Sick?Updated

Update:She made it through school, but does not look good. By the time she wanted to go to the nurse, the nurse was gone for the day.She ended up falling asleep under a table in the library. Poor girl. Still no temp though, but I'm sure a dr. visit will be in our plans tomorrow!


The Social Butterfly woke up feeling not so well this morning. A sore throat and upset stomach. My daughter gets strep about once a year and it's never typical. It comes in the form of scarlet fever or an upset stomach, but never does her throat hurt when she has strep, so I wasn't sure what to make of this. No temperature, but she did look pale and her throat is red but not swollen. Was she trying to stay home? I wasn't sure so I had her get up and get ready and eat. I took her to school, but we were late ( an "Oh my gosh, I forgot I needed to get gas this morning" incident) so I walked her in to get a pass and just decided to have the nurse look at her while we were there. The nurse said no fever, but her tongue was coated and she looked pale so she thought I should take her home since I would probably get a call later in the day to pick her up. SB looked very sad at that point and when I asked her what was the matter, she said she wanted to stay because they are beginning to work on their 5th grade research project today and she wanted to be there. So I asked the nurse and she said since there was no fever she could stay. So I let her stay... I felt a bit guilty leaving her though. I don't want anyone else to get sick, but since I don't really know if she's sick it was more of a preventative measure...
Did I do the right thing?