I can't believe it's Thursday already! This week has just flown by... unfortunately not in a good way. Baby K came down with a fever Monday afternoon, so I had to leave work early and pick her up from daycare. My poor baby looked so miserable -- she had a fever, runny nose, watery eyes, and her face was a disturbing shade of pale yellow... I felt like crying just looking at her. I called the doctor's office; they just told me to give her Tylenol if the fever is over 101 degrees and to call back in the morning if it hasn't subsided by then.
On Tuesday, she wasn't getting any better, so we brought her to the pediatrician, who told us she had an ear infection. M was suppose to be working from home that day, but ended up having to take the day off because he couldn't do any work (and not because baby K was sick). We had the sprinkler people come turn on our sprinkler system that morning, and they accidentally cut the cable wire underneath our grass, so we had no Internet, phone, or cable service for a couple of hours. Good thing Comcast responds fairly quickly to service calls -- we were up and running again by mid-afternoon.
Baby K's fever was gone by Tuesday night, but I still had to stay home with her on Wednesday, since she has to be fever-free for 24 hours before she returns to daycare. It felt nice to be able to lounge in my PJs all day. In fact, I felt like I was on maternity/family leave all over again... I only wish it was under better circumstances. Baby K slept most of the day, during which I was able to respond to some work e-mails, get on a conference call, and do two loads of her laundry. Daddy came home just in time to give baby K her dose of antibiotics.
It appears as though the week has resumed its normalcy, with baby K back at daycare and me back at work today. She's still sneezing every now and then, but she's in good spirits (except when you try to clean her nose... then all hell breaks loose!). Now mommy is coming down with something. I've been drowning myself in water with honey all day to try to get rid of this sore throat and runny nose, but have had little success. It sucks to be sick, but I'd rather it be me than baby K.
2 comments:
awwww hope you feel better! glad to hear k's doing well =)
I like that you abide by the 24 hour fever free rule. Technically even school age children are supposed to follow that rule. Yet I still have kids coming in saying that they had a high fever the night before. They seem fine at first, then as we get through the day, they want to go to the nurse. What do ya know? Fever is back and they end up missing the next few days of school.
Not only would the student have benefited from a day of rest to fully recover, s/he also wouldn't have exposed everyone else to the germs!
So glad to hear she's getting better!
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