related question about my grandmother's curtains: I'm inclined to toss the sheers but donate the actual curtains. Does that make sense? Will anyone want the curtains?
Burrell - Dec 17, 2013 5:22:38 pm PST #14879 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Jesse, I would donate the curtains.
So Kat, somehow the fridge didn't go yet. But I think my FiL may have claimed it? Not sure.
I am so not prepared for Xmas. Hard to imagine being ready for the day when it finally gets here.
-t - Dec 17, 2013 5:24:05 pm PST #14880 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
It sounds reasonable? Donating them all together as a set might also make sense. I feel like a bag full of curtains is something I've sold while volunteering at a thrift store. Or maybe at a garage sale. The point being, someone might want them, I guess.
Connie Neil - Dec 17, 2013 5:31:44 pm PST #14881 of 30000
brillig
Depending on the cloth, people who make costumes adore curtains. "I saw it in the window and had to have it."
Trudy Booth - Dec 17, 2013 5:33:25 pm PST #14882 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Is there any organization near you that helps settle displaced or newly arrived families, Jesse? A full set of nice curtains might be appealing to them.
Steph L. - Dec 17, 2013 6:25:04 pm PST #14883 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Took me a minute to get it, but even the cats from Two Lumps listen to Welcome to Night Vale (well, at least Benny does): [link]
Connie Neil - Dec 17, 2013 7:14:34 pm PST #14884 of 30000
brillig
I was wondering what that was about.
Jesse - Dec 18, 2013 2:41:37 am PST #14885 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh, that's a good idea, Trudy. There is a place like that my mother has been taking stuff. So I can put this on her to-do list instead of mine!