Tag - when to suspect strep throat

Well, it finally happened.  My kids had their first bout of strep throat.  My girly daughter was thrilled with her “pink”-acillin, happy to take a plastic shot glass-sized amount twice a day.  My younger son was stoked, thinking he would get the same pink goo. But he ended up with a liquid that he said tasted like “poison cherries,” tortured to take it three times a day.  And it only went down hill from there:  my older son ended up with amoxicillin capsules, the bitter contents of which we sprinkled in applesauce and he slurped down with nary a breath.