#2: When it really comes down to it...all that I know is that I know nothing! (Props to anyone who knows what that's from!)
Over the past 2 months Hailey has had 2 ear infections, her first ever so I considered ourselves lucky. I felt terrible though because I didn't realize she had one until Micah came down with it also and was able to tell me his ear hurt. She never pulled at her ears and didn't come down with a fever until later...all she did was cry and cry and cry. Well, with a child that does a great deal of crying even when she's healthy it's hard to know the difference. I mean, we all have bad days that we just want to cry, right? Well after 2 rounds of ear infections with her I thought I had a pretty good idea of her symptoms and how she reacted. So this week when she started to cry and cry and cry (along with some cough and congestion and she won't eat) I thought to myself, "she has another ear infection or something and I should take her to the doctor before it gets too bad this time." So I did...and she didn't. No ear infection, nothing. She is however doing a considerable amount of teething so the doctor just told me (and probably thinking I was an idiot) that was probably the cause of her irritability so just continue to give her Tylenol or Motrine. So here I am thinking I've lost my motherly groove and I can't even tell the difference between a sick child and one who is teething. Yesterday she worsened, small fever, sleeping less and crying more and I just kept thinking teeth teeth teeth! I did everything I could but it's not easy because the teeth she's getting are molars and are hard to get relief to. So Hailey continues to cry and needless to say I'm not far behind her. Meanwhile, Micah starts coughing and complaining his throat hurts. He was still playing and bouncing off the walls so I thought, "he's fine and is just seeking some of the attention Hailey has been receiving the past few days". Until this afternoon he came to me and told me he didn't feel well. And when Micah doesn't feel well it's obvious. The sparkle that his normally in his eyes disappears and he no longer as the energy to do anything but sit on the couch. I felt his head and sure enough he's burning up...101.7. I know that might not seem high to some of you but for a kid who NEVER runs a temperature that is pretty high. So back to my previous points...#1 I KNEW Hailey had something! It may not have been an ear infection, yet, but there is definitely something now affecting both my children. And #2 I obviously know nothing because here I thought Micah was attention seeking and he was actually sick. Mother of the year award right here!
If I woke up with this hair...I might cry too!
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So what was the result. Strep?
I HATE sick kiddos...and the game of figuring it all out! hope everyone gets feeling better soon!
Sounds like the same thing Emma had this past week. She had a fever up to 104 which is abnormally high for her - even with everything she's had, she's never had a temp higher than 101.7. She was completely listless for 5 days, major sore throat, cough, diarehea, threw up a couple of times because of the fever and pain, body aches, and skin sensitivity, etc but didn't have strep. They said it was a viral infection that was going around - the bad news was that there was nothing we could do about it...took us about 6 days to recover from it. If you're kids have it....I'm sorry. It was totally miserable for everyone. We didn't sleep for 4 days straight.
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