Plague, plague, go away, don't come back another day

Stasa's sick again. This time with a double ear infection and fifth disease. She's had a slightly runny nose the past couple of days, but no other symptoms and has been her usual sassy, energetic self and then BAM fever of 100.5 yesterday evening and rosy cheeks this morning. This morning Tom took her to the doctor, got the diagnosis, and a prescription for an antibiotic. 

The thing is, she almost never has any real symptoms and always acts like her normal self until she's extremely sick. And it makes me feel like a crappy mom because I feel as if I should recognize that she's really sick, but I don't because she looks and acts like she always does. 

And it's not like she's not washing her hands - that's one of her favorite pastimes and she'll wash her hands for an hour if we let her. But she has picked up this nasty habit of licking things. She's so quick about it, too. Before I get a chance to wipe down the shopping cart, she's swiped it with her mouth. Add to that the numerous kids in her class with noses running like faucets and maybe it shouldn't be too surprising that she's sick.