Princess had diarrhea at school yesterday.  She is a HUGE freakin' drama queen whenever this happens.  Her school has caught on and they try to talk her down before calling me to get her.  This time, she had a low grade temp along with it, so they called me to see what I wanted to do.  I picked her up.  She was lying on the cot practicing for her future academy award.

Two hours later, she was running around like a crazy person playing with BamBam, no sign of sickness to be found.

This morning, the first thing she said when she woke up, Mommy, I don't feel well.  I need to stay home from school.  My belly hurts.

I called my husband to see how she was last night.  I had an away game and was didn't get home until after bedtime.  He left for work in the wee hours of the morning and we didn't get much of a chance to talk.  These 8 weeks of softball really throw me for a loop.  I'm used to being the one in the know about their every bowel movement.  Sad, but true.  He claims she was fine.  I let her talk to him and she threw on her best pathetic sick voice.

He thinks she's faking it.  So do I.

BUT, it will completely throw my day off if I have to go back and get her after dropping her off.  I am overbooked beyond capacity this week...aka I'm trying to do 5 things at once instead of just 3.  The last 2 times I've made her go and stick it out, I ended up having to go get her within an hour or so.  Not necessarily because she was too sick to be there, but because she caused so much drama about not feeling well, they sent her home.

SO, I've let her stay home with the threat that if she starts running around playing, I'm bringing her into school late.  She has a half day tomorrow, so that will be a better day to force her to go.

Grrr...stomach aches are so hard for me.  I never know if she's faking it or not.  I'm very frustrated.

Any advice here?