Prayer, Sickness, Being an Adult & Listening to Mom

Last Wednesday Jeffery came down with the common cold. He has never missed a day of school for being sick in 3 years and he misses school on Thursday. Friday Morning he gets up and says I do not feel well and I have missed 2 days of school. I asked him if he would like to go to the Dr and he declined. He says no I will get feeling better. I got off work early and came home and said I will take you to the Dr he said no Mom I am feeling better, he really wasn't. Saturday he woke up with his ear in pain and no energy and blisters around his mouth. I said Jeff you have been running such a high fever you have fever blisters on your mouth. All along he has been taking cold medication. He says is that why I am sweating at times. I begged him to go to the ER and have them look at him. He refused as he coughed up a lung. Sunday morning came and I knew it had to be worse because he was not moving off the couch. He still refused to go to the ER. SO my last chance attempt was I said if I stay home from work will you go to the Dr in the morning and he said yes.

So this morning we go to the Dr to find out he has Step Throat, Ear Infection, Pneumonia & sinus infection. He had a temp of 104 with Tylenol take a hour before. Jeff is very sick the Dr says. He asks why has he not got in here. I said he is being an adult and is making choices and I am just the mom who knows nothing at this age. The DR looked at Jeff and said you could have died from all this and your mom has been with you for almost 19 years and knows a thing or 2. You should listen to her. After all that he gives Jeff a prescription for 1000mg of Amoxacillin 3x a day for 10 days and then if he is not better in 5 days he will take another med with this one.

I think this open Jeffs eyes because he asked for a blessing. He knew he was very sick from there. Jeff will not return to school for another week. He has a ways to go.

Good News for Jeff he made Honor Roll with a 3.75 Grade Average!

As for me I am moving come Saturday in the mist of all this. SO it's been stressful for all of us. I am packing as Jeffery is resting. I wish I could put the move off but everything has been arranged for me to be out of here by Monday.