A Rough 24 Hours for MacKenzie

It all started around 9:30 last night on our way home. MacKenzie had a bloody nose...a really BAD bloody nose. She's been having bloody noses since she was about 2 years old, but they have progressively gotten worse. Last night was by far the worst yet. It took us at least 45 minutes to get it to stop...so we had a late night. This morning she woke up and was perfectly fine. We went to school like always, but then they called me twice and said she was complaining that her tummy and ear hurt. Now, MacKenzie is a bit of a drama queen, so I never know what to believe...and since her regular teacher was out today, I thought she may have been putting on an "act" for the fill-in teacher. But, I went to get her and she definitely wasn't herself. I immediately went to the pediatrician to see if they could work us in. The doctor looked at her ears and sure enough...she had an ear infection. I then told him about the bloody noses, and he decided we needed to see an ENT about the nose bleeds. So now she's on antibiotics for the ears and saline spray to help control the nose bleeds until we can get an appoitment with the ENT! To make matters worse, we were supposed to have a play date with our neighbors up the street and we had to cancel! So sad....oh well...hopefully she'll be feeling like herself before the weekend!

Oh yeah, and after all that, MAMA IS EXHAUSTED!!!