Jury Duty/Thrush

The beginning of the week was busier and a bit more hectic than normal.  I was called for Jury Duty last week.  I was on the "on call" list and ended up having to report on Tuesday which meant I had to be downtown Mpls by 8:15 am.

I had mapped out where I needed to report over the weekend since I'm not as familiar with downtown so I found the parking ramp no problem.  I got turned around in the parking ramp and ended up going into the Hennepin County Jail instead of the Government Center.  I knew I was in the wrong place when 5 police officers met me at the door.  They kindly told me the building I needed to be in was across the street.

The room where we all convene is in the basement so there is terrible cell phone reception.  I knew something was wrong with one of the kids when I saw a voice message come through from Ryan.  Daycare thought Jack had thrush.  Madelyn never had thrush so I wasn't familiar with this one but I had a feeling something was up with Jack because he only slept for 20-30 min stretches the night before.  You could tell he was uncomfortable but since he hasn't been the best sleeper I figured it was just another one of those sleepless nights.  Looking back I felt so bad as I should have just rocked him/snuggled him all night long.

Ryan took him to the dr and the dr confirmed he had thrush along with a yeast infection on his bottom.  Poor little guy!  It was so hard for me to not be there & take Jack to his appointment.  Thankfully my job is flexible so I can be there when my kiddos aren't feeling well......but I knew he was in great hands and I would be home soon enough.  Jury Duty is much more rigid so I wasn't allowed to leave.  I'm sure if I had to leave I could have but it all worked out.

The medicine helped quickly as he was back to his up every 3 hours that night.  Funny how that feels like a long time compared to the night before :)

I ended up being selected as an alternate juror for a criminal case but they didn't need any of the alternates so we were dismissed.

The day ended on a bright note as I found out I didn't have to report for Jury Duty on Wed!  I was ecstatic because we had Jack's 4 month appt on Wed and after the events of Tuesday I really wanted to go to his appointment.