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Today did not go as planned.  And you need to be thankful that I haven’t found my memory card for my camera yet, otherwise you’d be blessed with some very unappetizing photos.

The day started off okay, but quickly progressed to a disaster.  Let me break down our events:

After breakfast, Big Mochi started coughing and had a major asthma attack.  Fortunately, her pediatrician rocks and called in a prescription to Target pharmacy (who are all finally all connected with each other!) and we picked up her inhaler medication.  I wasn’t prepared because she’s been off medication since late January and hasn’t had an attack in a long long time. 

We had big plans to hit M&M’s World and the World of Coca Cola, only to discover they were closed down* to make room for new hotels.

We decided to go to the Mirage to see dolphins and stuff.  The dolphins were outdoors and the mochis weren’t really feeling it with the 100 degree heat (frankly, neither were we with the $40 admission fees).

So we went next door to Treasure Island because they had a killer arcade with carnival games and stuff.  Turns out that killer arcade has been turned into a restaurant and the arcade is now in a closet consisting of about a dozen games.  The ice cream parlor next door was bigger and more happening than that. 

I gave the girls Capri Suns and we headed back to Tutu’s house for naps.  On the way, there were 3 accidents causing some major traffic, and Baby Mochi screamed her head off the entire time.  Well, not the ENTIRE time.  5 minutes near our destination, she coughed and threw up all over herself.  Meanwhile Big Mochi was sipping her Capri Sun looking rather pale and being very quiet.  In my experience, silence = sure sign something is very wrong.

Once we got out of the car, Baby Mochi was cleaned up and was fine.  I think she was sitting at a bad angle an didn’t get to burp so she was feeling icky until it all came out.  Either that or she ate something that didn’t agree with her.  I think this is the first time she threw up in her life.

Big Mochi now was wheezing, but getting better after her asthma medicine.  She was now sprouting a nice high fever and was splayed out on the couch moaning.

Obviously G and I weren’t able to go out.  Baby Mochi slept well all through the night.  We had to monitor Big Mochi and give her breathing treatments every 4 hours, keep and eye on her coughing, and dispense Motrin once more to keep her fever down.  In the middle of the night, she coughed so hard she threw up A LOT all over the new comforter and sheet and blankets.  And herself.  G threw her in the bathtub at 3 am and put her back to bed somewhere else.  I checked on Big Mochi, but not the laundry.  Until this morning when I pulled it out and realized what he had done.  G being G, he tossed everything into the washing machine, chunks and all.  Comforter, sheet, blankets – way too much for 1 load.  Then I guess he tossed it all in the dryer later.  In a nutshell, he had managed to dispurse whatever was stinky evenly throughout the load, and then put it in the dryer to bake it all in! 

So yeah, I’ve seen better days.

33) When you have a computer handy, it’s a good idea to make sure where you wanna go is still around, especially if the last time you’ve been there was 10 years ago.

*They weren’t actually closed down; we just didn’t go down the strip far enough.