Jessica's Blog

I had just finished my third errand of the morning with Big Girl in tow when my cell phone started ringing and ringing.

"Hello?"
"Hi Jessica, this is Shannon from Campbell CDC. [Big Boy] has come down with a fever of 102.6, can you come get him?"
"Oh no!  Poor guy... I'm on my way.. I should be there in less then five minutes, I'm, right up the street."
"It came on pretty quick, he sat down for storytime and wouldn't get up from the chair."
"Ok.  I'm on my way."

So I get there, and there he in in a ball on their "comfy chair".

"I was waiting for you..." he says.. all red and glassy-eyed.

I wondered what was up, because he was crying last night in his sleep and actually wanted me to stay with him.. and was making sure I stayed with him.  He was weeping saying his back hurt.  We ended up sharing his bed half the night, him in a ball against me first time in over a year.  I didn't mind it so much.  No fever and he seemed his usual morning grumpy self this morning.

I was thinking a trip to the doc would be good.  Just because of the Low back pain and sudden high fever out of nowhere.  Bladder or kidneys?

His ped agreed, but after some time and peeing in  a cup... I'm being warned to look out for vomiting and diarrhea as that's the bug of the week in school aged kiddos right now.  IF he starts making frequent trips to the bathroom... y'knwo the drill.  Oh, and don't be surprised if Big Girl (yup, changing her name, as she's getting all tall and leggy now) should come down with it in the next three or four days.

So... no swim lessons today.  No school tomorrow.  I hate to think this way but I can't help but get the image of some greenbacks flying out of our bank account into the void of  "sorry, no refunds due to illness".

Social graces come into play when kids aren't so healthy.  Don't expose the world to their germs, but by all means go out of your head with about a week or so of self inflicted quarantine.  harumpf.  I'm just feeling this way because week before last it was the same thing, but due to snotty noses and fever.  The week in between friend's kids had the snotty nose fever thing.  So time flies by but creeps along slowly as we lose weeks of time getting healthy.

I hope Big Girl doesn't catch it.  I REALLY hope I don't, because Hubby CAN NOT take time off work right now and I don't want to expose my mom to it.. as she's the only person I could call "just in case".  I am rendered useless once I start hurling my guts out.  fever, no prob.. pneumonia and fever.. no biggie, but if you want me to be flat out... give me a stomache virus and I'll be hurling and flat out in bed for two days at least.  I might be putting the wagon before the horse here... I'm just dozens of times bitten and quite a bit shy.  I was in the mind set of starting hte summer fun schedule of swim lessons, music together, toddler parent playtime and preschool.

and now I will go enjoy a movie with Big Boy and hold his little feverish body close.