Bug's bug

The last several days have been kind of hard around here, with Anya being as sick as she was. She was miserable when the fever meds wore off or hadn't kicked in fully, and Chris and I (mostly Chris) were tired, from having to wake up every 3 hours to give either Tylenol or Motrin. Apparently, it was a virus that has been popular with the neighborhood kids, but Anya's fever was just so much higher (steady 104.4-104.8 range) that it had us a little worried and wondering if it was something else. We had to make two trips to the doctor because the fever just wasn't relenting, the second poor thing had to get a catheter to check for a UTI (negative). It wasn't a fun experience for her.

I had two scary moments with her. The first was with one of those new forehead thermometers that are supposed to be very accurate; a friend let us borrow it. Well, it's pretty accurate if your kid doesn't sleep on her face. At one point Thursday I scanned her head when she woke up from a nap and it registered at 106.7. I panicked and immediately plopped her into the bathtub and administered Motrin to bring down the fever, and was about to go to Children's Hospital. But then I stopped and took her temperature the old fashioned way and she registered 103.3. Through trial and error we realized she registers a few degrees higher on the forehead (during or right after sleeping) than her actual body temperature. Yeesh.

And then on Friday after a nap, she wouldn't stop shaking...like more than chills and for 20 minutes. It was unnerving and I wasn't sure if she was having some sort of "alert" febrile seizure or if those even exist. So I called the nurse line. Turns out that's normal when kids have high fevers; just their bodies in a little shock from the fever and air temperature difference. So I wrapped her in a blanket and gave her lots of water and it stopped.

And fortunately her fever just *poof* went away yesterday evening and she woke up afebrile and feeling fine this morning. No rash (I was expecting possibly roseola), no nothing.

So, I dunno. Maybe she runs hot with illnesses. Time will tell. I'm just glad this is over with.