03.01.10
First Fever
Dean greeted this rainy Monday morning with his first fever. I personally am amazed that he has made it this long with out a fever considering the number of illness’ and ear infections he has had. I just thought he was one of those kids who didn’t run fever. I was wrong.
He woke up early this morning crying, never a good sign. I assumed he was warm from being covered up and moved on about our morning business. He drank his milk, cuddled and let me change his diaper. I offered him breakfast and he wouldn’t eat a bite (insert flashbacks of stomach virus here). I thought maybe he was sleepy and hoped he wasnt’ sick. I put him back to bed and He went back to sleep! Hooray, I could get dressed in peace. At 7:15 AM I had to wake him up or we would be late to school. We started the process all over again, more rocking and cuddling – that’s all Dean wanted to do. I’m still clueless to the fact that my baby is burning up. When I went to get him dressed I through, “hum, you are still pretty warm. Maybe we should check your temp.”. Duh Mom! It’s about time. The thermometer showed an average temp of 102.5. Poor guy, he was really sick!
The PJs went back on and Mommy got to stay home and continue the cuddling with her little fire ball. A trip to the doctors office didn’t reveal anything except for pressure in the right ear. The doc said it might be the cause of the fever but we are playing the watch and see game. Thankfully DT is a great patient and has slept most of the day. Here’s to hoping he’ll feel better tomorrow.
Until Then!