Sigh

[przed]

I keep wanting to post an entry, but RL is busy, and by the end of the day I'm knackered. Every night I've basically watched an hour of Rescue Me, whatever's left of Top Gear (BBC Canada, god bless 'em, is showing it pretty much every day), then read until I pass out.

The last two days have added a new, most unwelcome twist, in that Ros came down with a wicked fever on Thursday, and it continues unabated. (She's just a bit loopy in the mornings, but then it starts spiking at 104 in the afternoons and continues through the night.) Thankfully, there are no other big symptoms, and we know she's just fighting something off, but it's still a bit worrying. Especially when the fever hits its worst and she's listless and miserable and entirely not herself. (She's told us she's tired and wants to go to bed the last two nights run. Before 8:00. That is so not my wannabe nighthawk, bedtime delaying little girl.)

She was slightly better today than yesterday. I'm hoping that trend continues and she's well and ready for daycare by Monday or Tuesday.

If I were to make a fannish post, here are the highlights:

OMG, I love Top Gear so much! Seriously. (Was cruising Top Gear sites mid-week, found out about Hammond's accident and his autobiography, and had the book ordered the next day. Friday afternoon was spent in our back garden, Ros asleep on my lap whilst I eagerly tore through the book.)

Saw the new Terminator movie. How is it possible that Christian Bale is so bloody boring in it? Fortunately, the adorableness that is Anton Yelchin was enough to keep me from beating my head against the seat in front of me. And Sam Worthington ain't so bad either. Still, it's not good.

Really, really want to see ST again. Maybe this Monday on a planned outing with a fannish friend. Assuming Ros is a bit better and I can leave the house.

Saw Up, in 3D, and it's brilliant. Funny, well-constructed, and even made me shed a tear or two.

Am this close to a final layout for the Pros novel. An it looks lovely if I do say so myself.

Hope everyone on the flist is having a less stressful weekend.

Comments

[st-crispins.livejournal.com]

That's a high fever. I'd take her to the doctor's and I'd do it right away.

Is swine flu making the rounds up there? Because it's spreading through schools and day care centers here.

[przed.livejournal.com]

We took her to the doctor's as soon as she hit 103 yesterday. She's on antibiotics, and we're doing the tylenol thing every 4 hours to keep the fever as low as we can. Nights are proving the hardest. She's feverish and delirious and is waking up every hour or so. If the pattern holds, by about 4 a.m. the fever will drop again and we'll be good until tomorrow afternoon. Which doesn't make it any easier of course.

There's a few cases of swine flu here, but not much in schools or day cares. And the cases here have been pretty mild.

[st-crispins.livejournal.com]

Okay, good.

i found that Tylenol never helped my son. Can she take Children's Motrin? It's the only thing that would get his fever down.

[przed.livejournal.com]

We learned the hard way that Motrin and Ros do not go together. It makes her act like she's high and on uppers. Which is not the effect you want when she needs her sleep.

Tylenol usually does the trick, but I just talked to the provincial health line and they've recommended upping her dose slightly. And if she hits 105 to hit the Emerg.

[st-crispins.livejournal.com]

Oh wow. Too bad about the Mortin. That used to do the trick with my son.

Good luck --hope you can avoid the ER!

[przed.livejournal.com]

Fingers crossed that Emerg will not see us tonight. And that the next round of Tylenol brings her some relief. (She's waking up crying every 10 minutes now. I'm counting down to 11:45 when we can give her more medicine.)

[sooguy.livejournal.com]

Sorry to hear about Ros.

That sounds very odd that the fever would linger for that many days. I am not recommending you overdose her, but you can alternate advil and tylenol without them counteracting each other. We had to do that once with our kids when they were very sick. It was the only thing that allowed them to rest.

I too heard Terminator sucked. I am probably going to see it tomorrow night anyhow. It was either that or Land of the Lost and I think my head might explode if I have to watch that. Don't tell me that Star Trek is going to be the best Time Travel movie out there this summer?!

I loved UP too, but I think you already knew that. I think I am going to pay the price for not ranking it higher in the Summer Movie Pool.

[przed.livejournal.com]

Telehealth has recommended upping her next does of Tylenol slightly, and then checking her temp 45 minutes later to confirm that it's dropped the fever. And to high ourselves to Emerg if she hits 105.

Terminator has no time travel elements this time 'round, so there'll be no joy for you there. And what's wrong with ST being the best time travel flick? (I lurv that movie way beyond reason.)

I reckon I'm going to tank in the pool, as usual. I enjoyed my one week of being #2 while it lasted.

[sarren.livejournal.com]

Oh, noes. Poor Ros :(

Don't let my email stress you out. Seriously no hurry on any of it.


Oh, and contratulations on the Pros novel. I am seriously impressed.

[przed.livejournal.com]

She's having a bad night, that's for sure.

Your email? I haven't got one since your last when you said you were willing to go with either the DP song or the Mozart. I sent you back one saying it should totally be your choice, but that I thought DP might make a slightly better vid, and the Mozart might offer a higher risk of failure, with a commensurately high chance that it could be really interesting. Did you reply to that one? If you did, it looks like my ISP's spam filter might have gotten it, which is really irritating.

As for the Pros novel, I'm mostly happy that I managed to get down 83,000 words, but I'm also pleased with the story. Hopefully others will feel the same.

[sarren.livejournal.com]

Poor sweetie.

I only sent it about half an hour before my comment so it just mustn't have got there yet. If you don't have it in a couple of hours I'll just post what I said here if you like.

[przed.livejournal.com]

Well, the email never got here. I think we can safely say the Internet ate it. Why don't you try resending. (Or try my gmail account: paulinezed at gmail dot com)

[sarren.livejournal.com]

Okedoke, forwarded. I tried to add a polite message at the beginning but stupid email wouldn't let me for some reason.

Hope the little 'un is feeling a bit better.

[przed.livejournal.com]

Got it. It went to both accounts no problem. Who knows what happened to the last one.

The little 'un seems to be on the mend. Which is good, 'cause I don't think any of us wants another night like last night. (She was waking up crying every two minutes at one point. And she didn't really settle down till some time after 3 a.m. when the fever finally broke a bit.) The test will be post-nap in an hour. That's when she's crashed the last two days.

[sarren.livejournal.com]

All good now?

[draycevixen.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry to hear about your daughter's fever. A sick child is a truly scary thing and I hope her fever breaks soon. *hugs you hard* ♥

[przed.livejournal.com]

We're definitely hoping the fever breaks today. I don't think any of us wants another night like last night. None of us really got much sleep.

*hugs back*

[gilda-elise.livejournal.com]

Saw the new Terminator movie. How is it possible that Christian Bale is so bloody boring in it? Fortunately, the adorableness that is Anton Yelchin was enough to keep me from beating my head against the seat in front of me. And Sam Worthington ain't so bad either. Still, it's not good.

Really, really want to see ST again. Maybe this Monday on a planned outing with a fannish friend. Assuming Ros is a bit better and I can leave the house.

It's amazing how differently two people can see things. I liked the new Terminator movie but thought ST XI rather pedestrian, not to mention the plot holes you could drive a mac truck through.

[przed.livejournal.com]

It would be a boring world if we all thought the same thing. ;-)

[pxr5.livejournal.com]

Sorry to hear about Ros :-(

...as for the autobiog..was it good? I'm thinking of getting a copy.

[przed.livejournal.com]

It looks like Ros might, finally, be on the mend. If the fever still hasn't spiked after her afternoon nap, she's probably out of the woods.

As for the autobiog, I'm enjoying it immensely. Hammond is as engaging and funny on the page as he is on the show. I've just hit the chapter where they're setting up the stunt that goes wrong, so I haven't hit the heavy stuff yet.

[gulffire.livejournal.com]

Poor Ros! Poor Mom and Dad!

It is too bad about the ibuprofen issue with her because the Tylenol/Motrin combo is a good one to reduce fevers. My kids also had high fevers with no discernible symptoms of anything at all. It means the body is doing its job but it's hell on the parents to not have a clue what's going on. If all else fails, stick her in the tub with some tepid water if she will go for that. I hope she's over the hump because it's awful to watch your kid be sick and not be able to "fix" it, especially when they are this age and of the opinion that you can fix anything. The antibiotic should produce some improvement after a couple of days.

Change of subject: So you are a Rescue Me fan, huh? I absolutely love that show. As a fellow fan, what do you suppose it says of us that we are so addicted to the antics of a bunch of people who are toxically dysfunctional and often really rather unlikeable? :) Whatever it is, I am there every week and sad to see the show end with the summer.

[przed.livejournal.com]

After a bit of a rough morning, which I mostly put down to lack of sleep for us all, Ros is pretty much her old self. She took a two hour nap, and then happily did a Home Depot and ice cream shop run with us. And ate all her dinner. Looks like she'll actually be able to go back to daycare tomorrow, which I'd pretty much written off.

We totally knew that the fever meant her body was fighting off something, and tried not to over-medicate, but when she kept hitting 104 and getting utterly miserable, it was definitely hard to watch. We're going to keep her on the full run of the anitbiotics just to make sure she's well and truly over whatever it was.

And yes, I love Rescue Me. I started watching it primarily for Dennis Leary, whom I adore. (Sharp, sarcastic and funny as hell is a combination I never get enough of.) But now I am rather fond of the whole firehouse full of nutbars. You're absolutely right that they're toxically dysfunctional and if I was forced to spend any time with any of them, I would quickly resort to a smack round the head, but they're far too much fun to watch. I think part of it is my enduring fascination with guy culture. That's what's kept me interested in Pros for so many year. Partly, it's because they're so far outside of my own Canadian, WASP-y, repressed upbringing that it's like an anthropology project.

And partly, I reckon it's also my recent infatuation with lunkheads in fiction. I use to fall for the talented, smart outsider (Illya, Spock, Holmes), but these days I'm finding more and more that my favourite characters in a lot of shows are the lunkheads: Jayne in Firefly, Titus Pullo in Rome, Casey in Chuck. I have no idea what this says about me.