Sick kid update

[yendi]

Wasn't on much yesterday.

Elayna woke me at 5:30, letting me know that she'd thrown up. I changed the sheets, felt her forehead (felt fine), and put her to bed, figuring it was a stomach bug.

She slept in, didn't eat breakfast, and was weak the rest of the day (including another vomiting session early in the morning). She had a slight fever (around 100) for most of the day. She was lethargic enough to allow me to nap, even, which is rare (I missed two phone calls that way).

But last night, her fever spiked, and hit 104. We freaked (naturally) but got some good advice (thanks to Dr. Grandma and WebMD), and gave her Children's Motrin, which brought her down a lot. By midnight, she was down to 98.5.

Fever was back to 103 this morning, but since that's lower than before, and since she's less weak, we're okay with how things are going. But if the fever spikes up (we've given her Motrin again), or if she starts to show any other symptoms, we're on alert. And we're planning on her not going to school tomorrow.

Update: Her fever is down to 101, and dropping. We're getting strawberry pancakes from Crescent Moon for her.

So yeah, that's been my weekend so far.

Poor sunyata__ -- I suspect that "sick kid" was not on her Atlanta agenda.

Comments

[myriad-emotions.livejournal.com]

Children's Motrin rocks. The Tylenol never did anything for my kids and still doesn't. Motrin works and works fast. I always have it in the house. Liquid and capsules. Hopefully Elayna will feel better soon.

Re: sick kid

[wolfieboy.livejournal.com]

Here's hoping that her temp stays near normal and she gets better.

I think that most people know that when visiting parents, "sick kid" is always a possible agenda item.

[ocean-song.livejournal.com]

So glad she's doing better!! You are such a great dad. And yeah, children's motrin is good. It's also great that you let her have a little bit of fever before you gave it to her. High fevers are bad, but low to medium fevers are how the immmune system fights things off. So parents who give tylenon or motrin at every little low-grade fever are actually thwarting their kid's own immune response. It's SO hard to have a sick kid, and feel like there's nothing you can do. You guys are doing so great. And nothing is more theapeutic than Cresent Moon. Mmmmmm.....

Have fun with sunyata__! I'm sure she understands about sick kids, and is having the best time with y'all. Wish I was there!

[fmh.livejournal.com]

I hate that. I'm the worst, I'm that panics when they come down sick. Especially in the wee hours of the morning because theres not much you can do unless its so severe it warrants a trip to Emergency. And your afraid to go back to sleep (well, maybe not, maybe I'm just that paranoid) for fear they'll go into convulsions or something.
Hey, at 3 in the morning with a sick kid, all fears seem reasonable.