It's been a long night. When we went to bed last night, Kara was tucked in nicely, sleeping sound. I couldn't fall asleep so ended up being up until 11 which is WAYYYY past my bedtime on a "work night"! Around 12:30 I finally got up with Kara because I'd been listening to her fuss and cough more and more. She snuggled with me for a little while, I took her temp, and it was 100 degrees. Dang, looks like we're not going to have a better day today! I didn't give her Motrin right away for a few reasons - I wanted to see what this temp was going to do, figuring it'd hang right around there, and also because it seems to WIRE her so I really only use it in much needed situations!
We snuggled, but she couldn't seem to get comfortable. The time frame of my night is a big blur - she asked for a bottle so I made her one. She drank half of it and threw it all up. Luckily I caught it all in her blankey, but bye-bye blankey for the night! Within a short time after that, with increased irritability, coughing, the whole works, I noticed she was really burning up. I took her temp again and it jumped to 104.2! Crap! I panicked, getting Motrin in her ASAP. We battled trying to fall asleep for quite a while - in the chair, in the bed, in the crib, in a little bed on the floor, nothing worked. Eventually that Motrin kicked in and she climbed off my lap and decided to play with the dollhouse - with just the light of another room dimly shining in. As I type now, she's laying back down on the little bed I made her with Playhouse Disney on. I hope she crashes soon, it's 4 a.m. and I just don't trust a 21 month old roaming the house while everyone is sleeping so I'm doing my best to stay awake! I'm SOOO tired and I'll have a 3 year old up in a few hours and I'm sure, another clinic visit this morning.
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