Nikki the Nurse

Tuesday night at around 8pm as I was driving kids home from Cub Scouts and Achievment Days, I became suddenly very ill.  I had a pain in my right lower abdomen...throughout the day it had just been nagging and uncomfortable but now I had to focus on my breathing just to walk myself from the car to the house.  Jonny had been unexpectedly detained at work.  I forced myself into a shower (boiling hot) because I'd already missed a day of showering and it had been a very full day at that.  I wanted to be fresh if I had to head to the ER.  Then I crawled into bed and cranked up the heated blanket to its highest setting and left the run of the house to Nikki.  She changed diapers, fed whoever was hungry including a bottle for the baby, and came and spoke very sympathetically to me.  She brought me the thermometer...no fever...not even with the blanket heat cranked up...so it's not my appendix.  Jay even caught on and asked what he could do.  He brought me Ibuprofen and water then gave me a foot rub.  The next day, Nikki was again so helpful that I slipped her $3.00 for being such a good babysitter.  I love my kids.