Strep throat has descended on our house again. This time it is Ian.

I am starting to wonder if someone in our family could be a strep carrier. It seems like we have had so many cases of it in the last few months. Or maybe that is just what happens when you have 3 kids, and 2 of them in different schools.

Saturday night at the end of Dava’s party Mike and Dava noticed that Ian felt hot. I took his temperature and he was 101.5 and complaining of a headache. I gave him some Motrin, and he slept all night. The next day he seemed okay in the morning but by the late afternoon his fever was back. He woke up Sunday night crying and complaining that his head hurt.

I kept him home from school today, mostly because I didn’t want him to give what he had to the other kids. He still seemed under the weather, but I didn’t really think he had strep. He just didn’t seem that sick. He wasn’t complaining of a sore throat. His main complaint was a headache. But he just looked sick. He was pale and his eyes looked tired. I decided to take him to the clinic tonight. I figured since he has had a fever for 3 days, I should rule out strep.

In the exam room I was really doubting myself. I felt like I shouldn’t have taken him in. He was climbing on and off the exam table, scooting around the room on the rolling stool, and running circles around the bed. When the nurse practitioner examined him she commented about his “good spirits”

But the strep screen came back positive after all. So I guess it was worth the trip. He is on antibiotics now and I am sure he will be back to himself in no time.