Our brave little girl!

We were at the hospital for the second time this winter, but with Reese this time. Seems her preschool teacher noticed a large lump under her left eye on Wednesday a.m. I went over to check it out, and sure enough, it looked like she was storing a large gumball in her cheek. I took her to our computer teacher (who also happens to be an EMT, as our school nurse was out that day) for a quick eval. She took Reese's temperature and made a couple of guesses - cat scratch fever and mumps. Well, all three of our children are completely up to date on vaccinations and we have no cats, so she suggested I take her to the doctor. The doctor looked her over, and decided to do a ct scan. "What?" You mean my little doodlebug has to have a cat scan? I was so anxious for her. Little did she know what a cat scan even was. Well, Al got new insurance 4 days prior to that, so we got the run around from doctor to hospital to Al for almost two hours. ( I kept thanking God the arctic chill wasn't moving in until Thursday, as we were in and out of the car about 14 times). Finally, at 2:30 they admitted her, gave her a tiny hospital bracelet, and took her into x-ray. When she saw that big donut machine, she just started shaking her head. Our nurse was wonderful, and she convinced Reese to get on the table and ride the donut. Reese was so brave. She had a look of complete terror on her face, but she did not move a muscle. The technician said she was the bravest little girl ever! She got a ton of stickers and we left. That next day, Grammy and Papa sent a candy bouquet to "their brave little girl," and Aunt Mandy even got in on the action by delivering a bumblebee dressed as a nurse and a balloon. All that for a ride in a donut. In case you're wondering, the results were a sinus infection. She just had a very inflamed nasal cavity. She's on an antibiotic now, and no longer looks like a deformed chipmunk!