and the worst-mother-of-the-year award goes to...

me!! my little one has been coughing (pretty bad) for about 3 weeks. she has had NO other symptoms (no fever, no sore throat, no lack of appetite, no feeling bad, etc.) - her only other complaint was that she sometimes felt itchy. well, everything that i have seen on the news about the flu said if you have a fever that it's a good sign of the flu and to go to the doctor, but if you are itching (with a cough, runny nose, etc.) it is probably just allergies. i was so afraid that if I took her to the doctor she might catch the piggy flu from some other sick kid so i had just been loading her up with allergy medicine! i finally took her to the doctor yesterday and she has strep throat!! even the doctor was surprised that it's strep because her throat isn't even red and she has no fever. i feel so guilty, but i guess that's part of being a mom!