Saturday, May 22, 2010

Time for a fever I guess

Thursday was a big day because we had big plans, friends were coming over to swim, we had food to grill, and paints and posters for the kids to play with. When you have a toddler plans can change quickly because that morning Summer woke up with a very unexpected fever. We waited a while hoping it was a quick bug but after a few hours later and a temp of 101+ we had to cancel everything, no friends coming over to swim, no food, and no painting. I was bummed.

On Friday Summer still had a fever :o( She was acting normal for the most part. Tylenol and Motrin would relieve the fever and we only give it to her when her fever would go over 102. The highest temp we have seen is around 103.

Today is day 3 and has been much like the first two days. At first I thought the fever was gone, she woke up and seemed normal and felt cooler but as the day continued so did her fever. Right now Summer is napping. She hasn't needed medicine yet, her fever was around 101, hopefully she wakes from her nap with a lower temp but we will see.

Even with her low to moderate fever Summer has been in a decent mood. She came into my room this morning with her shoes on and told me she wanted to go to the park. Yesterday the temperature outside was 92, today it is only 78, too cold to go to the park. Plus Summer needs to rest and save her energy and concentrate on getting better.

She hasn't been eating much, actually she is probably eating what other normal 2 year olds eat but a lot less than her normal self. She has been good about drinking milk and water and we are keeping her clothes to a minimum to keep her cooled down.

On Thursday night we were sitting outside and I snapped a few pictures of Summer and Papa sitting in the chair. You can see the fever in her eyes. Even when she is sick she is still so darn cute.





In a way we are lucky, Summer went through the entire winter months without getting sick and hopefully whatever she has is almost over with. Only my child can get a fever in the middle of May when the temperature is over 90 outside.

1 comment:

Jessica Roya said...

What do you mean 78 and too cold to go to the park!?!