Why now?

We went over to Nick's mom and dad' for dinner on Sunday.  We hadn't been over there for quite some time, so it was nice to see them again.  We noticed that Tanner wasn't acting right.  Nick said he felt warm, so in comes "nurse mom".  Sure enough, he's got a fever of about 101.  We manage to get some tylenol down him, which was impressive that he didn't fight.  But, other than just a little bit more reserved, Tanner was acting pretty okay. 

Monday morning, thankfully Nick was still home, Tanner still had a fever.  I tried to get some motrin down him, but he fought me and made himself throw up.  Nick kept badgering me to take him to the doctor.  I told him I wasn't going to take my son to the doctor for a minor fever and no other symptoms.  Not too long after, Tanner started vomitting.  Yay... During the day, his fever kept climbing, peaking around 103.1, but he wouldn't let us give him any medicine.  He was so pathetic!  He couldn't even hold his head up he was so sick.  He kept saying his mouth hurt, so I looked in his mouth and noticed he had white spots on his tonsils and they were extremely red.  I called the doctor and Nick took him in.  Not strep.  Just a sick little boy.  He got sick a few more times between then and yesterday morning.  But throughout the day yesterday, there was marked improvement.  This morning he seems all better.  I've not given him back his milk yet, but he did have a pancake for breakfast. 

Hopefully the germs stayed with Tanner.  My mom and I did a major house disinfection as soon as he vomitted the first time.  I soaked all their toys with a bleach solution.  So I'm hoping we caught the germs in time.  We're supposed to be leaving on our trek out west on Friday, so I'm hoping things are okay for us to go.  If anything, I don't have to be anywhere specific until next Wednesday, so we have some time if necessary, but I'm hoping things will work out for us to go this week like planned.  We'll see...