Ear, nose, throat

M joked the other weekend that she should have been an ear, nose, throat doctor. She had enough practice last week with her family being sick. All of us (except M) were sick and on antibiotics. I think we all had the same cold/congestion but it just affected us all differently. It started with C's babysitter having 4 sick kids--2 with strep, one with an ear infection and one with croup. So C brought home the cold and because little ones don't have tonsils, her strep infection went all the way down to her diaper rash. After a few days of congestion and sore throat, D decided to get himself checked for strep. His prelim test came back negative, but the doctor still prescribed antibotics until his official test came back. They never called us so we think it was strep plus a sinus infection because the antibiotics helped within 2 doses. While we were at urgent care with D, I coughed so hard I threw up, so M decided to have my cough--which she was thinking was just the start of my allergies again--checked out. Turns out I had an ear infection. However, after a week of medicine we are all better!