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Ugh. The sick bug hit. 

And Reece missed so much fun this last week of school, before Christmas Break started.

He missed a field trip to the high school for a Christmas concert, he missed an all day field trip to Sunlight to ski with his classmates, and he missed his Christmas party with a fun gift exchange.

It's not unusual for my boys to just run fevers...and for days this was just a fever. Not saying my kids are sick often, it's just when they are, it is usually just a fever that needs to run it's course. By Friday he suddenly started complaining of a sore throat and headache. That was it...time to see the doctor. We elected for a strep test...it came back negative, but after his symptoms were examined, the doctor was pretty sure he was heading in that direction. His throat was red and his lymph nodes were swollen. Antibiotics it was. Reece was better almost immediately... 

So what's worse than a Reece that is sick??? A Reece that has days of energy stored up from being sick, which has to be released immediately. I love my Reece, and love him healthy, but he is more exhausting at these times. He talks up a storm and is bouncing off the walls. Thankfully, Jake took them up to ski today and I hope his extra energy was exerted just in time as head into Christmas week.

This photo was taken in the office...apparently they are being very cautious this flu season.