Saturday

The last couple of days have been pretty crazy. I'll just start with Saturday: Saturday Rhianna and I left the house by 10 o'clock to go by Target; to pick her up some shoes to go with her Halloween costume. We checked a week earlier, and they didn't have her size. They were suppose to be getting a shipment of shoes, and we were hoping they would get her size. We had already checked Wal-mart, and they didn't have a "pink sparkly" shoe in her size, lol. Rhianna had to have the pink ones to match her dress. Well we got to Target, and of course they didn't have the shoes we were looking for. So Rhianna started crying and wanted to go to another Target.
I explained to her that if she wanted to make it to Old Navy in time for the promotion they were having we couldn't go to another Target. She still wasn't happy, but I was finally able to convince her that it would be o.k. to wear her tennis shoes with her dress in Old Navy. In case you are wondering Old Navy was giving away a free T-shirt, and Candy to the kids wearing a costume. So we made it to Old Navy in time for the promotion.
We left there and went by Michael's to pick her up a sand art kit that she wanted to spend her money on. We were also going to stop in the shoe store beside Michael's, but it was closed down. So then we decided to go by the mall and look for shoes there, and pick up something to eat. We didn't find any shoes she wanted, but we did find food. So you could say we went home shoeless.

We were finally able to rectify the shoe problem later that day at a Wal-Mart in Greer. Well anyway I know I'm rambling. As you can tell we had a really busy day. Rhianna was going to a fall carnival that evening, that's the reason we were searching for shoes.
So after the Carnival, I was so thankful to be home. I was so tired, and I was ready for bed.
I was quite literally jolted back into awareness when I was helping Rhainna for bed. I was helping her with her pajamas and noticed a large knot on her leg, her leg was also considerably swollen. Because of the knot and her temperature was climbing we decided to take her to the ER. I was trying to reassure Rhianna telling her everything was going to be o.k., when I was scared out of my mind.
We arrived safely at the ER. We got her checked in and a nurse looked at Rhianna's leg. The nurse told us the Doctor would be in a minute. Well, I figured by there time it would be at least an hour. So I was scared yet again when the Doctor did arrive in about a minute. He examined her and order an ultrasound. The results came back, and we had good news. The Doctor told us it was an infected lymph node, and he prescribed her some antibiotics.
He also told us to have it checked by her family doctor in a few days.

I'm going to time warp to present and tell how she is doing. She has been running a fever the last couple of days. It spiked up to around 103 degrees last night and finally came down. She plays o.k. during the day, and is eating some. So I will be praying that the medication works soon. I don't think I will stop worrying about her until she stops running a fever, and the knot goes away.

I am so thankful for Rhianna. She is my precious daughter and I love her with all my heart.

I'm thankful for Steven I don't know what I would do without him. He keeps me sane.

I'm thankful for Kristy, she has been a great friend.

I'm thankful for my Mom and my MIL for listening to me on the phone, and worrying about Rhianna.