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SO PHILLIP AND I HAVE NOT HAD A NIGHT COMPLETELY ALONE WITHOUT KIDS SINCE BELLE WAS BORN SO HE CONVINCED ME TO LET HER AND THE BOYS STAY WITH HIS PARENTS THIS WEEKEND.  SO WE GO TO LONGVIEW RUN BY SEARS FOR HIM TO TRY ON HIS BOOTS AND THEN HEAD TO HIS PARENTS.  WE THEN DROP THE KIDS OFF AND HEAD TO THE HOSPITAL TO VISIT A FRIEND.  AFTER WE LEAVE THE HOSPITAL WE WENT TO LOOK AT BEDS FOR ISABELLE SO THAT PHILLIP CAN GET STARTED MAKING HER ONE.  WELL WE GET TO SMASHBURGER FOR DINNER AND RING RING WE GET A CALL THAT JACOB IS CRYING AND IS RUNNING A FEVER.  SO WE GET OUR FOOD TO GO, RUN PICK HIM UP, AND GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AT REGIONAL.  ONCE WE GET THERE THEY TELL US HIS THROAT IS RED AND THAT HE HAS A DOUBLE EAR INFECTION AND IS GETTING AT LEAST TWO NEW TEETH.  SO WE DECIDE THAT WE WILL TAKE HIM WITH US AND LEAVE THE OTHER TWO AT MIMI AND POP'S SO WE PICK UP HIS PRESCRIPTION AND HEAD HOME.  THE NEXT MORNING WE GET UP DO A FEW THINGS AROUND THE HOUSE AND I AM GETTING DRESSED WHEN WE GET THE CALL THAT NATHAN IS HAVING ANOTHER SEIZURE IN THE BACK OF THE CAR AND THAT THEY ARE ABOUT EIGHT MILES FROM GILMER.  WE RUN OUT THE DOOR AND TO THE GILMER ER THIS TIME.  AFTER A FEW HOURS OF NATHAN BEING HOOKED UP TO MACHINES AND BLOOD AND X-RAYS WE DISCOVER HE HAS STREP.  SO I FIGURE WHILE WE ARE THERE MIGHT AS WELL GET BELLE CHECKED TOO EVEN THOUGH SHE IS ACTING FINE...  WELL SHE HAS AN EAR INFECTION AND A RED THROAT TOO.  SO...  AT THIS POINT I HAVE ONE KID WITH STREP, TWO THAT HAD THE BEGINNINGS OF STREP, 3 WITH EAR INFECTIONS, 2 THAT ARE TEETHING, AND ONE WHOSE FEVER WILL NOT GO AWAY.  WHAT A WEEKEND TWO ER VISITS IN LESS THAN 12 HOURS.