Just as she was heading out the door at 12:30PM  to ride to the theater with Eileen, Johanna said to me, “When I was watching the movie today, my ear popped.”  Being at the tail end of an URI, I wasn’t surprised.  I gave her hugs and kisses and told her I’d see her at show time.

By 4PM I was getting text from Darci.  Johanna was saying her ear hurt and Darci asked about giving her some ibuprofen.  About an hour later Johanna was calling me and letting know it still hurt.  Other moms worked to help her til we could get there.  She received some acetaminophen, some essential oils, and a hot pack.  Kids and moms prayed for her.  And when we finally got there we had to ask her to make the big decision: go home or go onstage?

She opted to go on stage. 

She was a Cruelie – a minion of the White Witch. 

And she was amazing.

She was creepy and scary and 100% wonderful.  She received so many compliments and one teenaged brother of a cast member said, “Little Butler is terrifying!”

And as soon as she was out of her costume, we hurried to Urgent Care before it closed at 10PM.  We arrived at 9:40PM.  John dropped us off as the rest of them took Eileen home.

When the lovely pediatrician looked into her ear she expressed admiration that Johanna had made it through the evening with her ear.  We got our first dose of meds there and had a prescription called in to Wegmans for the next day.

Daddy got back just as we were wrapping up at 10:05PM.  They gave her a popsicle, too.

1 Chron 16:11
Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually!