The Little Girl Recovers

[przed]

Ros seems to be over whatever nastiness she's had the last three days, and is now down for her bedtime. Which is awesome. I don't think any of us was looking forward to another night like last night. (At the worst, Ros was waking up about every 2 minutes, wimpering and crying in utter misery.

It was difficult, but at least she never hit the go straight to Emerg, do not pass go warning signs that the Telehealth gave us. Which was an axillary (armpit) temp that hits 104 or a dose of Tylenol that doesn't bring down the fever at all. Her axillary temp peaked around 103.4, and the last Tylenol took the fever down a grand total of 0.5 degrees, so we came close to throwing her in the car and running to the hospital, but we held off.

Now I just have to convince myself to go to bed early. We didn't get much sleep at all until 3 a.m., and not much quality sleep after that. Not with a thrashing, feverish little girl between us. (We don't usually let her sleep with us, because she usually takes that to mean it's playtime and why aren't we getting up to play with her.) Though I've been extraordinarily alert considering just how little sleep I've had the last two nights.

Comments

[heliophile-oxon.livejournal.com]

Great to hear she's on the mend! There is nothing as frightening as when your kid is ill, especially first time round (unless you've had prior experience practising on nephews/nieces etc.). You must be absolutely knackered - hope you get a chance to rest and recover now! {{}}

[przed.livejournal.com]

This was by no means our first round of childhood illness, but it was one of the worst fevers we've seen her get. And now that she's older, her reaction to feeling miserable is even more extreme than when she was a little 'un.

I think I'm running on fumes, but I'm sure I'll crash big time in the next day or so.