I got the kids off to school this morning so Beth could rest. Didn't realize it was school picture day, so they were kind of dressed like slobs. But I got them off. Beth picked up Missy, and then I decided it would be better if I drove her to FW for her doctor's appointment...good call. We dropped Missy off at the Myers' and headed out. She saw the surgeon and every other person at the center this afternoon. Seems the consensus is that the strep is down around the opening to the band, the z-pack pills were too big to swallow and scraped the tissue around the opening and the strep climbed in and made itself at home. They removed a good amount of fluid from the band and she can now swallow without gagging, but the pain will be in residence for another week or so. Note to self...next time you don't want to wait around in the office at the doctor's try passing out at the check-in desk. Really gets you a face to face with everyone really fast. We were back in town in time to get Alex from school. Beth even went to singing rehearsal tonight, against better judgement perhaps, but this weekend is Easter. No work tomorrow for me (been missing a lot lately). I thought there was no school tomorrow, but there is! I found out when Beth came home and the kids were still up. We had just gotten back from Menard's; I'm going to build a little retaining wall in the SE corner of the house.