Audrey's sick, Conner's smart

Let me just say first that today is the last day of school (woo-hoo!). I'm actually sitting in my 7th period exam right now... all I have left to do is grade these exams (thank goodness for the scantron machine!) and run stuff around the building to the right people. A couple of years ago I was finished in 33 minutes (after the final bell). I'm going to go for a new record today. :)

I ended up taking Audrey to the doctor last night. She's been coughing and wheezing and sniffling (and not eating well, which is very unlike her) for several days now. A couple of months ago, she was diagnosed with bronchiolitis and an ear infection. The doctor last night said she has another ear infection and basically bronchiolitis-induced-asthma. Joy. They did a breathing treatment at the office, which Audrey did not like in the least, and gave me a prescription for an inhaler (just like for asthma). She said to use the inhaler every 4 hours while Aud still sounds bad (which could be for a week or so) and then just to use whenever we need it. Audrey will probably get like this whenever she gets sick, but it's something she should grow out of someday. Then we also got some amoxycilin for the ear infection (which Audrey sucks down... I guess it tastes like bubble gum).

This diagnosis really isn't the worst thing possible - Eric and I were afraid that it was some sort of allergy (like to the dogs or the grass or something like that). At least it's something that's somewhat treatable and we don't have to get rid of the dogs (unless someone wants them!).

Speaking of allergies, Audrey is now capable of drinking straight Vitamin D milk. Yay! I've got one more bottle of soy milk that I'll mix in, but then I'm not buying any more!

Ok, so on to Conner. His preschool screening at New Richmond Elementary was yesterday. He seemed to have a good time, and the teachers there all thought he was really cute. The speech pathologist that did some of the testing told me that he was one of the smartest kids they've seen all day. We'll see if than pans out! They're supposed to be sending letters home either Saturday or Monday.

While Conner went into a different room for the screening, I sat and filled out a survey-type thing. There were 3 options for answers: Most of the time/Sometimes with help/Never. Some of the questions were, "Can button large buttons", "Can brush teeth by themself", "Can get themself dressed"... There was also stuff about how he plays with other kids, attitude, stuff like that. Last year when we did this, I had to answer "Sometimes" for most of the questions. This year it was cool to be able to answer "Most of the time" for most of the questions. Looking back, it's amazing to think about how much he's learned in the past year.