So M has been sick for about 3 weeks now. It started out as RSV I thought with a lot of congestion in her nose. There were a few nights I had to get her Benadryl so she could sleep and a night or two I had to just go in and hold her upright. Well that lasted about a week. Then a cough was added to the illness...the runny nose never really ending. Then last week she got a rash that only really lasted about 2 days. So this week the saga continues. Basically she acts ok, just pretty fussy most of the time, runny nose, and not eating well. Well about 9 am this morning she started the scream walk...just walking around in circles screaming for no apparent reason. I have become used to this in the last few weeks. I took her upstairs and tried to lay her down as she kept rubbing her eyes but she would just scream unless I held her. I was rocking her and she was saying nigh nigh in this pitiful voice. Finally I gave her benadryl and ibuprofen, put orajel on her gums, got her to sleep and called the Dr. Enough is enough. So we got an antibiotic. Hopefully this will work. By the time we got home from the dr her temp was 101.6. GREAT! FEVER has NEVER been a part of this yet. In addition, the one thing that has always annoyed me about the dr is that they take her temp with an EAR thermometer- Basically useless. So it says she has a temp of 97 when I know she's burning up. Whatever. Tonight her temp was back up to 102.8. Great. Hopefully she'll sleep ok. Good thing Pepper never cares if she's sick because I signed up to work extra tomorrow. Sheesh. I wish I had a healthy kid. I suppose things could be worse. I'm tired.
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Yeah, sick again...
So M has been sick for about 3 weeks now. It started out as RSV I thought with a lot of congestion in her nose. There were a few nights I had to get her Benadryl so she could sleep and a night or two I had to just go in and hold her upright. Well that lasted about a week. Then a cough was added to the illness...the runny nose never really ending. Then last week she got a rash that only really lasted about 2 days. So this week the saga continues. Basically she acts ok, just pretty fussy most of the time, runny nose, and not eating well. Well about 9 am this morning she started the scream walk...just walking around in circles screaming for no apparent reason. I have become used to this in the last few weeks. I took her upstairs and tried to lay her down as she kept rubbing her eyes but she would just scream unless I held her. I was rocking her and she was saying nigh nigh in this pitiful voice. Finally I gave her benadryl and ibuprofen, put orajel on her gums, got her to sleep and called the Dr. Enough is enough. So we got an antibiotic. Hopefully this will work. By the time we got home from the dr her temp was 101.6. GREAT! FEVER has NEVER been a part of this yet. In addition, the one thing that has always annoyed me about the dr is that they take her temp with an EAR thermometer- Basically useless. So it says she has a temp of 97 when I know she's burning up. Whatever. Tonight her temp was back up to 102.8. Great. Hopefully she'll sleep ok. Good thing Pepper never cares if she's sick because I signed up to work extra tomorrow. Sheesh. I wish I had a healthy kid. I suppose things could be worse. I'm tired.
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poor baby! Joshie has been sick this week too, with strep, and running a temp anywhere from 104-106 since Saturday, but he's had almost 24 hours of antibiotics in him now, so hopefully the fever and throwing up will stop today.
they better both be well for Mira's party next week-end!
Poor baby girl. I hope she feels better by Thurs, and I hope you get to work on Wed. What a great babysitter. Plus, I need your phone number. I think my email is posted on the blog.
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