Lest anyone think I spend my days watching General Hospital and eating chocolate, I thought I would educate the world with a glamorous day-in-the life. On my third anniversary I changed my third diaper somewhere mid-morning. This was actually exciting because I knew I was in the window of making it to the lab with my specimen (the contents of Karina's diaper). One only has a thirty minute window in which to:
1. Clean all the yellow watery stuff off the baby's legs, hands, changing table and mommy's body as well;
2. Change everyone's clothes and put on the new;
3. Rehydrate the screaming baby who has lost an amount greater than her body weight;
4. Notify the doctor I'm on my way;
4. Scrape the contents of the dirty diaper in saran wrap and then a grocery bag;*
5. Throw everything in the car and speed off to Fayetteville, which is about a 15-20 min drive. Holding my nose the entire time of course.
Somehow I just knew that when I got to the lab, they would give me the honors of placing the specimen in the lab vile -- while holding the crying baby. I guess they thought my life needed a dose of glamour too!!
I know the MO of this procedure because as healthy as Karina is she has had a half-dozen fevers/colds, three ear infections, and now two bouts of rotavirus. Currently she has both an ear infection and the rotavirus.
Pass the chocolate anyone?
*The lab likes you to be very technical about the specimen container. Which is probably why they gave me the honors.
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I'm so sorry she is sick!! We missied you at the bear factory! I hope she gets to feeling better!! Happy Anniversary!! :-)
I really love this story. And I wish you some days of sitting around eating chocolate after that (and your half marathon!).
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