Sunday, May 22, 2005

I've got the Fever!

There is no doubt that the worst thing about being a parent is when your baby gets sick. As you all probably know, Grace suffers from urinary system troubles. She has already had one surgery and will need another sometime in the next couple of months (we'll know probably tomorrow when). The first symptom she ever had was a high fever at 11 weeks, so we are wary of fevers.

Well, yesterday, she spiked a little fever of about 100 in the late morning. Baby Tylenol (a product I will gladly advertise for free if they want - it's a miracle drug) did the trick, but around 6pm, she seemed especially hot, so I took her temp and it was at 102.7. The moment when you see this kind of fever gives me (and Sarah) a sick feeling in the pit of our stomachs.

A quick call to the doc and she recommended (you guessed it) Tylenol, followed by rest. The fact that she had no other symptoms led the doc to think it was a random virus. And thankfully, Grace was not acting listless. She seemed in relatively good spirits.

fast forward to this morning and she was right as rain. babies really are tough little buggers and I guess we have evolution (or an intelligent designer!) to thank. But when they are sick, you truly feel like things are completely out of your control and they are never going to get better and... which is ironic, as I consider myself a true optimist on most things. The love for a child can be a strange and frightening thing.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

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Anonymous said...

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Anonymous said...

very interesting. kinda makes you think