The highlight

of our day was when she'd first got up. She was bright for a whole 10 minutes before she crashed. In that time she managed to get the angel on the main tree and smile at it for a while. 

I had to try 45 times to get through to the doctors. They booked her in for phone triage. He called at 9.20 and asked me to bring her straight in. He's confirmed Strep A. And verified that her throat is in fact "riddled and disgusting". It took all day for the antibiotics to be in stock but the anaesthetic spray for her throat was a welcome extra

She's spent the day on the sofa. All she's done is flake, watching Sherlock and look sadly at me. She doesn't do "ill". She didn't even want to go decorate her Christmas tree or play lego. She has eaten a little through the day, which was better than yesterday, but all very soft and minimal.