The Little Girl Recovers

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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

[draycevixen.livejournal.com]

Fantastic news! *hugs you*

Now go to sleep!

[sc-fossil.livejournal.com]

Kids sure know how to make our hair go greyer by the minute! I'm glad your little one is getting better.

[nsandik.livejournal.com]

Thank goodness she's feeling better! You are a calmer mom than I would be. At 102 I would have headed for an urgent care clinic! LOL! It's a good think I can't easily track my dogs' temp. Wouldn't I be a nervous wreck?

There is nothing scarier than a sick child, but it sounds like you are a wonderful parent. Try and get some sleep.

[st-crispins.livejournal.com]

Whoa. Get some sleep. You're gonna crash.

Glad to hear there's improvement. I used to put my son in bed with us when he was sick too. Beats running back and forth between rooms.

[schnuffi.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear the little gremlin is starting to get better. Hope she'll be back to normal soon *hugs you all*

[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! {{}}

[shooting2kill.livejournal.com]

I'm so pleased Ros has turned the corner! It must be heartbreaking nursing someone who is so small and so poorly. I'm sure she'll be jumping around the room again before you know it!

[bluespirit-star.livejournal.com]

Glad she's on the mend!

[nakeisha.livejournal.com]

*Hugs all round*

[cinzia.livejournal.com]

I'm glad she's doing better! I hope you're having a good night's sleep now. *hugs*

[caffyolay.livejournal.com]

Very pleased she's getting better. It's a real worry when they're ill that young.

[callistosh65.livejournal.com]

Very glad to hear she's over the worst of it - high temps can be scary things in little'uns. Momma needs to rest now, I'm sure. So go catch up on your sleep.

[norfolkdumpling.livejournal.com]

I'm very glad Ros is feeling better - and I hope you manage to get some rest sometime soon! I only have goddaughter experience to go on, but I vividly remember her having a virus at that age and helping to look after her was exhausting.

[gulffire.livejournal.com]

Glad she's all better. Another upside: now you know she does this kind of thing so will be better armed for the next episode. Which, with any luck will never reoccur;)